'Oooh So Good 'N Blues' from 1973, is my favorite Taj Mahal album, it's a low-key collection of stripped-down acoustic blues steeped in the 1920s Piedmont style. On it, Taj plays all the instruments, including: acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, resonator guitar, acoustic bass, piano and harmonica.
Backing vocals on several tracks are provided by, the then, young and relatively unknown Pointer Sisters (Anita, Ruth, Bonnie, and June), who sound wonderfully down-home. This album and The Pointer Sisters debut album were released around the same time.
'Oooh So Good 'N Blues' contains beautifully constructed, sung and played songs... some old standards, but very, very well done.
Taj Mahal is the stage name of Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr.. If you want to freeload 'Oooh So Good 'N Blues', tell us what stage name would you use?
I play Blues Harp so maybe Tremble Reed
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As for Taj Mahal, he's a great musician!
Here are Taj (on bass!) & The Pointer Sisters doing Texas Woman Blues, brilliant!
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Best of luck in the competition!
DeleteThanks Babs! The whole thing will be streamed live on the 16th.
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Since I like Old & in the Way & they're currently disbanded, I'll just call myself "Old"
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ReplyDeleteHere the Oooh So Good link
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Thanx for the link! The title says it all...
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DeleteListening right now. May have to pull the mando off the wall & see I can still operate it...
ReplyDeleteAmazing...I can mostly still hang in there. Thanx, Ms Brando!
ReplyDeleteOf all the Taj Mahal I've collected over the years I'd never come across this one. Looking forward to hearing it. Thanks Babs.
ReplyDeleteDue to stiff competition in 1973 (many all-time classics were released that year), it didn't sell well, so it didn't get a second or maybe third pressing, and went out of print for many years. It's now recognized as a classic.
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