Taj Mahal-Phantom Blues-CD-FLAC-1996-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Taj Mahal
     Title   | Phantom Blues
     Genre   | Blues                                Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 47:51
     Label   | Private Music                        Store   | 1996
     Catalog | 01005 82139 2                        Rip     | 2020
     Bitrate | 930 kbps                             Size    | 333.93 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes                                    2:42
     02. Cheatin' On You                                             3:22
     03. The Hustle Is On                                            2:41
     04. Here In The Dark                                            3:10
     05. Fanning The Flames                                          4:50
     06. I Need Your Loving                                          3:01
     07. Ooh Poo Pah Doo                                             4:01
     08. Lonely Avenue                                               3:30
     09. Don't Tell Me                                               3:48
     10. What Am I Living For                                        2:46
     11. We're Gonna Make It                                         2:52
     12. Let The Four Winds Blow                                     3:12
     13. (You've Got To) Love Her With A Feeling                     3:48
     14. The Car Of Your Dreams                                      4:08
 Notes  
     One of the most prominent figures in late 20th century blues,
     singer/multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal played an enormous role in
     revitalizing and preserving traditional acoustic blues. Not content to stay
     within that realm, Mahal soon broadened his approach, taking a
     musicologist's interest in a multitude of folk and roots music from around
     the world - reggae and other Caribbean folk, jazz, gospel, R&B, zydeco,
     various West African styles, Latin, even Hawaiian. The African-derived
     heritage of most of those forms allowed Mahal to explore his own ethnicity
     from a global perspective and to present the blues as part of a wider
     musical context.
     Yet while he dabbled in many different genres, he never strayed too far
     from his laid-back country blues foundation. Blues purists naturally didn't
     have much use for Mahal's music, and according to some of his other
     detractors, his multi-ethnic fusions sometimes came off as indulgent, or
     overly self-conscious and academic. Still, Mahal's concept was vindicated
     in the '90s, when a cadre of young bluesmen began to follow his lead - both
     acoustic revivalists (Keb' Mo', Guy Davis) and eclectic bohemians (Corey
     Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart).
     An eclectic bluesman would seem to be a contradiction in terms, but
     Taj Mahal, who has moved through the worlds of folk, rock, and pop
     to reach his present categorization, fits the description, and on
     "Phantom Blues" he takes several pop and R&B oldies that came from
     blues roots - "Ooh Poo Pah Doo", "Lonely Avenue", "What Am I Living
     For", "Let The Four Winds Blow" - and returns them to those roots.
     He also calls in such guest stars as Eric Clapton and Bonnie Raitt,
     who have more than a nodding acquaintance with the blues, to assist
     him. The result is progressive blues hybrid that treats the music
     not as a source, but as a destination.

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