Koko Taylor Concert History

Koko Taylor (September 28, 1928 - June 3, 2009) was an American blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough and powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings.

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 09, 2009
Koko Taylor

KUNI/Iowa Public Radio Blues Blowout

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Cattle Congress Waterloo, Iowa, United States
Sep 20, 2008
Festival Park 2008
the manhattans / Bobby Rush / Latimore / T.k. Soul / Koko Taylor / Rick Lawson / Homemade Jamz
Festival Park Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Apr 14, 2008
Styx / Koko Taylor / Pow Shadowz / Jiji Vic Theatre Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 19, 2007
George Thorogood and The Destroyers / Koko Taylor / The Groove Hawgs Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, Colorado, United States
Apr 05, 2007
Beale Street Music Festival 2007
Godsmack / Chevelle / Papa Roach / Taking Back Sunday / Social Distortion / Sum 41 / Jack's Mannequin / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Old Crow Medicine Show / Wolfmother / Jerry Lee Lewis / Plain White T's / Guster / Ryan Shaw / Counting Crows / Barenaked Ladies / Daughtry / Hinder / John Butler Trio / Gov't Mule / North Mississippi Allstars / Umphrey's McGee / Egypt Central / John Legend / Edwin McCain / one less reason / Tab Benoit / Steely Dan / James / The Lee Boys / The Derek Trucks Band / Taj Mahal / George Thorogood / Popa Chubby / Elvin Bishop / Back Door Slam / Iggy Pop / Corinne Bailey Rae / The Duhks / Alvin Youngblood Hart / ohio players / Watermelon Slim / Daddy Mack Blues Band / Kelley Hunt / Project Pat / Iggy & the Stooges / Koko Taylor / Walter Trout And The Radicals / Bobby "blue" Bland / Allman Brothers Band / Eddie Floyd / Three 6 Mafia / Billy Lee Riley / Richard Johnston / Robert "Wolfman" Belfour / The Bar-Kays / Ann Peebles Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Apr 22, 2005 –
Apr 24, 2005
Three Rivers Music Festival
Nelly / KC & The Sunshine Band / Buddy Guy / Boney James / Widespread Panic / Seether / Billy Preston / Spyro Gyra / Mother's Finest / Butterfly Brown / The Spinners / Crossfade / Stretch Armstrong / Koko Taylor / Jim "Soni" Sonefeld / Angie Aparo / Patrick Davis Show all bands
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Downtown Columbia Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Sep 03, 2004 –
Sep 06, 2004
Bumbershoot 2004
The Killers / Black Eyed Peas / The Black Keys / Nickelback / Death Cab for Cutie / Nas / Pixies / Evanescence / Rise Against / Kaskade / Plan B / Seal / Puddle of Mudd / De La Soul / Public Enemy / Five For Fighting / John Butler Trio / nancy sinatra / The Presidents of The United States of America / Toots & The Maytals / Built to Spill / Against Me! / Josh Ritter / Drive-By Truckers / Brother Ali / Liz Phair / Bebel Gilberto / Ben Kweller / The Walkmen / Harvey Danger / Girls / Unwritten Law / Galactic / Nick Lowe / Burning Spear / Face To Face / Kaki King / Sam Roberts / Pedro The Lion / The Bad Plus / Plastilina Mosh / Photek / Mindy Smith / Demetri Martin / Control Machete / Robyn Hitchcock / Van Hunt / Crooked Fingers / Vienna Teng / Lou Barlow / Marc Maron / American Music Club / Vaux / Richmond Fontaine / These Arms Are Snakes / Ursula Rucker / Zach Galifianakis / Bobby Rush / Br5-49 / Halou / Roomful of Blues / Justin Roberts / Sun City Girls / The Briefs / Donald Glaude / Himsa / Grayskul / Fitness / DJ Cheb I Sabbah / Kultur Shock / Makana / Master / Catch / Throw Rag / Schoolyard Heroes / Hard 'n Phirm / The Lashes / Marley Brothers / The Sklar Brothers / Thomas Mapfumo And The Blacks Unlimited / クーマ / Greg Behrendt / Buddy Wakefield / The Clumsy Lovers / the divorce / Critters Buggin / David Jacobs-Strain / Will Bernard / Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown / Monster Squad / Taarka / Fred Armisen / Raiatea Helm / Ursa Major / Downpilot / Harkonen / sean Nelson / United State of Electronica / 3 Leg Torso / Kane Hodder / Kiki & Herb / Koko Taylor / Vitamin D / Left Hand Smoke / Jacob London / Will Power / Open Road / Mon Frere / Hint Hint / Aveo / On the Speakers / The Turn-Ons / Willie Smith / Jessi Klein / Scott McCaughey / Kid Hops / Cambalache / Sekoya / Mem Shannon And The Membership / Randy Oxford Band / Sonando / The Kitchen Syncopators / Artis The Spoonman / AC Lewis / Memphis Radio Kings / Henry Cooper / Tim Young / Popular Shapes / Arisawkadoria / Dr . Lonnie Smith Trio / Cobra High / Carolyn Cruso / Going South / Byrdie / Will Bernard And Motherbug / Dj Suspense / Colin Spring / Mary Lynn Rajskub / John Olson / Flave / An American Starlet / Terry 'Big T' Williams / Dub Championz / Darek Mazzone / Bill Bissett / Chris Dodge / File Gumbo / The James DeJoie Quartet / Quasi Nada / J.d. Hobson / Loose Gravel And The Quarry Show all bands
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Seattle Center Seattle, Washington, United States
Sep 02, 2004
Burning Spear / Koko Taylor / John Butler Trio

