Shoutin' in Key

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{{Infobox album

| name = Shoutin' in Key

| type = live

| artist = Taj Mahal

| cover = Shoutin_in_Key.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2000

| recorded = November 9–11, 1998

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Blues

| length = 55:40

| label = Hannibal

| producer = Tony Braunagel

| prev_title = The Best of the Private Years

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Sing a Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings

| next_year = 2001

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Shoutin' in Key is a live album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.

Track listing

  1. "Honky Tonk" (Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 6:19
  2. "EZ Rider" (Taj Mahal) – 3:20
  3. "Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Homer Banks, Willa Dean Parker) – 3:10
  4. "Ev'ry Wind (In the River)" (Parker B. Dollaghan, Richard G. Feldman, Mahal) – 5:14
  5. "Stranger in My Own Hometown" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:55
  6. "Woulda Coulda Shoulda" (Mahal) – 3:43
  7. "Leaving Trunk" (John Estes) – 6:06
  8. "Rain from the Sky" (Delroy Wilson) – 3:28
  9. "Mailbox Blues" (Mahal) – 3:49
  10. "Cruisin'" (Johnny Lee Schell, Mahal, Tony Braunagel) –3:47
  11. "Corrina" (traditional, arr. Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis) – 3:44
  12. "Hoochi Coochie Coo" (Hank Ballard, Billy Myles) – 3:39
  13. "Sentidos Dulce" (Mahal) – 6:26

Personnel

  • Taj Mahal – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, resonator guitar, percussion

=Phantom Blues Band=

  • Tony Braunagel – drums, background vocals, producer
  • Denny Freeman – guitar
  • Larry Fulcher – bass, background vocals
  • Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn
  • Joe Sublett – saxophones
  • Mick Weaver – Hammond B3 organ, piano{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/shoutin-in-key-taj-mahal-the-phantom-blues-band-live-mw0000609379/credits|title=Shoutin' in Key: Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band Live - Taj Mahal | Credits | AllMusic|access-date=May 15, 2021|website=AllMusic}}

Production

  • Terry Becker – live recording engineer
  • Steve Bigas – second engineer
  • Joe McGrath – post-production engineer, mixing
  • Carey Williams – MC

Recorded at The Mint, Los Angeles, November 9—11, 1998.

References