Phantom Blues
1996 studio album by Taj Mahal
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Studio album by Taj Mahal | ||||
Released | February 27, 1996[1] | |||
Recorded | May 8-14, 1995 | |||
Studio | Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Label | Private Music | |||
Producer | John Porter | |||
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Phantom Blues is a studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.[1]
Track listing
- "Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes" (Taj Mahal)
- "Cheatin' On You" (Jon Cleary)
- "The Hustle Is On" (H.E. Owens)
- "Here in the Dark" (Bernard Anders)
- "Fanning the Flames" (Jon Cleary)
- "I Need Your Loving" (Clarence Lewis, Don Gardner, James McDougal, Morris Levy)
- "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" (Jessie Hill)
- "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus)
- "Don't Tell Me" (Pat McLaughlin)
- "What Am I Living For?" (Art Harris, Fred Jay)
- "We're Gonna Make It" (Billy Davis, Carl William Smith, Gene Barge, Raynard Miner)
- "Let the Four Winds Blow" (Dave Bartholomew, Antoine "Fats" Domino)
- "(You've Got to) Love Her with a Feeling" (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson)
- "The Car of Your Dreams" (James Kelly)[1]
Personnel
- Taj Mahal - lead vocals, dobro, harmonica
- Bonnie Raitt - additional vocal on 6
- Dean Parks - lead guitar on 5
- Eric Clapton - lead guitar on 4 and 13
- Joe McGrath, John Parks, Johnny Lee Schell - guitar
- Mike Campbell - 12-string guitar on 1
- John Porter - lead, acoustic and slide guitar
- James "Hutch" Hutchinson - bass on 1
- Larry Fulcher - bass on all tracks, except 1
- David Hidalgo - accordion on 12
- Jon Brion - chamberlin on 7, guitar on 14
- Jon Cleary - guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, clarinet
- Mick Weaver - organ
- Tony Braunagel - drums, percussion
- Myric "Freeze" Guillory - rubboard
- Bernard "Dr. B." Anderson, Joe Sublett - tenor saxophone
- Darrell Leonard - trumpet, trombone
- Alfie Silas Durio, Billie Barnum, Sir Harry Bowens, Regina Taylor, Sweat Pea Atkinson, Terrence Forsythe - backing vocals[3]
References
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Taj Mahal
- Taj Mahal
- The Natch'l Blues
- Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home
- Happy Just to Be Like I Am
- Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff
- Oooh So Good 'n Blues
- Mo' Roots
- Music Keeps Me Together
- Satisfied 'N Tickled Too
- Music Fuh Ya' (Musica Para Tu)
- Brothers (soundtrack)
- Evolution (The Most Recent)
- Taj
- Shake Sugaree
- Mule Bone
- Like Never Before
- Dancing the Blues
- Mumtaz Mahal (w/ V.M. Bhatt a N. Ravikiran)
- Phantom Blues
- Señor Blues
- Sacred Island
- Kulanjan (w/ Toumani Diabaté)
- Hanapepe Dream
- Mkutano Meets the Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar
- Maestro
- Savoy
- Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa
- The Real Thing
- Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff
- Live & Direct
- Live at Ronnie Scott's
- An Evening of Acoustic Music
- Shoutin' in Key
- Live Catch
- Going Home
- The Best of Taj Mahal, Volume 1
- Taj's Blues
- World Music
- In Progress & In Motion: 1965-1998
- Blue Light Boogie
- The Best of Taj Mahal
- The Best of the Private Years
- Sing a Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues - Taj Mahal
- Blues with a Feeling: The Very Best of Taj Mahal
- The Essential Taj Mahal
- Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal