Maria Muldaur (album)

Maria Muldaur
Studio album by Maria Muldaur
Released	August 1973
Genre	Rock
Length	36:38
Label	Reprise
Producer	Joe Boyd, Lenny Waronker
Maria Muldaur chronology
Maria Muldaur (1973) Waitress in a Donut Shop (1974)

Maria Muldaur is the eponymous 1973 debut studio album of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes Muldaur's best-known single, "Midnight at the Oasis", which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100^[1] and "Three Dollar Bill", which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.^[2] The album, which peaked at #3 on The Billboard 200,^[3] was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1974.^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Robert Christgau	B+ [6]
Rolling Stone	(very positive) [7]

The album was positively reviewed, and very positively in at least one case. Writing in October 1973, Rolling Stones' reviewer Jon Landau described the album as "one of the half-dozen best" of the year, "the kind of glorious breakthrough that reminds me why I fell in love with rock & roll."^[7] The album is heavily influenced by country and blues.^[5]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:45
2. "Midnight at the Oasis" (David Nichtern) – 3:49
3. "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Dolly Parton) – 3:32
4. "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" (Nichtern) – 2:49
5. "The Work Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 4:04

Side Two

1. "Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Get Me High)" (Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:48
2. "Walkin' One and Only" (Dan Hicks) – 2:47
3. "Long Hard Climb" (Ron Davies) – 3:03
4. "Three Dollar Bill" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:58
5. "Vaudeville Man" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:41
6. "Mad Mad Me" (Wendy Waldman) – 3:13

Personnel

• Maria Muldaur - vocals
• Clarence White - acoustic guitar ("My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
• Bill Keith - banjo ("Work Song", "Vaudeville Man"), steel guitar ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song")
• Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar ("Any Old Time")
• David Lindley - Hawaiian guitar ("Any Old Time")
• Andrew Gold - acoustic guitar ("Vaudeville Man")
• David Nichtern - acoustic ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song", "My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song", "Walkin' One and Only", "Midnight At The Oasis" & electric guitar ("Long Hard Climb"), producer ("Mad Mad Me")
• David Grisman - mandolin ("My Tennessee Home")
• Dr. John - keyboards ("Vaudeville Man', "Don't You Feel My Leg" & "Three Dollar Bill"), horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg", "Three Dollar Bill")
• Jim Dickinson - piano ("Any Old Time")
• Mark T. Jordan - piano ("The Work Song", "Midnight At The Oasis")
• Spooner Oldham - piano (""Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song")
• Greg Prestopino - piano ("Mad Mad Me"), background vocals ("The Work Song", "My Tennessee Home"), voices ("Midnight At The Oasis")
• James Gordon - organ ("Three Dollar Bill"), clarinet ("Vaudeville Man")
• Chris Ethridge - bass ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song", "My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
• Klaus Voormann - bass ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg")
• Ray Brown - bass ("Walkin' One and Only")
• Dave Holland - bowed bass ("Mad Mad Me")
• Jimmy Calhoun - bass ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Tommy McClure - bass ("Any Old Time")
• Freebo - bass ("Midnight At The Oasis")
• Amos Garrett - bass, guitar, vocals, guitar solo ("Midnight at the Oasis")
• Jim Keltner - drums (all but 4 tracks)
• Ed Shaughnessy - drums ("Walkin' One and Only")
• John Boudreaux - drums ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Jim Gordon - drums ("Midnight At The Oasis")
• Chris Parker - drums ("Mad Mad Me")
• Jerry Jumonville - alto horn, horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg", "Three Dollar Bill")
• Artie Butler - alto horn, horn arrangements ("The Work Song")
• Nick DeCaro - accordion ("I Never Did Sing You A Love Song"), string arrangements ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song", "Midnight At The Oasis")
• Richard Greene - violin ("My Tennessee Home", "Walkin' One and Only")
• Larry Packer - violin, viola ("Mad Mad Me")
• Karen Alexander - background vocals ("The Work Song")
• Gloria Jones - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Ellen Kearney - background vocals ("My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
• Bettye LaVette - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Jessica Smith - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Beryl Marriott - violin

(individual song credits)^[8]

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