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Señor Blues (Taj Mahal album)

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Released
  
1997

Señor Blues (1997)
  
Sacred Island (1998)

Release date
  
1997

Producer
  
John Porter

Length
  
51:17

Artist
  
Taj Mahal

Label
  
Private Music

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Genres
  
Blues, Rhythm and blues, Soul blues

Similar
  
Taj Mahal albums, Blues albums

Señor Blues is a 1997 studio album by blues musician Taj Mahal, featuring a cover of James Brown's "Think". It won Best Contemporary Blues Album – or Contemporary Blues Recording at that year's Grammy Awards.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Queen Bee" (Taj Mahal)
  2. "Think" (Lowman Pauling)
  3. "Irresistible You" (Al Kasha, Luther Dixon)
  4. "Having a Real Bad Day" (Delbert McClinton, John Barlow Jarvis)
  5. "Señor Blues" (Horace Silver)
  6. "Sophisticated Mama" (Washboard Sam)
  7. "Oh Lord, Things Are Gettin' Crazy Up In Here" (Jon Cleary)
  8. "I Miss You Baby" (Freddie Simon)
  9. "You Rascal You" (Sam Theard)
  10. "Mind Your Own Business" (Hank Williams)
  11. "21st Century Gypsy Singing Lover Man" (Taj Mahal, Jon Cleary)
  12. "At Last (I Found a Love)" (Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover)
  13. "Mr. Pitiful" (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding)

Personnel

  • Taj Mahal – Vocals, harmonica, dobro, kazoo
  • Johnny Lee Schell – guitar
  • Jon Cleary – piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Mick Weaver – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Larry Fulcher – bass
  • Tony Braunagel – drums, percussion, tambourine
  • Sir Harry Bowens, Donna Taylor, Terrence Forsythe – background vocals
  • The Texacalli Horns:

    • Songs

    1Queen Bee4:41
    2Think2:36
    3Irresistible You3:14

    References

    Señor Blues (Taj Mahal album) Wikipedia
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