Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues - Taj Mahal
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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues – Taj Mahal is an album
by American
blues
artist Taj Mahal
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Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
artist Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal (musician)
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks , who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award winning blues musician. He incorporates elements of world music into his music...
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Track listing
- "Leaving Trunk"
- "Dust My BroomDust My Broom"Dust My Broom" is a blues standard originally recorded as "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom"by Robert Johnson, the Mississippi Delta blues singer and guitarist, on November 23, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas. The song was originally released on 78 rpm format as Vocalion 03475, ARC 7-04-81 and Conqueror 8871...
" - "Corrina"
- "Chevrolet"
- "Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue"
- "Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell"
- "She Caught the KatyShe Caught the Katy"She Caught the Katy " is a blues standard written by Taj Mahal and James Rachell. The song was first recorded for Taj Mahal's 1968 album The Natch'l Blues, and is one of Mahal's most famous tunes...
(And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" - "Checkin' Up on My BabyCheckin' Up on My Baby"Checkin' Up on My Baby" is a song recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1960 that has become a classic of the blues. The song was not released as a single, but was included on Williamson's The Real Folk Blues album released after his death in January 1966...
" - "Bound to Love Me Some"
- "Queen Bee"
- "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond"
- "Fishin' Blues"
- "Six Days on the RoadSix Days on the Road"Six Days on the Road" is an American song written by Muscle Shoals Sound Studio songwriter Carl Montgomery and Earl Green, made originally famous by country music singer Dave Dudley...
" - "Freight Train"
- "Ain't That a Lot of Love"