Bumbershoot

Seattle, Washington, United States
Sep 20, 2003 –
Sep 21, 2003
2003 Boston Folk Festival
Emmylou Harris / Greg Brown / Richard Shindell / Paul Brady / Catie Curtis / Danu / Koko Taylor / Tom Rush / Tony Trischka Band / Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson / Kate Campbell / Carol Noonan / Tarbox Ramblers / Joel Mabus
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University of Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Aug 15, 2003
Koko Taylor / Susan Tedeschi Ravinia Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Jul 04, 2003 –
Jul 13, 2003
Ottawa Bluesfest 2003
Kool & The Gang / Allman Brothers Band / Buddy Guy / The Robert Cray Band / Susan Tedeschi / Blue Rodeo / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Gordon Downie / Koko Taylor
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
May 04, 2003
2003 Beale Street Music Fest
Willie Nelson / Sheryl Crow / Koko Taylor / Susan Tedeschi / Jonny Lang / John Mayer / Poppa Chubby / India.Arie / Jerry Lee Lewis / Jack Johnson
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
May 02, 2003
Beale Street Music Festival 2003
John Mayer / Jack Johnson / Evanescence / 3 Doors Down / Sheryl Crow / ZZ Top / Wilco / Seether / Willie Nelson / Ben Harper / LL Cool J / Matt Nathanson / The B-52's / Joe Cocker / Steve Winwood / India.Arie / Gomez / Booker T. & The MG's / Jerry Lee Lewis / Nappy Roots / Nickel Creek / Jonny Lang / Default / The Gap Band / Lucero / The Bar-Kays / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Susan Tedeschi / Cross Canadian Ragweed / North Mississippi Allstars / Graham Colton / big star / Popa Chubby / Ingram Hill / Cory Branan / Donna the Buffalo / Franky Perez / Billy Lee Riley / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Bob Weir & RatDog / Caitlin Cary / Hubert Sumlin / jimmy thackery / Anthony Gomes / Precious Bryant / little milton / Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown / Koko Taylor / Jim Dickinson / Blind Mississippi Morris / Richard Johnston / Pinetop perkins / T Model Ford / Bob Cheevers / Gamble Brothers Band / Michelle Penn / Kirk Smithhart Band / Robert "Wolfman" Belfour / Kelley Hurt / Mok-kyung Kim Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Apr 12, 2002
Koko Taylor
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Promowest Pavilion Columbus, Ohio, United States
May 04, 2001 –
May 06, 2001
Beale Street Music Festival 2001
Sonic Youth / Mavis Staples / Shemekia Copeland / Lucero / The Offspring / Bob Dylan / The Cult / Dave Matthews Band / O.A.R. / Saliva / The Black Crowes / Blues Traveler / Vertical Horizon / Willie Nelson / North Mississippi Allstars / Drivin' n' Cryin' / Tantric / Will Hoge / Steve Earle / Tower Of Power / Jonny Lang / Hubert Sumlin / Lynyrd Skynyrd / Crazy Town / The String Cheese Incident / Keith Sykes / War / Pat McGee Band / George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic / Dave Mason / Breaking Point / Alvin Youngblood Hart / ohio players / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Roomful of Blues / The Nighthawks / Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm / Dust For Life / Ana Popovic / Blind Mississippi Morris / Free World / Pinetop perkins / jazz mandolin project / Koko Taylor / Walter Trout And The Radicals / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / R.L. Burnside / Chris Cain / B.t.o. / Brint Anderson / Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men / The Gabe Dixon Band / Brand New Immortals / Three 6 Mafia / Con Funk Shun / Lazy Lester / J. Blackfoot / Sean Costello / Johnnie Bassett / O'landa Draper's Associates / Scott Sudbury / Mohead / Dyzack Dutch Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Apr 28, 2001
The Wallflowers / Koko Taylor / Little Jimmy Scott

