Almost Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man"
Dave Gotwisner
> We're trying to figure out the artist and title of a blues song, sung to the
> tune of the Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man". It's sung by a woman,
> and it begins "I'm a woman ..." (we don't know the rest). It was recently
> lip-synched on an episode of "The Cosby Show", by the newest little girl.
> Any ideas ?
>
> -mcg
The song is probably "I'm a Woman" by Coco (Koko, or Cocoa, depending upon
which album/label/concert) Taylor. Her song is a derivation of Bo Diddley's
(and Muddy Waters) I'm a Man, which is musically similar (identical?) to
Hoochie Coochie Man.
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Daniel Katz
>We're trying to figure out the artist and title of a blues song, sung to the
>tune of the Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man". It's sung by a woman,
>and it begins "I'm a woman ..." (we don't know the rest).
I'm pretty sure I've seen Valerie Wellington do this song live. She's got
one album (CD) out on Alligator called _Million Dollar Secret_, and she's,
in my opinion, the best female blues singer in Chicago these days.
I think Koko Taylor also does this, as she was at the last Valerie Wellington
show I saw, and I kind of remember Valerie mentioning something about Koko and
that song. By the way, Koko's also pretty good, though I like Valerie more.
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Deepak Kumar
>We're trying to figure out the artist and title of a blues song, sung to the
>tune of the Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man". It's sung by a woman,
>lip-synched on an episode of "The Cosby Show", by the newest little girl.
>Any ideas ?
>-mcg
Yes, the person singing it (and I think she wrote it in response to
Muddy Waters' song) is Koko Taylor. You can find it on one of
her Alligator releases, Live from Chicago, An Audience with the Queen.
Deepak.
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Michael Gross
R o d Johnson
>tune of the Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man". It's sung by a woman,
>and it begins "I'm a woman ..." (we don't know the rest).
". . . W, O, M A N."
Koko Taylor?
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Howard Hunnicuitt
like the song in question is "I'm A Woman". This is the women's
version of Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy" - not to be confused with
"Hoochie Coochie Man".
"I'm a Woman" has been performed by many vocalists from KoKo Taylor
to Miss Piggy, but the most played version I've heard is by Ko Ko.
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My guess is Koko Taylor, calling it, perhaps, "I'm A Woman"
or Hoochie Coochie Woman"
Ken B.
Rebecca M Hendrick
>I'm pretty sure I've seen Valerie Wellington do this song live. She's got
>one album (CD) out on Alligator called _Million Dollar Secret_, and she's,
>in my opinion, the best female blues singer in Chicago these days.
>
>I think Koko Taylor also does this, as she was at the last Valerie Wellington
>show I saw, and I kind of remember Valerie mentioning something about Koko and
>that song. By the way, Koko's also pretty good, though I like Valerie more.
>
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I was in the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago this weekend and almost purchased
Valarie's CD, but then I saw all the Koko Taylor, and then I saw all the
Katie Webster. I decided not to buy anything until I know more about
the recordings. I've seen Valerie and Koko in concert, but not Katie, and
I know almost nothing about their CD's.
Any comments?
Becca
Terry Bermes
Koko Taylor adapted "Hoochie Coohie Man". I didn't
see the Cosby Show but my guess is that's who the blues
performer was.
Terry
Paul Fowler
> In article <21...@paperboy.OSF.ORG> m...@qwert.osf.org (Michael Gross) writes:
> >We're trying to figure out the artist and title of a blues song, sung to the
> >tune of the Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man". It's sung by a woman,
> >and it begins "I'm a woman ..." (we don't know the rest).
>
> I'm pretty sure I've seen Valerie Wellington do this song live. She's got
> one album (CD) out on Alligator called _Million Dollar Secret_, and she's,
> in my opinion, the best female blues singer in Chicago these days.
>
> I think Koko Taylor also does this, as she was at the last Valerie Wellington
Yes, it is on Koko Taylor's first or second Alligator album.
I have heard her do it live, too.
> show I saw, and I kind of remember Valerie mentioning something about Koko and
> that song. By the way, Koko's also pretty good, though I like Valerie more.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
IMO, she can be pretty awesome live!
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