Sugar Mama BluesTaj Mahal
Release Date: 06/22/2004
Original Release:
2004
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 523648_CD
UPC # 068944915323
Label: Justin Time
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Performer: Taj Mahal
Distributor: IDN Distribution Notes: Previously released as THE RISING SUN COLLECTION. Personnel: Taj Mahal (vocals, guitar); Taj Mahal; Rudy Costa, Rudy Costa (saxophone); Bill Rich, Bill Smith (drums); Robert Greenwich (steel drum); Jumma Santos, Jumo Santos (percussion); Kester Smith (drums). Liner Note Author: Craig Morrison. Recording information: Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Of Place Des Arts, Montreal, Ca (07/18/1980).
Living Blues (pp.53-54) - "On the title track, Mahal emulates the terrifying voice of Howlin' Wolf."
From the beginning, singer/guitarist Taj Mahal had an interest in/gift for rural blues, and has since embraced everything from electric and psychedelic-tinged blues to reggae and calypso. A tireless performer, he's recorded in many settings, with his honest and impassioned singing providing the common thread through it all. He was a member of '60s band the Rising Sons (which also included Ry Cooder) before embarking on a successful solo career that spanned several decades.
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Influences:
Belafonte, Harry Davis, Reverend Gary Estes, Sleepy John House, Son Hurt, Mississippi John James, Elmore James, Skip Johnson, Robert Leadbelly McTell, Blind Willie Shines, Johnny Spence, Joseph Terry, Sonny Wright, O.V.
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