Taj Mahal

Ry Cooder ♦ Jesse Ed Davis

Gotta Start Somewhere...

The Rising Sons

Candy Man / The Devil's Got My Woman Davis (2:00) / James (3:04) Columbia 43534, 2/66

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Taj Mahal-guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals
Ry Cooder-dobro, guitar, mandolin, bottleneck guitar, vocals
Jesse Lee Kincaid-guitar, vocals
Gary Marker-bass
Kevin Kelley-percussion, drums
Produced by: Terry Melcher

I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate¹ / Let The Good Times Roll¹ Piron (2:33) / Lee (2:24) Columbia 44051, 3/67

E Z Rider³ / Leaving Trunk³ arr Davis (2:41) / Estes (2:47) Columbia 44405, 12/67

	Taj Mahal
	Columbia CS-9579
	1/68 [UK: 6/68]
	Back Cover

Side One
Leaving Trunk	Estes	4:49
Statesboro Blues	McTell	2:58
Checkin' Up On My Baby	Williamson	4:54
Everybody's Got To Change Sometime	Estes	2:56
Side Two
EZ Rider	Mahal	3:03
Dust My Broom	Johnson	2:37
Diving Duck Blues	Estes	2:40
The Celebrated Walkin' Blues	Trad	8:52

Everybody's Got To Change Sometime³ / Statesboro Blues Estes (2:48) / arr Mahal (2:59) Columbia 44476, 3/68

Northern California Folk-Rock Festival(5/19/68) Taj

Newport Folk Festival(7/25, 28/68) Taj

You Don't Miss Your Water ('Till Your Well Runs Dry) / Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue Bell (4:24) / Mahal (3:34) Columbia 44696, 11/68

Rock 'N' Roll Circus: never aired (filmed 12/11/68) Taj & group join The Stones & Friends to record TV special—never aired (now on DVD).

	The Natch'l Blues
	Columbia CS-9698
	12/68 BB [UK: 3/69]
	Back Cover   UK Cover

Side One
Good Morning Miss Brown	Mahal	3:13
Corrina	Davis-Mahal	3:00
I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll	Mahal	3:16
Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue	Mahal	3:34
Done Change My Way Of Living	Mahal	7:04
Side Two
She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride)	Mahal-Rachell	3:28
The Cuckoo	Trad	4:10
You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til You Well Runs Dry)	Bell	4:23
Ain't That A Lot Of Love	Banks-Parker	4:00

Newport 69(6/20/69) Taj

Six Days On The Road / Light Rain Blues Greene-Montgomery (2:59) / Mahal (3:18) Columbia 45991, 9/69

	Giant Step/De Ole Folks At Home
	Columbia GP-18
	9/69 BB [UK: 11/69]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Giant Step Side One
Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie Anymo'	Davis-Mahal	1:03
Take A Giant Step	Goffin-King	4:16
Give Your Woman What She Wants	Hirschhorn-Mahal	2:28
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	Williamson	3:43
You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond	Johnson	4:54
Side Two
Six Days On The Road	Greene-Montgomery	2:59
Farther On Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me)	Mahal	4:37
Keep Your Hands Off Her	Ledbetter-Turner	2:14
Bacon Fat	Hudson-Robertson	6:37
De Ole Folks At Home Side One
Linin' Track	Ledbetter	1:38
Country Blues #1	arr Mahal	2:35
Wild Ox Moan	Hall-Tartt	2:43
Light Rain Blues	Mahal	3:20
A Little Soulful Tune	Mahal	2:40
Candy Man	Davis	2:53
Cluck Old Hen	arr Mahal	2:30
Side Two
Colored Aristocracy	arr Mahal	2:00
Blind Boy Rag	Mahal	4:08
Stagger Lee	Logan-Price	3:19
Cajun Tune	Mahal	1:54
Fishin' Blues	Thomas-Williams	3:04
Annie's Lover	arr Mahal	3:28

