Album: Giant Step / De Ole Folks at Home by Taj Mahal (1969)
Genre: Blues
Format: Album

Description: Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home is the third studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. A double album, the first disc (Giant Step) is electric, while the second (De Ole Folks at Home) is acoustic. Esquire magazine included this album at no. 27 on their March 9, 2009 list of "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own."

Artist Background: Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award winning blues musician. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works. A self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, banjo and harmonica (among many other instruments), Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his almost 50 year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds f... Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Blues movement.

Music Scene: Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Blues movement.

Tags: Blues, 1960s, Album

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Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home is the third studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. A double album, the first disc (Giant Step) is electric, while the second (De Ole Folks at Home) is acoustic. Esquire magazine included this album at no. 27 on their March 9, 2009 list of "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own."

Giant Step / De Ole Folks at Home

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