Señor Blues

This article is about the Taj Mahal album. For the Horace Silver composition, see 6 Pieces of Silver. For the Urbie Green album, see Señor Blues (Urbie Green album).
Señor Blues
Studio album by Taj Mahal
Released 1997
Genre Blues, rhythm and blues, Soul blues, blues jazz
Length 51:17
Label Private Music
Producer John Porter
Taj Mahal chronology

Phantom Blues
(1996)		 Señor Blues
(1997)		 Sacred Island
(1998)
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Señor Blues is a 1997 album by blues musician Taj Mahal, featuring a cover of James Brown's "Think". It won Best Contemporary Blues Album – or Contemporary Blues Recording at that year's Grammy Awards.

Track listing

  1. "Queen Bee" (Taj Mahal)
  2. "Think" (Lowman Pauling)
  3. "Irresistible You" (Al Kasha, Luther Dixon)
  4. "Having a Real Bad Day" (Delbert McClinton, John Barlow Jarvis)
  5. "Señor Blues" (Horace Silver)
  6. "Sophisticated Mama" (Washboard Sam)
  7. "Oh Lord, Things Are Gettin' Crazy Up In Here" (Jon Cleary)
  8. "I Miss You Baby" (Freddie Simon)
  9. "You Rascal You" (Sam Theard)
  10. "Mind Your Own Business" (Hank Williams)
  11. "21st Century Gypsy Singing Lover Man" (Taj Mahal, Jon Cleary)
  12. "At Last (I Found a Love)" (Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover)
  13. "Mr. Pitiful" (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding)

Personnel

Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombone, French Horn
Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone