Description
Keeping the unplugged accompaniment stripped way down to a single guitar or piano and occasional bass, Muldaur has room to maneuver her evocative vocals that shift from gritty groans to a high-pitched edgy trill. Far from a dry history lesson, these songs are performed with the strength and tenacity of the women who originally sang them. Whether spinning saucy, double entendre lyrics in “Me And My Chauffeur Blues” (»the way you ride so easy, I can’t turn you down«) or longing for her Southern home after moving north during the Depression in Bessie Smith’s “Far Away Blues”, the singer remains invigorated and inspired throughout. By returning to her late-’60s Jim Kweskin Jug Band coffeehouse days, Maria Muldaur has discovered her middle-aged oasis with “Richland Woman Blues”. And there’s not a camel in sight..
2. Grasshoppers In My Pillow
3. It’s A Blessing
4. Me and My Chauffeur Blues
5. Put it Right Here
6. I’m Going Back Home
2. In My Girlish Days
3. Far Away Blues
4. I Got To Move
5. Lonesome Desert Blues
6. Soul of a Man
7. I Belong to That Band
8. It’s A Blessing (Reprise)