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Rising Sons Featuring Taj Mahal And Ry Cooder

Rising Sons Featuring Taj Mahal And Ry Cooder

1992 · Blues

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Rising Sons Featuring Taj Mahal And Ry Cooder is a Rock album by Rising Sons Featuring Taj Mahal And Ry Cooder, originally released in 1992. On Gatefold: 16 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Statesboro Blues2:23
  2. 2If the River Was Whiskey (Divin' Duck Blues)2:40
  3. 3By and By (Poor Me)3:31
  4. 4Candy Man2:03
  5. 52:10 Train4:09
  6. 6Let the Good Times Roll2:42
  7. 7.44 Blues3:22
  8. 811th Street Overcrossing2:11
  9. 9Corrina, Corrina2:55
  10. 10Tulsa County2:41
  11. 11Walkin' Down the Line2:13
  12. 12The Girl with Green Eyes2:13
  13. 13Sunny's Dream3:00
  14. 14Spanish Lace Blues2:12
  15. 15The Devil's Got My Woman3:04
  16. 16Take a Giant Step2:53
  17. 17Flyin' so High3:04
  18. 18Dust My Broom3:03
  19. 19Last Fair Deal Gone Down2:37
  20. 20Baby, What You Want Me to Do?2:54
  21. 21Statesboro Blues (Version 2)2:23
  22. 22I Got a Little3:22

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Blues Rock
  • gritty
  • laid-back
  • bluesy

Album notes

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Rising Sons was a five-piece band of which Cooder & Mahal were prominent members from inception in '64 to disbanding in '66. The "Featuring" on this release is mainly due to their later success in their solo careers and their popularity in the early '90s, when this collection was released.
The recordings on this record were made in 1965 and 1966 for an album. Note: the back of the LP and CD both incorrectly state that the original recordings were made in 1964. But the track listings and other documentation show the recordings came later after the bands popularity grew in the LA club circuit.
Unfortunately in 1966 the band broke up and Columbia Records shelved the record project. 25 years later Taj Mahal "dug the recordings out of the vault". For 3 of the tracks (18, 19, and 20) the vocals were either missing of not off the quality that Taj felt was right, so he recorded new vocals for these tracks in 1992.
For completeness, Rising Sons' only two previously released songs, the single "Candy Man" backed with "The Devil's Got My Woman" (released in 1966), were included in this release.

Credits

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Performers

  • Gary "Magic" MarkerBASS MUSICIAN , BASS
  • Jesse Lee KincaidMUSICIAN , VOCALS, GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR
  • Kevin KelleyDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION MUSICIAN , DRUMS, PERCUSSION
  • Ry CooderMUSICIAN , VOCALS, GUITAR , MANDOLIN, DOBRO VOCALS, GUITAR , MANDOLIN, DOBRO VOCALS, GUITAR , TWELVE-STRING GUITAR, MANDOLIN, SLIDE GUITAR, GUITAR , DOBRO
  • Taj MahalMUSICIAN , VOCALS, HARMONICA, GUITAR, PIANO VOCALS, HARMONICA, GUITAR, PIANO

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