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The Essential Taj Mahal (CD)

By: Taj Mahal (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Essential Taj Mahal (CD) Album By Taj Mahal (Artist)
1   Leaving Trunk
2   Statesboro Blues
3   Celebrated Walking Blues, The
4   She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride)
5   Corinna
6   Going Up The Country Gonna Paint My Mailbox
7   Take A Giant Step
8   Six Days On The Road
9   Country Blues
10   Fishin' Blues
11   Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Anymo')
12   You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
13   Happy To Be Just Like I Am
14   West Indian Revelation
15   Texas Woman Blues
16   Cake Walk Into Town
17   Frankie & Albert
18   Railroad Bill
 
DISC 2 for The Essential Taj Mahal (CD) Album By Taj Mahal (Artist)
1   Johnny Too Bad
2   Slave Driver
3   St. Kitts Woman, (Clara)
4   When I Feel Teh Sea Beneath My Soul
5   Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too
6   Love Theme In The Key Of D
7   Everybody Is Somebody
8   Crossing
9   Don't Call Us
10   Big Legged Mamas Are Back In Style
11   That's How Strong My Love Is
12   Here In The Dark
13   Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes
14   Senor Blues
15   New Hula Blues, The
16   Queen Bee
17   Cruisin'
18   John Henry - (with Etta Baker)
 

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Title Note

Personnel: Taj Mahal (vocals, whistling, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, National guitar, dobro, mandolin, harmonica, piano, upright bass, finger cymbals, hand claps); Jesse Ed Davis (guitar, electric guitar, piano); Ry Cooder (guitar, mandolin); Eric Bazilian (lap steel guitar); Howard Johnson (baritone saxophone, flugelhorn, tuba); Bob Stewart (trumpet, flugelhorn, tuba); Joseph Daley (trombone, tuba); Earl McIntyre (bass trombone, tuba); John Simon (piano, electric piano); Al Kooper, Bill Payne (piano); Gary Gilmore (electric bass); Kester Smith (drums, percussion); Chuck Blackwell, Sandy Konikoff (drums); Babatunde Olatunji (congas, djembe, shekere, percussion); Larry McDonald, Kwasi "Rocky" Dzidzournou (congas, percussion); Robert Greenidge, Andy Narell (steel drum); Hall & Oates, Merry Clayton, Sheryl Crow, Claudia Lennear (background vocals); The Pointer Sisters.

Liner Note Author: Tom Surowicz.

Recording information: 1967 - 1999.

An impressive two-disc compilation, THE ESSENTIAL TAJ MAHAL lives up to its name by charting the path of the acclaimed blues guitarist/vocalist's career from 1967 to 2004. Though always rooted in the blues, Mahal has incorporated other styles into his distinctive sound, including folk, R&B, and reggae. Proceeding in chronological order, this set begins in the late '60s, presenting tunes such as "The Celebrated Walkin' Blues," a spare song that features Mahal accompanied only by his former Rising Sons bandmate Ry Cooder on mandolin; and the gentle, lilting "Take a Giant Step." The second disc finds Mahal easing into a potent version of Bob Marley's "Slave Driver," while "The New Hula Blues" is a deft Hawaiian slack-key/blues hybrid, revealing the breadth of his stylistic range. As a relatively concise yet remarkably thorough overview of Mahal's decades-spanning catalogue, this 36-track compilation is absolutely indispensable.

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