Dancing The Blues isn’t so much a record, as a great effort at dragging you into another world. Since completing 1993’s ‘Blue’s Ain’t Nothin”, Taj Mahal fulfilled their contract with Mute Records and where under no obligation to release another album. After seeing Blue’s Ain’t Nothin’, I had to have a good Taj Mahal cd. Smart music for smart people.
Taj Mahal offers the kind of music here that makes you reflect on yourself. Strut is sonically very melodic with nice haunting verses. Going To The River is kind of track that compels you to skip back and drink it in one more time before moving on through Dancing The Blues. Mockingbird (3:58) Not one of my favorites, but for a lot of people this is one of their best songs. I’ve found myself listening to Blue Night Boogie back to back and back many times. Dancing The Blues couldn’t start better than with the up up-beat title track The Hoochi Coochi Coo. That’s How Strong My Love Is is simple, dignified and effective, Taj Mahal refusing to over-emote, and demonstrating that less is more. Voice and instruments in Down Home Girl complement each other. Stranger In My Own Home Town on Dancing The Blues is solid and easy to listen to. This is one of those tracks that should not be judged after the first hearing. I’m Ready the elegant and beautiful song on the album is hard to describe. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugarpie Honeybunch) is a song you cannot help but think about at odd moments in your day.
Dancing The Blues CD
| Song Name | Time | ||
| Blue’s Ain’t Nothin’.mp3 | 4:16 |  |
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| Hard Way.mp3 | 2:56 | |
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| Strut.mp3 | 3:43 | |
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| Going To The River.mp3 | 6:33 | |
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| Mockingbird.mp3 | 3:58 | |
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| Blue Night Boogie.mp3 | 4:05 | |
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| The Hoochi Coochi Coo.mp3 | 2:59 | |
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| That’s How Strong My Love Is.mp3 | 3:12 | |
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| Down Home Girl.mp3 | 3:42 | |
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| Stranger In My Own Home Town.mp3 | 2:46 | |
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| Sitting On The Top Of The World.mp3 | 3:32 | |
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| I’m Ready.mp3 | 3:52 | |
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| I Can’t Help Myself (Sugarpie Honeybunch).mp3 | 2:45 | |
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