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Demetria Taylor Bad Girl Delmark DE 814

1. I'm A Woman / Hoochie Coochie Woman 5:48
(McDaniel /Taylor, Arc Music, BMI / Willie Dixon, Hoochie Coochie Music, BMI)
2. All Your Love 7:47 (Samuel Maghett, Conrad Music/Leric Music, BMI)
3. Voodoo Woman 5:08 (Cora "Koko" Taylor, Eyeball Music, BMI)
4. Bad Girl 4:10 (Eddie Taylor, Conrad Music, BMI)
5. When You Don't Take Nothing 7:16 (Stan Banks, Deltaboy Music Co./Peermusic III Ltd., BMI)
6. Goin' Back To Mississippi 5:23 (Nora Jean Bruso)
7. Big Boss Man 4:45 (Dixon/Smith, Conrad Music/Sony ATV Songs LLC, BMI)
8. Cherry Red Wine 7:19 (Luther Allison, Bad Love Music/Eyeball Music, BMI)
9. I Can't Take It No More 3:58 (Eddie Taylor Jr.)
10. Trying To Make A Living 3:32 (Eatmon/Daniel, Eatmon Music)
11. Little Red Rooster 5:27 (Willie Dixon, Hoochie Coochie Music, BMI)
12. Wang Dang Doodle 5:54 (Willie Dixon, Hoochie Coochie Music, BMI)

Album Production and Supervision: Robert G. Koester and Steve Wagner
Recorded mixed and mastered at Riverside Studio, Chicago by Steve Wagner
Cover photo: C 2011 Marc PoKempner
Additional photo: Steve Wagner
Design: DJavan Wagner

Demetria Taylor, vocals
Shun Kikuta (left channel). Eddie Taylor Jr. (right channel), guitar
Roosevelt Purifoy, piano, organ
Greg McDaniel, bass
Pookie Styx, drums

with Special Guests:
Big Time Sarah, vocals (11,12)
Billy Branch, harmonica (4,7,11,12)
Eddie Shaw, tenor saxophone (3,4,5,6,8)
Luke Pytel, guitar (9,10 replaces Kikuta)



AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson [-]
When children of well-known musicians pursue musical careers, they don't necessarily follow in their parent's footsteps stylistically. The sons and daughters of jazz musicians might end up playing rock, R&B, or reggae instead of jazz; the sons and daughters of regional Mexican artists might end up recording rock en español instead of norteño, mariachi, or banda. But on Bad Girl, Chicago-based blues singer Demetria Taylor definitely follows in her dad's footsteps stylistically. Taylor is the daughter of the late guitarist Eddie Taylor, Sr., who is remembered for his work with Jimmy Reed. Taylor, Sr. was the epitome of electric Chicago blues, and his daughter isn't any less Chicago-sounding on this 2011 release. Vocally, she favors a tough, gritty, edgy approach along the lines of Koko Taylor (another Chicago blues icon), and her approach is unmistakably Chicago-minded on the Willie Dixon staples "Wang Dang Doodle" (which is closely identified with Koko Taylor and Howlin' Wolf) and "Little Red Rooster" as well as on Luther Dixon's "Big Boss Man" (a major hit for Reed). But not everything on Bad Girl has been recorded so many times that it falls into the warhorse category. Demetria Taylor also turns her attention to strong material that ranges from Koko Taylor's "Voodoo Woman" to Luther Allison's "Cherry Red Wine." So no, Bad Girl isn't one of those Chicago blues albums that adheres to an all-warhorses-all-the-time policy. It should also be noted that unlike a lot of electric blues recordings from Chicago, Bad Girl doesn't make a lot of detours into soul. Demetria Taylor pretty much sticks to electric Chicago blues of the Chess Records variety, and while this 66-minute CD is derivative, it is enjoyably derivative. There are no dull moments on the engaging Bad Girl.