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

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New Orleans Fairgrounds & Racetrack New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Sep 06, 2000
B. B. King / Buddy Guy / Koko Taylor The Filene Center at Wolf Trap Vienna, Virginia, United States
May 05, 2000 –
May 07, 2000
Music Midtown 2000
Allman Brothers Band / Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Jeff Healey / Beth Hart / 3 Doors Down / Collective Soul / Creed / Oasis / Bob Weir & RatDog / Joe Satriani / Cracker / Koko Taylor / Nas / Meshell Ndegeocello / Speech / Sevendust / Tinsley Ellis / Ultrababyfat / Southern Culture On The Skids / Splendor / Kitty Snyder / The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Stroke 9 / Lotustarr / Susan Tedeschi / Myssouri / Macha / Brand New Immortals / moe. / Travis / Johnny Hyde / Guster / Our Lady Peace / Peter Searcy / Owsley Show all bands
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Piedmont Park Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Show Duplicates for May 05, 2000
Jul 05, 1999
Beale Street Music Festival 1999
Goo Goo Dolls / Sheryl Crow / Kansas / Skillet / Cheap Trick / Collective Soul / Hootie & the Blowfish / Fuel / Peter Frampton / Rusted Root / Booker T. & The MG's / Dr. John / Better Than Ezra / Los Lobos / G. Love & Special Sauce / Fastball / Sammy Hagar / Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Jonny Lang / Galactic / The Bar-Kays / Clarence Carter / moe. / Robin Trower / Susan Tedeschi / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / North Mississippi Allstars / Kirk Whalum / Leftover Salmon / big star / Bobby "blue" Bland / James Cotton / Marcia Ball / Tinsley Ellis / Corey Harris / The Williams Brothers / Billy Lee Riley / Bernard Allison / Burlap to Cashmere / Guitar Shorty / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Lois Lane / Wilson Pickett / R.L. Burnside / David Honeyboy Edwards / Jimmy D. Lane / Koko Taylor / Mason Ruffner / Freeworld / Junkyardmen / Reba Russell / Eddie the Chief Clearwater / John Mohead / Jimmy Thackeray & the Drivers / Youngblood Hart / Riverbluff Clan / Associates (USA) Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicate for Jul 05, 1999

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Three Rivers Music Festival
Apr 22 - 24, 2005
 Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Three Rivers Music Festival
Apr 22 - 24, 2005
 Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Three Rivers Music Festival
Apr 22 - 24, 2005
 Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Big Spring Jam 1994 on Sep 23, 1994 [551-small]

Big Spring Jam 1994
Sep 23 - 24, 1994
 Huntsville, Alabama, United States
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Big Spring Jam 1994 on Sep 23, 1994 [552-small]

Big Spring Jam 1994
Sep 23 - 24, 1994
 Huntsville, Alabama, United States
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Koko Taylor on Apr 9, 2009 [815-small]

Koko Taylor
Apr 9, 2009
 Waterloo, Iowa, United States
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Koko Taylor on Apr 9, 2009 [816-small]

Koko Taylor
Apr 9, 2009
 Waterloo, Iowa, United States
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Koko Taylor on Apr 12, 2002 [578-small]

Koko Taylor
Apr 12, 2002
 Columbus, Ohio, United States
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B.B. King / Eric Johnson / Koko Taylor / Buddy Guy on Sep 3, 1993 [683-small]

B.B. King / Eric Johnson / Koko Taylor / Buddy Guy
Sep 3, 1993
 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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B.B. King / Eric Johnson / Koko Taylor / Buddy Guy on Sep 3, 1993 [641-small]

B.B. King / Eric Johnson / Koko Taylor / Buddy Guy
Sep 3, 1993
 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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B.B. King / Eric Johnson / Koko Taylor / Buddy Guy on Sep 3, 1993 [647-small]

B.B. King / Eric Johnson / Koko Taylor / Buddy Guy
Sep 3, 1993
 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Tampa Bay Blues Festival on Apr 5, 1997 [030-small]

Tampa Bay Blues Festival
Apr 5, 1997
 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Swing Into Spring on May 1, 1998 [632-small]

Swing Into Spring
May 1, 1998
 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Music Midtown 2000 on May 5, 2000 [413-small]

Music Midtown 2000
May 5 - 7, 2000
 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Chicago
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Koko Taylor had?

Koko Taylor has had 57 concerts.

What genre is Koko Taylor?

Koko Taylor is most often considered to be Female Vocalists, Soul, Blues, Blues Rock, Electric Blues, Modern Blues, Rhythm And Blues, Traditional Blues, Chicago, Acoustic Blues, Soul Blues, and Chicago Blues.

When was the last Koko Taylor concert?

The last Koko Taylor concert was on April 09, 2009 at Cattle Congress in Waterloo, Iowa, United States.

What setlist does Koko Taylor play live?

The songs that Koko Taylor performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 17, 1993 concert at Riverfront Park in Nashville, Tennessee, United States:

  1. Wang Dang Doodle

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