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Rising Sons - Rising Sons Featuring Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder

Track listing:
  1. Statesboro Blues 2:26
  2. If The River Was Whiskey (Divin' Duck Blues) 2:42
  3. By And By (Poor Me) 3:33
  4. Candy Man 2:05
  5. 2:10 Train 4:11
  6. Let The Good Times Roll 2:44
  7. .44 Blues 3:24
  8. 11th Street Overcrossing 2:13
  9. Corrin, Corrina [sic] 2:57
  10. Tulsa County 2:43
  11. Walkin' Down The Line 2:15
  12. The Girl With Green Eyes 2:15
  13. Sunny's Dream 3:02
  14. Spanish Lace Blues 2:14
  15. The Devil's Got My Woman 3:06
  16. Take A Giant Step 2:55
  17. Flyin' So High 3:06
  18. Dust My Broom 3:05
  19. Last Fair Deal Gone Down 2:39
  20. Baby, What You Want Me To Do 2:56
  21. Statesboro Blues 2:25
  22. I Got A Little 3:22

Notes

Their lone single and unreleased album form the core of this 22-track reissue, which features imaginative rearrangements of standards like "Corrine, Corrina," an obscure Dylan cover ("Walkin' down the Line"), rocking originals, a confident performance of Goffin/King's "Take A Giant Step" (later Mahal's signature tune), and nifty guitar interplay between Mahal and Cooder throughout. Overall, it sounds a lot more like it belongs in 1967-68 than 1965-66. This archival release has value above and beyond historical interest.