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Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home | 
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| Artist: Taj Mahal
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
Buy New: $15.99
New (11) Used (5) from $6.55
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 53881
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5099749169227
ASIN: B0000247RX
Release Date: July 21, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie Anymo' - Taj Mahal, Mahal, Taj | | • | Take a Giant Step - Taj Mahal, Goffin, Gerry | | • | Give Your Woman What She Wants - Taj Mahal, Mahal, Taj | | • | Good Morning Little School Girl - Taj Mahal, Williamson, Sonny B | | • | You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond - Taj Mahal, Johnson, Blind Will | | • | Six Days on the Road - Taj Mahal, Green, Earl | | • | Farther on Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me) - Taj Mahal, Mahal, Taj | | • | Keep Your Hands off Her - Taj Mahal, Leadbelly | | • | Bacon Fat - Taj Mahal, Robertson, Jaime Ro | | • | Linin' Track - Taj Mahal, Leadbelly | | • | Country Blues No. 1 - Taj Mahal, Mahal, Taj | | • | Wild Ox Moan - Taj Mahal, Hall, Vera | | • | Light Rain Blues - Taj Mahal, Mahal, Taj | | • | A Little Soulful Tune - Taj Mahal, Mahal, Taj | | • | Candy Man - Taj Mahal, Davis, Gary [1] | | • | Cluck Old Hen - Taj Mahal, Traditional | | • | Coloured Aristocracy - Taj Mahal, Traditional | | • | Blind Boy Rag - Taj Mahal, Mahal, Taj | | • | Stagger Lee - Taj Mahal, Logan, Harold | | • | Cajun Tune - Taj Mahal, Mahal, Taj | | • | Fishing Blues - Taj Mahal, Thomas, Henry [1] | | • | Annie's Lover - Taj Mahal, Traditional |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
One of the more woefully underappreciated blues artists of the last three decades, Taj Mahal has consistently made great records that combine his extensive knowledge of roots music with a refreshingly non-elitist sensibility. Giant Step/De Ole Folks At Home from 1969 was Taj's commercial high point, and it's easy to understand why. The first half of the album (originally released as a two-record set) features Taj and band blending rock, pop and blues on songs like "Take a Giant Step," "Give Your Woman What She Wants" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl." The second half is more laid-back and down-home, with Taj essaying solo renditions of "Fishing Blues," "Stagger Lee" and "Light Rain Blues" on banjo, harmonica and acoustic guitar. The most effortlessly enjoyable record of an effortlessly enjoyable career. --Dan Epstein
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
The best back then is still good today October 30, 2008
My God! When I remember all the times I practiced multiple vices while listenng to this collection. Wow! Lot's of fun back then! I turned 18 in 1969, and he was a great addition to the music scene of the time. A true Master of the Delta Blues who can also sing and play some mean jazz.
This collection is what we listened to back then and it was unique because there were so many songs on it. Well worth the money.
For the best experience.... Turn it up, get up, and boogie
Taj Mahal - The Man! March 8, 2008
I'm a product of the 60's. My 4 older sisters helped mold my taste in music. One of them owned this Taj Mahal LP when it came out in 1969. Prior to this recording, she had an earlier one with "Corina" on it that would get stuck in my brain for days.
Giant Step is a must have CD! It's got great songs (Take a giant step, Farther on down the road, Annie's Lover, Stagger Lee, and Fishin' Blues), terrific banjo playing, and Taj' warm soulful persona comes through in his voice. He has made some great recordings over the years but this one is my all time favorite. You will love it and your children will love it. The music doesn't feel dated at all.
An American Classic...just wonderful! June 13, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Giant Step by Taj Mahal is an American Classic plain and simple. It is a wonderful cross section of delta blues sung as only Taj Mahal can. The folksy blues rhythyms in this CD take you to different place. Originally released on vinyl in 1969 this album has lost none of its charm.
The album opens with Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie Anymore and just builds on that wonderful tune. My favorites are the gospel rich You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond, the countryish Six Days On The Road, the classic folk tune Candy Man, and finally the catchy child like Fishin Blues. Not a bad song in this collection.
Taj Mahal should be honored at the Kennedy Center. He is an American original. A wonderful, naturally gifted singer, and performer.
Finally, for a real treat catch Taj Mahal as Ike in the 1972 film classic Sounder. Buy this CD, you will not be disappointed.
Sitting on the porch with Taj August 2, 2004
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is Taj Mahal at his best -- laid back, having fun, playing a combination of blues standards and his own stuff. A classic and a standout by an artist who has consistently made great music for decades.
A Great American Album April 26, 2003
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Taj at his best with a GREAT band , but -Jesse Ed Davis III- ,-alone-, is reason enough to need this cd. His perfect string bending solos and fills are backed up by his own keyboard work,(Taj himself makes -no- apparent instrumental contribution on tracks such as the classic re-working of 'Six Days On The Road'), the liner notes' calligraphy is by his hand, and the production bears a strong JEDIII sound, although uncredited . He manages to use modern effects,(for the time,such as guitar through a Leslie speaker), and still sound down-home all the while, and played impossibly difficult riffs with such grace,relaxation, and musicality that he could easily be taken for granted. Davis is a great forgotten American treasure,(perhaps best known for the fills and solos on Jackson Brown's 'Doctor My Eyes', {but even -that- was thirty years+ ago}, he was favorite of Eric Clapton and George Harrison).
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