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Track Listing
1. Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes
2. Cheatin' on You
3. Hustle Is On, The
4. Here in the Dark
5. Fanning the Flames
6. I Need Your Loving
7. Ooh Poo Pah Doo
8. Lonely Avenue
9. Don't Tell Me
10. What Am I Living For?
11. We're Gonna Make It
12. Let the Four Winds Blow
13. Love Her With Feeling, (You've Got to)
14. Car of Your Dreams, The
Album Notes
Personnel: Taj Mahal (vocals, dobro, harmonica); Bonnie Raitt (vocals); John Porter (acoustic guitar, guitar, slide guitar); Jon Cleary (guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, background vocals); Jon Brion (guitar, Chamberlin); Johnny Lee Schell (guitar, background vocals); Eric Clapton, Dean Parks, John Parks, Joe McGrath (guitar); Mike Campbell (12-string guitar); David Hidalgo (accordion); Joe Sublett, Bernard "Dr. B." Anderson (tenor saxophone); Darrell Leonard (trumpet, trombonium); Mick Weaver (organ); Larry Fulcher (bass, background vocals); James "Hutch" Hutchinson (bass); Tony Braunagel (drums, tambourine, percussion); "Freeze" Guillory (rub board); "Sir" Harry Bowens, "Sweet Pea" Atkinson, Terrence Forsythe, Regina Taylor, Alphanette Durio, Billy Barnum (background vocals).
Recorded at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California on May 8-14, 1995 and House Of Blues Studios, Encino, California.
PHANTOM BLUES was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Industry Reviews
...His music is a direct challenge to arbitrary barriers of genre and generation--a healthy antidote in our age of prefabricated styles, ideological rigidity, and corporate-driven tastes.
Living Blues (05/01/1996)
...Mahal seems to have reached an artistic pinnacle with PHANTOM BLUES...
Dirty Linen (06/01/1996)
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