Taj Mahal - Giant Steps-De Old Folks At Home (1969) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Anymo')
02. Take a Giant Step (1969 Version)
03. Give Your Woman What She Wants (From the Motion Picture "The April Fools")
04. Good Morning Little School Girl
05. You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
06. Six Days On the Road
07. Farther On Down the Road
08. Keep Your Hands Off Her
09. Bacon Fat
10. Linin' Track
11. Country Blues #1
12. Wild Ox Moan
13. Light Rain Blues
14. A Little Soulful Tune
15. Candy Man
16. Cluck Old Hen
17. Colored Aristocracy
18. Blind Boy Rag
19. Stagger Lee
20. Cajun Tune
21. Fishin' Blues
22. Annie's Lover


Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home is the third studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. A double album, the first disc (Giant Step) is electric, while the second (De Ole Folks at Home) is acoustic. Esquire magazine included this album at number 27 on its list of "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own".

Along with Ry Cooder, Taj was a founder of the legendary Rising Sons, and went on to release two stripped down delta-blues classics in 1968. Giant Step, released concurrently with a raw collection of solo recordings called De Ole Folks At Home in 1969, would be his third, and personal favorite to many. It’s the title track’s delicate, sparse mood I can’t stuff in my head enough. Taj transforms the Monkees hit, composed by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, into a relaxed and gorgeous rural roamer – his muddy vox rolls all over the changes, miles beyond blues. And though Giant Step isn’t completely free of the old I-IV-V, just let the feedback harmonica moan from Give Your Woman What She Wants hook you in, the toe-tapping Cajun feel to You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond take you along, and overpowered drive of Six Days On The Road stamp it down, then see who cares about chord progressions anymore.

"Giant Step / De Ole Folks at Home' presents a telling picture of Taj's multi-instrumental ability and the seductive charm of his relaxed, yet resonant vocal style." (Rolling Stone Album Guide)

Taj Mahal, vocals, harmonica, banjo, acoustic guitar
Jesse Ed Davis, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, organ
Gary Gilmore, bass
Chuck Blackwell, drums

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