Koko Taylor

As it turns out, Lexi Zehren performed with Koko Taylor in Chicago and I was there. She and I discussed it tonight. She and I discussed Koko, and that night when Koko asked Lexi to sing with her, though neither of us remember how or why she got up on the stage.

I'll never forget that night. Though Lexi and I don't remember at what club we were visiting that night, I do remember how my best friend --little, skinny Lexi -- got up on stage and wailed with Koko Taylor. Koko was so humble and inviting to the only 2 white girls who were so "ballsy" to come to that club. I remember that Lexi was so nervous but so had the passion and soul equivalent -- in some ways -- to do a duo with Koko.

And so a legend was created and will continue.

And so we honor and appreciate our icons and role models, as they shed light onto what and how we should conduct ourselves as carriers of the lantern for the wisdom of the artists' evolution.

Virginia Erdie
http://www.virginiaerdie.com