When i was 4 days old, in Fiji, my dad owned the hottest restaurant in Suva at the time, and he had played their. And they had been friends since, and coincendentally he was in town a few days after I was born. The first time I can remember meeting him was when I was six, in New Zealand.
Love the George Benson-style scat-playing here. Taj Mahal is the man - probably the best live version of this song I've heard yet! Thanks for uploading.
First heard 20 years ago from a mate called Lee Phillips, still sounds class, goose bumps on keyboard solo. Total, class & style & cool & musical ability, just like pop idol !
wow- forgot how absolutely great he is...Saw him a few times in the early '70's- once when he had that tuba horn section....phenomenonal live performer...
Please, someone add You Rascal You from Taj Mahal's Senor Blues album. I love swing dancin in the kitchen & with this on RU-vid I can swing dance to it in the bedroom, to the blues...the mom.
anyone no the tune of his (sure its during this gig) that has the words/chorus 'if you aint got the blues in your body you aint got no natural soul, aint taking jesus just sweet jelly roll' ........ its been haunting me for years. Got he first bit of it on badly recorded VHS and it was on chanell 4 (uk) early eighties/ish .......... Ta
I'm confused. Wikipedia and AllMusic.com state that the 9th track on Shoutin' in Key (2000) is Mailbox Blues. I can find that title here, but it is this (above), 'Going up to the country, Gonna paint my mailbox blue'. Are the names interchangeable?
"Going up to the Country, Paint my Mailbox Blue" first appeared on Taj's 1968 album, The Natch'l Blues. He later did a different rendition for his 1998 Hawaiian album, Sacred Blues, simply titled, "Mailbox Blues." As far as his live performances go, I think he just refers to it as Mailbox Blues.
