caregiver
(near contentment now) | | Posted: Apr 13, 2013 - 18:28 | |
So good. I don't even know what else to say.  |
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unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | | Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 07:49 | |
Sounds like what the police officer said to me many, many years ago.
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ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada) | | Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 07:49 | |
The word is Bond. James Bond.
This song leaves me shaken AND stirred.
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dirtbagpook
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My brother had this album in the 70's and I got a chance to listen to it then. Wow. What an awesome intro to Taj. Get's my toes and heels going!  |
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ch83575
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Taj can really rock out on this one! Most of Taj's stuff is great, but this and Corina just blow my mind. Gunna have to leave RP for a few to spin the vinyl.
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MoM$CooKin
(AnAlteredState) | | Posted: Aug 05, 2012 - 11:26 | |
robert johnson on tuba...doesnt get any better!
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Gregorama
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 12:06 | |
Regarding authenticity. I'd say Taj Mahal is a musicologist in addition to being a great musician. I think I'd heard he came from a rather middle class background, as opposed to being a traveling rural musician like Robert Johnson or the other blues giants of the early 20th century.
I learned a lot about the blues from him through his interprerations of it, which I find quite faithful homages to their sources.
No matter where he came from, I've never found any pretense in his music or his style, and I think he has been instrumental in helping disseminate the blues in the later decades of the 20rh century. I credit him with introducing me to the Delta Blues. He has my respect.
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kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 11:36 | |
I have this on vinyl. Forgot about this or it just didn't grab me back then..
Tastes do change with age. Gonna have to dig this one up.
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johnnygadgets
(chandler arizona) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 09:45 | |
I went to this concert at Fillmore West in the 60's. He is da man!!!
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shellbella
(so california) | | Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 15:08 | |
Taj is da bomb baby!!!  |
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d-don
(Oregon) | | Posted: May 20, 2011 - 14:23 | |
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cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 13:16 | |
What is it about the horns that just POPS? Loves me some Taj, but those horns push it over the top. Wow.
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gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 22:32 | |
Nothing less than a 9 on this album.
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Dude
(Los Gatos, CA) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 11:41 | |
Mmmmm... so good. Big fat horns, killer rhythm section... and Taj. It doesn't get much better than this.
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floydoftherocks
(Frisco) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 11:41 | |
i like this.. i like the Taj way way more when he sings like a normal guy, like now..
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Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2010 - 12:48 | |
heymarcel wrote:On the main I take issue with the idea of "authenticity." ...
OK, for you Taj Mahal is authentic Blues and Norman Rockwell is authentic art - I have no issue with that. It's not exclusively a matter of appreciation or utility for me, rather genesis. A what caused this thing to happen curiosity. I like my porcelain tile that mimics terra cotta a whole lot better than the source material (for my intended purpose). |
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heymarcel
(Reno, NV) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 12:22 | |
Businessgypsy wrote:Norman Rockwell was an extremely accomplished and beloved illustrator who was driven to create art because of an opportunity to make a living and a carefully honed skill in doing so. Vincent Van Gogh was driven to make art at the cost of his life because he could not do otherwise. On the main I take issue with the idea of "authenticity." I take Rockwell, Van Gogh or Taj Mahal at their word that they're doing what they're driven to do. Many have derided Rockwell for sentimentality and a craftsmanship that didn't add as much to the world of art as Van Gogh's innovative artistic choices did, but that doesn't have anything to do with authenticity. Likewise, just because most blues artists stayed in a fairly confined genre, and played simple songs very well, or played because they could earn money that way, doesn't make them any more or less authentic. They're playing what they feel is right, and there's no reason to question their authenticity. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Taj Mahal's wide and idiosyncratic stylistic explorations both inside and outside what is usually considered blues doesn't make him less authentic either. His, Robert Johnson's or B.B. King's motives and experiences are immaterial beside their music itself. |
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Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 16:32 | |
heymarcel wrote:I'm not sure what you mean by "actual article" here, unless you're referring to personal experiences and accidents of history that have little to do with the music itself. If he isn't a genuine blues artist, no one is. Few people have done as much with and for blues as a genre than he has.
