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Taj Mahal: Blue Light Boogie

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Label: Privat Music Records
Released: 1999
Time:
 47:25
Category: Blues
Producer(s): Skip Drinkwater, John Snyder, John Porter
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.tajblues.com
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Purchase date: 1999
Price in €: 15,99



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[1] River of Love (Carroll/Feldman/Scott) - 4:07
[2] Honky Tonk Women (Jagger/Richards) - 4:39
[3] Don't Call Us (Feldman/Mahal) - 4:20
[4] Take a Giant Step (Goffin/King) - 4:38
[5] Down Home Girl (Butler/Leiber) - 3:43
[6] Feets Don't Fail Me Now (Barrere/George/Kibbee) - 3:19
[7] Dark Angel (Grebb/Seaga) - 3:26
[8] Big Legged Mommas Are Back in Style (Mahal) - 4:18
[9] John the Revelator (House) - 3:54
[10] Blue Light Boogie (Robinson) - 4:05
[11] She Caught the Katy (Mahal/Rachell) - 3:40
[12] Mercedes Benz (Joplin/McClure) - 3:14

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Taj Mahal - Vocals, Guitar, Dobro, Harmonica

Hiram Bullock - Guitar
Eric Bazilian - Lap steel guitar
John Popper - Harmonica
Ron Kerber - Alto saxophone
Jay Davidson - Tenor & baritone saxophones
Ed Kalney - Trumpet
Gary McKeen - Trumpet
Jeff Lego - Trombone
Paul Shaffer - Piano, Organ
Mark Goodman - Electric piano, Synthesizer
Jerry Cohen - Organ
Rob Hyman - Organ
Donald Robinson - Keyboards
Doug Grigsby - Bass
Andy Kravitz - Drums
Bill Summers - Congas, Bata drum, Clay drum, Iya, Tambourin, Triangle, Combo, Guiro, Cabasa, Percussion

Daryl Hall - Background vocals
John Oates - Background vocals
Sheryl Crow - Background vocals
James Brown - Background vocals
Augie Johnson - Background vocals
Louis Patton - Background vocals
Reggie Ellis - Background vocals
Willie Green - Background vocals
Greg Maha - Background vocals
Porter Carroll - Background vocals

Phil Nicolo - Engineer
Jay Newland - Engineer
Joe McGrath - Engineer

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Old-school R&B legend Taj Mahal has been making quality roots music since the mid-'60s. As evidenced by this 1999 compilation, he has been going full-force ever since. Culled from several albums throughout the '90s, BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE ranges from wall-of-sound large-ensemble performances ("River of Love" and ""Don't Call Us") to stripped-down arrangements (such as his solo cover of the Stones' "Honky Tonk Women"). The disc is packed with guest stars, including James Brown, Hiram Bullock, Hall and Oates, Sheryl Crow, Paul Shaffer, and Steven Seagal(!). While purists may recoil at the slick production values and the presence of synthesizers - not to mention the "presence" of Seagal! - Taj Mahal's style is as gutsy and down-home as ever. A gospel-cast Son House cover, "John The Revelator," attests to this. Unquestionably, the highlight of the record is Mahal's self-penned "Big Legged Mommas Are Back In Style," a minimally arranged shuffle-beat that rocks like nobody's business. If only on the basis of this song, BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE proves the man still has "it" and is definitely worth a listen.



"Neben einem halben Dutzend Aufnahmen aus seinen beiden besseren CDs für Private Music versammelte man für dies Plättchen entlegene Raritäten."

F. Schöler in Rolling Stone 6/99
 

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