4/17/70: Waltham Forest Technical College, London Day before The Sound Of The Seventies festival, with Santana (headliner) & It's A Beautiful Day

Goin' To Brownsville / Available Space Estes (3:24) / Cooder (2:11) Reprise 0910, 5/70

	Performance(8/3/70) Mick
	Ry's slide is all over the soundtrack album

Alimony / Pigmeat Higginbotham-Jones-Young (2:55) / Leadbelly (3:05) Reprise 0940, 8/70

	Ry Cooder
	Reprise RS-6402
	10/70 [UK: 1/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Alimony	Higginbotham-Jones-Young	2:53
France Chance	Calicott	2:46
One Meatball	Singer-Zaret	2:26
Do-Re-Mi	Guthrie	3:01
My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine & Dandelion Wine)	Newman	1:44
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?	Reed	2:44
Side Two
Available Space	Cooder	2:11
Pigmeat	Leadbelly	3:05
Police Dog Blues	Blake	2:43
Goin' To Brownsville	Estes	3:24
Dark Is The Night	Johnson	2:47

Previews of Past Attractions, short film (14m), 1970, Van Dyke Parks produced this long music video for Ry's first album. Watch on Vimeo .

	¡Jesse Davis!
	Atco SD 33-346
	11/70 [UK: ?/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Reno Street Incident	Davis	4:10
Tulsa Country	Polland	2:21
Washita Love Child	Davis	3:47
Every Night Is Saturday Night	Davis	7:11
Side Two
You Belladonna You	Davis	6:29
Rock N Roll Gypsies	Tillison	4:14
Golden Sun Goddess	Davis	4:48
Crazy Love	Morrison	3:36

	The Real Thing
	Columbia G-30619
	5/71 BB [UK: 8/71]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Fishin' Blues(Taj solo)	Thomas, arr Mahal	2:45
Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')	Blackwell-Davis-Gilmore-Mahal	8:17
Sweet Mama Janisse	Mahal	3:35
Side Two
Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue	Mahal	3:07
Big Kneed Gal	Mahal	4:45
You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond	Johnson, arr Mahal	6:15
Side Three
Tom And Sally Drake	Mahal	3:23
Diving Duck Blues	Estes, arr Mahal	3:30
John, Ain't It Hard	Mahal	5:10
Side Four
You Ain't No Street Walker Mama,    Honey But I Do Love The Way You Strut Your Stuff	Mahal	18:56

Note: Recorded live at The Fillmore East, 2/13/71
 

Diving Duck Blues / Fishin' Blues Estes, arr Mahal (3:30) / Thomas, arr Mahal (2:45) Columbia 45419, 6/71 live recordings, from The Real Thing

Washita Love Child³ / Reno Street Incident Davis (2:50) / Davis (4:07) Atco 6825, 7/71

Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (Pt 1)³ / Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (Pt 2)³ Blackwell-Davis-Gilmore-Mahal (3:09) / Blackwell-Davis-Gilmore-Mahal (2:53) Columbia 45455, 9/71 edited from Real Thing recording

8th Big Sur Folk Festival(9/25/71—last one) Taj

	Happy Just To Be Like I Am
	Columbia C-30767
	11/71 BB [UK: 5/72]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Happy Just To Be Like I Am	Mahal	3:52
Stealin'	Cannon	7:27
Oh Susanna	Traditional	5:29
Eighteen Hammers	Mahal	6:12
Side Two
Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day	Mahal	4:16
Chevrolet	Mahal-Young-Young	2:38
West Indian Revelation (AKA West Indian Reservation)	Mahal	6:06
Black Spirit Boogie	Mahal	6:36

Note: Album side contents on back incorrect. Label has correct order (that's what is shown here)
 

Taj: His take on blues continued, with many awards. Ry: session work, solo albums, still (2022) busy Jesse: Unfortuately didn't make it out alive (died 1988)

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