Straight digital reissue of
Taylor's debut Chess album from 1969. Produced by
Willie Dixon (who can intermittently be heard as a duet partner), the set is one of the strongest representations of the belter's Chess days available, with her immortal smash "Wang Dang Doodle," and the chunky "Twenty-Nine Ways," "I'm a Little Mixed Up," and "Don't Mess with the Messer." Top-flight session musicians on
Taylor's 1965-1969 output included guitarists
Buddy Guy,
Matt Murphy, and
Johnny Shines and saxman
Gene "Daddy G" Barge. ~ Bill Dahl