Meet Koko Taylor’s Sledgehammer Shout, “Wang Dang Doodle”

The Willie Dixon-penned, “Wang Dang Doodle” employs one of the most colorful casts of back alley juke joint characters ever assembled: Automatic Slim, Razor Totin' Jim, Butcher Knife Totin' Annie, Fast Talking Fanny, Washboard Sam and Pistol Pete. Enter fire-breathing wailer Koko Taylor, the South Side dame who injected heart and soul into this stomping, no-nonsense shakedown about kicking off your shoes and partying down.

Discovered by Willie Dixon in the early sixties, Koko Taylor cut the earthquake-inducing “Wang Dang Doodle” in 1966, selling over a million – Chess Records’ last top ten hit. Koko’s take is an earsplitting force of nature, detonating with her thrilling barbarous wail and the hurried gallop and shotgun bite of her backing, no wonder she was crowned Queen of the Blues – all rise.

“Wang Dang Doodle”
Written by: Willie Dixon

Tell Automatic Slim , tell Razor Totin' Jim
Tell Butcher Knife Totin' Annie, tell Fast Talking Fanny
A we gonna pitch a ball, a down to that union hall

We gonna romp and tromp till midnight
We gonna fuss and fight till daylight
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
All night long, All night long, All night long

Tell Kudu-Crawlin' Red, tell Abyssinian Ned
Tell ol' Pistol Pete, everybody gonna meet
Tonight we need no rest, we really gonna throw a mess
We gonna to break out all of the windows,
we gonna kick down all the doors
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
All night long, All night long, All night long

Tell Fats and Washboard Sam, that everybody gonna to jam
Tell Shaky and Boxcar Joe, we got sawdust on the floor
Tell Peg and Caroline Dye, we gonna have a time
When the fish scent fill the air, there'll be snuff juice everywhere
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
All night long, All night long

Take Up Thy Rock 'N Roll Stethoscope and Walk,



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