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The Best Of Taj Mahal
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Track Listings
1 | Statesboro Blues |
2 | Leaving Trunk |
3 | Corinna |
4 | Going up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue |
5 | She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride |
6 | Take a Giant Step |
7 | Six Days On the Road |
8 | Farther On Down the Road |
9 | Fishin' Blues |
10 | Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') |
11 | You're Going to Need Somebody On Your Bond |
12 | Cakewalk Into Town |
13 | Oh Susanna |
14 | Frankie And Albert |
15 | Chevrolet |
16 | Johnny Too Bad |
17 | Sweet Mama Janisse |
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NEW Combo BLUWAVS CD and FLAC FILE
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Taj Mahal's been chasing the blues around the world for years, but rarely with the passion, energy, and clarity he brought to his first three albums. Taj Mahal, The Natch'l Blues and The Real Thing are the sound of the artist, who was born in 1942, defining himself and his music. On his self-titled 1967 debut, he not only honors the sound of the Delta masters with his driving National steel guitar and hard vocal shout, but ladles in elements of rock and country with the help of guitarists Ry Cooder and the late Jessie Ed Davis. This approach is reinforced and broadened by The Natch'l Blues. What's most striking is Mahal's way of making even the oldest themes sound as if they're part of a new era. Not just through the vigor of his playing--relentlessly propulsive, yet stripped down compared with the six-string ornamentations of the original masters of country blues--but through his singing, which possesses a knowing insouciance distinct to post-Woodstock counterculture hipsters. It's the voice of an informed young man who knows he's offering something deep to an equally hip and receptive audience.
Soon, Mahal turned his multicultural vision of the blues even further outward. The live 1971 set, The Real Thing, finds him still carrying the Mississippi torch, while adding overt elements of jazz and Afro-Caribbean music to its flame. But it's overreaching. His band sounds under-rehearsed, and the arrangements seem more like rough outlines. Nonetheless, these albums set the stage for Mahal's career. (For a condensed version, try the fine The Best of Taj Mahal.) Today, he continues to make fine fusion albums, like 1999's Kulanjan, with Malian kora master Toumani Diabate, and less exciting but still eclectic recordings with his Phantom Blues Band. --Ted Drozdowski
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 ounces
- Manufacturer : Columbia/ Legacy
- Item model number : 2012468
- Original Release Date : 2000
- Run time : 1 hour and 9 minutes
- Date First Available : October 21, 2006
- Label : Columbia/ Legacy
- ASIN : B00004XSUS
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #19,627 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #36 in Acoustic Blues (CDs & Vinyl)
- #84 in Modern Blues (CDs & Vinyl)
- #125 in Electric Blues
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Aside from the songs on this collection that really cook, there are others that seem to transcend the blues and create a different feeling. "Corinna", "Take A Giant Step" and "Johnny Too Bad" are more thoughtful and laid back, making for a good mix of tempos'. Then, just when I thought it couldn't get much better, I listened to the jazzed up, instrumental "Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (No Mo')". Awesome! Then there's "Oh Susanna", a song that you might think you've heard before as a child, but not like this! I could go on, but just know that all in all this is a collection of incredible, inspired music from a great artist,and track for track, it's one of the best albums I have ever purchased.
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Ich muss sagen: Ich habe selten ein besseres Album gehört. Es ist wirklich ein "Best of". Die CD's wegen denen ich eigentlich auf Amazon gelandet waren habe ich einmal gehört und bin dann auf diesem Album hängengeblieben.