Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home

Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home
Studio album by Taj Mahal
Released 1969
Genre Blues, blues rock, country blues, Delta blues, country, Cajun
Length 69:15
Label Columbia
Producer David Rubinson
Taj Mahal chronology
The Natch'l Blues
(1968)The Natch'l Blues1968		 Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home
(1969)		 The Real Thing
(1971)The Real Thing1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stoneunfavourable [2]

Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home is the third studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. A double album, the first disc (Giant Step) is electric, while the second (De Ole Folks at Home) is acoustic. Esquire magazine included this album at number 27 on its list of "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own" on March 9, 2009.[3]

Track listing

Giant Step

  1. "Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie No More" (Taj Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis, Gary Gilmore, Chuck Blackwell)
  2. "Take a Giant Step" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
  3. "Give Your Woman What She Wants" (Taj Mahal, Joel Hirschhorn)
  4. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Don Level, Bob Love)
  5. "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
  6. "Six Days on the Road" (Carl Montgomery, Earl Green)
  7. "Farther on Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me)" (Taj Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis, Gary Gilmore, Chuck Blackwell)
  8. "Keep Your Hands Off Her" (Huddie Ledbetter)
  9. "Bacon Fat" (Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson)

De Ole Folks at Home

  1. "Linin' Track" (Huddie Ledbetter)
  2. "Country Blues No. 1" (Traditional; arranged by Taj Mahal)
  3. "Wild Ox Moan" (Vera Hall, Ruby Pickens Tartt)
  4. "Light Rain Blues" (Taj Mahal)
  5. "Little Soulful Tune" (Taj Mahal)
  6. "Candy Man" (Rev. Gary Davis)
  7. "Cluck Old Hen" (Traditional; arranged by Taj Mahal)
  8. "Colored Aristocracy" (Traditional; arranged by Taj Mahal)
  9. "Blind Boy Rag" (Taj Mahal)
  10. "Stagger Lee" (Harold Logan, Lloyd Price)
  11. "Cajun Tune" (Taj Mahal)
  12. "Fishin' Blues" (Henry Thomas, Taj Mahal)
  13. "Annie's Lover" (Traditional; arranged by Taj Mahal)

Personnel

Giant Step

De Ole Folks at Home

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Planer, Lindsay. Giant Step at AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ Ward, Ed (7 February 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (51): 40.
  3. ↑ "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own". esquire.com. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
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