Coming this Sunday June 14, Benidorm will host a tribute to the recently defunct "Queen of the Blues" Koko Taylor. It is in the Julio Iglesias Auditorium, beginning at 19 hours. The Department of Culture honors with his ' Blues & Blues Festival the figure of the Grammy Award winner, Koko Taylor, the most important blues singer so far and undisputed "queen of the blues." Tickets can be purchased at the kiosk through the Plaza Triangular or Servicam at a price of 15 euros, or box office, at 18 euros.
The mayor of Culture, Ángela Barceló, has announced that the concert will consist of three parts. On the opening act, Koko Taylor's band, comprising musicians Henry Butler on piano, Kenny Neal on guitar and EC Scott with his voice. The second group will be participating Lonnie Brooks, Lonnie Brooks & the Blues Band. According Testi Tajada, music producer afirm that is a "unique oportunity, as it will be one of the last chance to see the Koko Taylor's Blues Band, all in active" following the death last week of the "queen of the blues."
During her almos 50 year career , Taylor has received almost every award that the blues world that can offer and many more.
- She received Grammy nominations for seven of its last eight albums with Alligator and won a Grammy in 1984 for the live album with various artists Blues Explosion with Atlantic Records. In 2004 she received the National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment For The Arts.
- She got 25 Blues Music Awards (more than any other blues artist, male or female).
- A great personal triumph came on March 3, 1993, when the mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Taylor gave her the Legend Of The Year award and declared "Koko Taylor Day" throughout Chicago. In 1998, Chicago Magazine named the "Chicago of the Year".
- In 1999, Taylor entered the Hall of Fame of the Blues Foundation. "There are many kings of the blues", said his days in The Boston Globe, "but only one queen." It is not easy for a woman to succeed in the world of blues, a world dominated by men, but Koko Taylor did it.
We insist that this is a unique oportunity and the last time you will get tosee the Koko Taylor Band, book a cheap flight at a room in our Benidorm Hotels and do not miss out this beatiful Blues tribute