Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 22 Apr 2022
Genre: Blues
Style: Country Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door (4:16)
A2 The Midnight Special (3:26)
A3 Hooray Hooray (4:20)
A4 Deep Sea Diver (5:18)
A5 Pick A Bale Of Cotton (3:03)
A6 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (3:16)
B1 What A Beautiful City (4:11)
B2 Pawn Shop Blues (5:52)
B3 Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses (3:44)
B4 Packing Up Getting Ready To Go (2:50)
B5 I Shall Not Be Moved (4:19)
[Credits]
Ry Cooder (guitar/mandolin/banjo/vocals) Taj Mahal (harmonica/guitar/piano/vocals) Joachim Cooder (drums/bass)
Liner Notes: Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, Engineer: Martin Pradler
[Notes]
Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder played together during the mid-'60s as part of roots rock band Rising Sons and cut an unreleased album for Columbia. In 1968, Cooder, then 17, played guitar behind Jesse Ed Davis on Mahal's eponymously titled Columbia debut. The raucous, woolly, Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee places them in the studio together for the first time in more than 50 years. All 11 songs are drawn from the Terry-McGhee catalog, including three that originally appeared on the guitar-and-harmonica duo's 1952 Folkways recording Get On Board (even the album cover was modeled on the original). Terry and McGhee made records, but as fresh fare for their many live performances -- they toured constantly during the '50s and '60s. Their influence and impact on Mahal and Cooder is incalculable; it completely informed their long careers. Though this pair are grizzled veterans, they perform with the joy of a Saturday-night jam session, rendering the material with rowdy exuberance, killer vibes, and chops galore.- AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
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