by Bill Dahl
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.