I'm in agreement for the most part with you on your first and last points. As for as your second point, we each see it from a different perspective. If he is what comes to mind when you think of roots delta blues, then for you he certainly is the real deal. I think Kevin Moore is an extremely accomplished and enjoyable blues performer and composer who got into the genre as an actor angling for a part and discovered an aptitude, but does not have a play blues or die drive.
Norman Rockwell was an extremely accomplished and beloved illustrator who was driven to create art because of an opportunity to make a living and a carefully honed skill in doing so. Vincent Van Gogh was driven to make art at the cost of his life because he could not do otherwise.
On review, my position is way too personal to extend as a standard for anyone else, so I'll modify my original statement to say "not the actual article in my estimation". Thanks for the response, enjoyed hearing your views.
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heymarcel
(Reno, NV) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 13:21 | |
Businessgypsy wrote:Yeah, I know he covered that ancient levee builder's folk song "Crawdad Hole", but Henry Saint Clair Fredericks is a scholar and musicologist, not a genuine Blues artist. Well trained and polished, to be sure - but not the actual article by any standard. I'm not sure what you mean by "actual article" here, unless you're referring to personal experiences and accidents of history that have little to do with the music itself. If he isn't a genuine blues artist, no one is. Few people have done as much with and for blues as a genre than he has. |
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Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 12:04 | |
Joy4life wrote:Crayfish anybody?
Are those the things you pair with Mare-lots? As an artist of the Northern Persuasion, he probably wouldn't know a crawfish from a cannoli.
Yeah, I know he covered that ancient levee builder's folk song "Crawdad Hole", but Henry Saint Clair Fredericks is a scholar and musicologist, not a genuine Blues artist. Well trained and polished, to be sure - but not the actual article by any standard.
He's done a wonderful job of promoting and educating people about Blues and has earned a devoted following - just be aware of the difference between a respectable méthode champenoise sparkling wine and Champagne.
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Joy4life
(Central Coast, California (home of good wine, big fires)) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2010 - 00:25 | |
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ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 13:48 | |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYXlK-Dktnk
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peter_james_bond
(The Burg) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 13:45 | |
What the??  ......  |
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islander
(Seattle) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 13:45 | |
if there were a song that needed an 11, this is it.
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krich58
(SCruz) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2009 - 10:43 | |
"Wid the Horns!!"
I love this tune, and this version of this tune.
We actually picked this song to graduate High School to. Yep, we all lined up and walked out of the auditorium with our diplomas, dancing to this great mover. How GREAT!
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whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 14:29 | |
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johnnygadgets
(chandler arizona) | | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 13:23 | |
this live recording was also performed at Filmore West in '69 and I was there to rock out this this incredible performance! He started with just him playing his banjo. When he brought out his brass section I went nuts!!! Four tuba's, trombones and trumpets. Sousa phones too. The wooden floor just shook like sitting on a big sub woofer!!!! Rode up from Santa Clara in a ten window VW bus.
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drews
(London, Blighty) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 07:51 | |
oh yeah, what a funky Stax sounding groove, I'm sure I heard Mavis Staple getting a mention from Taj in the lyrics. Check out Taj's most recent work with the Music Maker Relief Foundation (MMRF), with the likes of North Carolina blues old timers Etta Baker and John Dee Holeman; MMRF is a charitable organisation that does great work for keeping traditional music alive, so I hope nobody considers this a commercial pitch! http://www.musicmaker.org |
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BigDaddy_PA
| | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 07:41 | |
Fabulous live album, with great / unusual horn arrangements. A must for the true Taj fan!
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 07:35 | |
algrif wrote:The harp bumps it up a point. Anyone know who's playing ?  Taj. |
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