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DescriptionAll tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. Etta Baker 2004 - Etta Baker With Taj Mahal [mp3@320]  Etta Baker  Etta Baker on 5-string banjo 1996 Wikipedia: Etta Baker (March 31, 1913 – September 23, 2006) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina. She was born Etta Lucille Reid in Caldwell County, North Carolina, of African American, Native American, and European American heritage. She played both the 6-string and the 12-string acoustic guitar and the five-string banjo. Baker played the Piedmont blues for ninety years, starting at the age of three ,when she could not even hold the guitar properly. She was taught by her father, Boone Reid, a longtime player of the Piedmont Blues on several instruments. Etta Baker With Taj Mahal  Artist: Etta Baker Title: Etta Baker With Taj Mahal Producer: Timothy Duffy Release Date: October 5, 2004 Recording Date: July 1956 - November 1998 Label: Music Maker Recordings Catalog: ASIN: B0067ENXAM Genre: Blues, Acoustic Blues, Piedmont Blues Duration: 46:59 AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett: There really isn't much Taj Mahal on this album, but that's OK, since Etta Baker is a national treasure all on her own. Baker has been playing guitar since she was three years old, and is now well into her ninth decade doing it, which is amazing in itself, but what makes the jaw drop here is her total command of the instrument. Arguably the last of the true Piedmont blues guitarists, Baker may have slowed a bit over the years, but not much, and her new version of her trademark "Railroad Bill" included here is only a half step behind her famous 1956 recording of it (which is also included), and the precision and tone of her playing on the piece is still breathtaking. This is sort of a patchwork album, with six new recordings featuring Taj Mahal as an accompanist stitched in with six songs of Baker recorded solo by her friend, Wayne Martin, and rounded off with the original seven tracks she made for folksinger Paul Clayton back in 1956, the tracks which introduced her to the world. The sequence still moves fairly seamlessly, though, and shows off Baker's versatility, as she tackles slide on "John Henry," electric guitar (don't worry, it works) on "Madison Street Blues," and banjo on a vigorous version of "Cripple Creek." Any Etta Baker album makes a fine introduction to her enduring art, since she has never taken a day off on guitar in her life, but having the original Clayton tracks gathered together with more recent recordings makes this one feel a bit like a retrospective, and it shows that this amazing lady has been awfully good for an awfully long time.  01. John Henry (with Taj Mahal) 02. Crow Jane (with Taj Mahal) 03. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (with Taj Mahal) 04. Madison Street Blues (with Taj Mahal) 05. Railroad Bill (with Taj Mahal) 06. Cripple Creek 07. Johnson Boys (with Wayne Martin) 08. Going To The Race Track 09. Lost John 10. Dew Drop 11. Poem 12. Comb Blues (with Algia Mae Hinton & Taj Mahal) 13. One Dime Blues 14. Sourwood Mountain (Mr. Boone Reid) 15. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 16. Railroad Bill 17. Johnson Boys (Mr. Boone Reid) 18. John Henry 19. Bully Of The Town Note: This is not my rip. My thanks to the original uploader (whoever that may be).    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Related Torrents
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