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Taj Mahal - Giant Step & De Ole Folks at Home (1969)

Track listing:
  1. Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie Anymo' 1:03
  2. Take a Giant Step 4:19
  3. Give Your Woman What She Wants 2:32
  4. Good Morning Little School Girl 3:46
  5. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond 4:56
  6. Six Days On the Road 3:02
  7. Farther On Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me) 4:41
  8. Keep Your Hands Off Her 2:17
  9. Bacon Fat 6:39
  10. Linin' Track 1:41
  11. Country Blues #1 2:38
  12. Wild Ox Moan 2:46
  13. Light Rain Blues 3:22
  14. A Little Soulful Tune 2:39
  15. Candy Man 2:56
  16. Cluck Old Hen 2:33
  17. Colored Aristocracy 2:03
  18. Blind Boy Rag 4:10
  19. Stagger Lee 3:21
  20. Cajun Tune 1:56
  21. Fishin' Blues 3:06
  22. Annie's Lover 3:28

Notes


Giant Step/De Old Folks at Home is a two-record set that features one album of Delta blues that was recorded with a full electric band and one album of solo acoustic blues. The electric record is the better collection, but only by a small margin — the acoustic record suffers from poor production that prevents a listener from completely connecting with Taj Mahal's blues. Nevertheless, there are terrific moments on both records and, on the whole, it is one of his finest albums.