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Nearly sixty years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with an album of music from two Piedmont blues masters who have inspired them all their lives: GET ON BOARD: THE SONGS OF SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE.

With Taj Mahal on vocals, harmonica, guitar, and piano and Cooder on vocals, guitar, mandolin, and banjo-joined by Joachim Cooder on drums and bass-the duo recorded eleven songs drawn from recordings and live performances by Terry and McGhee, who they both first heard as teenagers in California.

TAJ MAHAL & RY COODER - GET ON BOARD

Tracklist:

My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door
The Midnight Special
Hooray Hooray
Deep Sea Diver
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
What a Beautiful City
Pawn Shop Blues
Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses
Packing Up Getting Ready to Go
I Shall Not Be Moved

UPC: 075597913552
Label: NONESUCH
Release Date: 4.22.22
Format: Vinyl

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder - Get On Board [LP]

SKU 528196

Regular price: $24.99

Nearly sixty years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with an album of music from two Piedmont blues masters who have inspired them all their lives: GET ON BOARD: THE SONGS OF SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE.

With Taj Mahal on vocals, harmonica, guitar, and piano and Cooder on vocals, guitar, mandolin, and banjo-joined by Joachim Cooder on drums and bass-the duo recorded eleven songs drawn from recordings and live performances by Terry and McGhee, who they both first heard as teenagers in California.