Login
Login

The Natch'l Blues

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox album

| name = The Natch'l Blues

| type = studio

| artist = Taj Mahal

| cover = Natchlblues.jpg

| alt =

| released = December 23, 1968

| recorded = May and October 1968

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Blues

| length = 36:27
48:21 (with bonus tracks)

| label = Columbia

| producer = David Rubinson

| prev_title = Taj Mahal

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home

| next_year = 1969

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-natchl-blues-mw0000311585|title=The Natch'l Blues – Taj Mahal | Songs, Reviews, Credits|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = A−Scherman, Tony (September 8, 2000). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070401005705/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277419,00.html "Music Review: Taj Mahal"], Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4Score = (positive){{cite journal |last=Ward |first=Edmund O. |date=17 May 1969 |title=Records |url=http://www.audio-music.info/htm/t/Taj_Mahal_The_Natchl_Blues.htm |journal=Rolling Stone |location=San Francisco |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |access-date=May 6, 2015 }}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=623}}

}}

The Natch'l Blues is the second studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal, released in 1968.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Taj Mahal, except where indicated:

;Side 1

  1. "Good Morning Miss Brown" – 3:13
  2. "Corinna" (Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis) – 2:59
  3. "I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll" – 3:12
  4. "Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue" – 3:34
  5. "Done Changed My Way of Living" – 7:02

;Side 2

  1. "She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride" (Mahal, Yank Rachell) – 3:27
  2. "The Cuckoo" (Traditional) – 4:13
  3. "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)" (William Bell) – 4:23
  4. "Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Homer Banks, Deanie Parker) – 3:59

;2000 CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "The Cuckoo" (Alternate Version) – 3:20
  2. "New Stranger Blues" – 5:38
  3. "Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine" – 3:15

Personnel

  • Taj Mahal – vocals, harmonica, Miss "National" resonator guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis – guitar, piano, brass arrangements
  • Gary Gilmore – bass
  • Chuck "Brother" Blackwell – drums
  • Al Kooper – piano
  • Earl Palmer – drums{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-natchl-blues-mw0000311585/credits|title=The Natch'l Blues – Taj Mahal | Credits|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=AllMusic}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • Discogs - [https://www.discogs.com/master/83959-Taj-Mahal-The-Natchl-Blues Taj Mahal – The Natch'l Blues]

{{Taj Mahal}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Natch'l Blues, The}}

Category:Taj Mahal (musician) albums

Category:1968 albums

Category:Albums produced by Dave Rubinson

Category:Columbia Records albums