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The Natch'l Blues

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Recorded
  
May 1968, October 1968

Release date
  
23 December 1968

Label
  
Columbia Records

Artist
  
Taj Mahal

Producer
  
David Rubinson

Genre
  
Blues

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Released
  
December 23, 1968 ReReleased on CD 2000 Columbia/Legacy Recordings (Sony Music)

Length
  
36:27 48:21 (with bonus tracks)

The Natch'l Blues (1968)
  
Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home (1969)

Similar
  
Taj Mahal albums, Blues albums

The Natch'l Blues is the second studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal, released in 1968.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated

Side 1
  1. "Good Morning Miss Brown" – 3:13
  2. "Corinna" (Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis) – 2:59
  3. "I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll" – 3:12
  4. "Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue" – 3:34
  5. "Done Changed My Way of Living" – 7:02
Side 2
  1. "She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride" (Mahal, Yank Rachell) – 3:27
  2. "The Cuckoo" (Traditional) – 4:13
  3. "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)" (William Bell) – 4:23
  4. "Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Homer Banks, Deanie Parker) – 3:59
2000 CD reissue bonus tracks
  1. "The Cuckoo" (Alternate Version) – 3:20
  2. "New Stranger Blues" – 5:38
  3. "Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine" – 3:15

Personnel

  • Taj Mahal - harmonica, Miss "National" steel bodied guitar, vocals
  • Jesse Ed Davis - guitar, piano, brass arrangements
  • Gary Gilmore - bass
  • Chuck Blackwell - drums
  • Al Kooper - piano
  • Earl Palmer - drums
  • References

    The Natch'l Blues Wikipedia