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Track:You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)
How about some soul? “You Don’t Miss Your Water” is the finest version of this soul standard I have ever heard and there’s some good ones out there too.
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Taj Mahal
The Natch'l Blues
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AMG Review of The Natch'l Blues
Bruce Eder
All Music GuideTaj Mahal's second album, recorded in the spring and fall of 1968, opens with more stripped-down Delta-style blues in the manner of his debut, but adds a little more amplification (partly courtesy of Al Kooper on organ) before moving into wholly bigger sound on numbers like "She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride" and "The Cuckoo" -- the latter, in particular, features crunchy electric and acoustic guitars and Gary Gilmore playing his bass almost like a lead instrument, like a bluesman's answer to John Entwistle. Most notable, however, may be the two original closing numbers, "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)" and "Ain't That a Lot of Love," which offer Taj Mahal working in the realm of soul and treading onto Otis Redding territory. This is particularly notable on "You Don't Miss Your Water," which achieves the intensity of a gospel performance and comes complete with a Stax/Volt-style horn arrangement by Jesse Ed Davis that sounds more like the real thing than the real thing. "Ain't That a Lot of Love," by contrast, is driven by a hard electric guitar sound and a relentless bass part that sounds like a more urgent version of the bassline from the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'." The fall 2000 CD reissue includes a trio of bonus tracks: a faster-paced rendition of "The Cuckoo" with a more prominent lead guitar, the slow electric lament "New Stranger Blues" featuring some good mandolin-style playing on the guitar, and the rocking instrumental "Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine," which is a killer showcase for Davis' lead electric guitar and Taj Mahal's virtuosity on the harmonica.
Rainy day with Taj Mahal Finale ( a little soul mix)
Rainy day with Taj Mahal Number 1
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What better way to pass the dayTaj has been keeping me company today so I thought I'd spread him aroundTracks are for his 2nd release which was re-mastered and re-issued in 2000.Personnel:Taj Mahal (vocals, National steel guitar, harmonica)Jesse Ed Davis (guitar, piano)Al Kooper (piano)Gary Gilmore (bass)Chuck Blackwell, Earl Palmer (drums).
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Rainy day with Taj Mahal Number 3
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Track:New Stranger Blues - (previously unreleased)
The fall 2000 CD reissue includes a trio of bonus tracks: a faster-paced rendition of “The Cuckoo” with a more prominent lead guitar, the slow electric lament “New Stranger Blues” featuring some good mandolin-style playing on the guitar, and the rocking instrumental “Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine,” which is a killer showcase for Davis lead electric guitar and Taj Mahal s virtuosity on
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Rainy day with Taj Mahal Number 2
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Taj, with the invaluable help of his tight and funky band, particularly the late, great, guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, are a perfect remedy for a rainy day.
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Being without music sucks
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Track:You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)
My Power Mac G5 bit the big one a few weeks ago and I've been hobbling along on my MacBook, doing my best to keep working. Yesterday, I finally picked up an external enclosure for what was my second internal hard drive - the one I store my music on - and got it hooked up to the MacBook.Being without music (and by extension, MOG) during that stretch made work a whole lot less fun.Glad to be back!
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