Maria Muldaur

Performer: Maria Muldaur
Artist: Ry Cooder; Amos Garrett; David Lindley; Jim Keltner; Jim Dickinson; Spooner Oldham; Clarence White; David Grisman
Engineer: Donn Landee; Lee Herschberg
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Maria Muldaur (vocals); Andrew Gold (guitar); Richard Greene (violin); David Nichtern (acoustic guitar); Bill Keith (banjo); Mac Rebennack (piano); Freebo, Chris Ethridge, Klaus Voorman (bass); Ray Brown, Dave Holland (acoustic bass); Ed Shaughnessy (drums); Jim Gordon (drums, organ, clarinet). Additional producer: David Nichtern. Personnel: Maria Muldaur (vocals, background vocals); Amos Garrett (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Greg Prestopino (vocals, piano, keyboards, background vocals); Ellen Kearney, Karen Alexander , Bettye LaVette, Gloria Jones, Jessica Smith (vocals, background vocals); David Nichtern (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Clarence White, Andrew Gold, Ry Cooder (guitar, acoustic guitar); David Lindley, David Lynley (guitar); Mac Rebennack (electric guitar, alto horn, piano); Bill Keith (steel guitar, banjo); David Grisman (mandolin); Larry Packer (violin, viola); Richard Greene & Beryl Marriott, Richard Greene (violin); Nick DeCaro (accordion); Jim Gordon (clarinet, horns, organ, keyboards, drums); James Gordon (clarinet, organ); Jerry Jumonville, Artie Butler (alto horn); Mark T. Jordan, Jim Dickinson, Spooner Oldham (piano, keyboards); Dr. John (keyboards); Chris Parker , John Bourdreaux, Jim Keltner, Ed Shaughnessy, John Boudreaux (drums); Betty Lavatte (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Lee Herschberg. Illustrators: Michael Wood; Booty Wood. Photographer: Ginny Winn. Maria Muldaur's self-titled debut record instantly established Muldaur as a major talent and began a career-long melding of American musical styles. Fun, cheerful, and full of the sheer love of playing music, MARIA MULDAUR uses bits of country, pop, blues, rock & roll, jug band, early jazz, and all other manner of roots music to create what could be called one of the first true Americana albums. The record also produced the New York-born vocalist's biggest hit, the sultry Top 10 single, "Midnight at the Oasis," which features the languid, spine-tingling guitar work of the great Amos Garrett. A landmark album in both Muldaur's career and the 1970's music scene, MARIA MULDAUR is that rare combination of brilliant interpreter matched with top-notch tunes and sympathetic sidemen.

Q (12/93, p.140) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...[MARIA MULDAUR] inhabits similar territory to the '70s albums of Ry Cooder--unself- conscientously examining the roots of Americana, rock 'n' roll, blues, country and jazz..."

Maria Muldaur got her start in the heady West Village folk scene of the early 1960s with the Even Dozen Jug Band (her bandmates included guitarist Stefan Grossman and future Lovin' Spoonful John Sebastian), and then enjoyed a few years with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, alongside her then-husband Geoff Muldaur. After their marriage split up in 1972, Muldaur focussed on a solo career, establishing an image as a sultry earth-mama chanteuse. Her first album, released in 1973, made a splash, spawning the classic pop hit "Midnight at the Oasis." Although subsequent albums and singles didn't go over as well with the public, Muldaur never stopped recording or touring, and later in her career adopted a jazzier, more timeless repertoire that suits her varied international audiences.

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