Maria Muldaur
Studio album by
Maria Muldaur
ReleasedAugust 1973
StudioWarner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood, California
GenreFolk, Blues, Rock
Length36:38
LabelReprise
ProducerJoe Boyd, Lenny Waronker
Maria Muldaur chronology
Maria Muldaur
(1973)		 Waitress in a Donut Shop
(1974)

Maria Muldaur is the 1973 debut studio album of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes "Midnight at the Oasis", her best-known single, which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and "Three Dollar Bill", which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.[2] The album, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200,[3] was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1974.[4] The album is heavily influenced by country and blues.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Robert ChristgauB+[6]

The album was positively reviewed, and very positively in at least one case. Writing in October 1973, Rolling Stone's reviewer Jon Landau described the album as "one of the half-dozen best" of the year, "the kind of glorious breakthrough that reminds me why I fell in love with rock & roll."[7]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:45
  2. "Midnight at the Oasis" (David Nichtern) – 3:49
  3. "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Dolly Parton) – 3:32
  4. "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" (Nichtern) – 2:49
  5. "The Work Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 4:04

Side Two

  1. "Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Get Me High)" (Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:48
  2. "Walkin' One and Only" (Dan Hicks) – 2:47
  3. "Long Hard Climb" (Ron Davies) – 3:03
  4. "Three Dollar Bill" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:58
  5. "Vaudeville Man" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:41
  6. "Mad Mad Me" (Wendy Waldman) – 3:13

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 30
United States (Billboard 200) 3

Personnel

  • Maria Muldaur - vocals
  • Clarence White - acoustic guitar ("My Tennessee Home" and "The Work Song")
  • Bill Keith - banjo ("Work Song" and "Vaudeville Man"), steel guitar ("Long Hard Climb" and "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song")
  • Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar ("Any Old Time")
  • David Lindley - Hawaiian guitar ("Any Old Time")
  • Andrew Gold - acoustic guitar ("Vaudeville Man")
  • David Nichtern - acoustic ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song", "My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song", "Walkin' One and Only" and "Midnight at the Oasis" & electric guitar ("Long Hard Climb"), producer ("Mad Mad Me")
  • David Grisman - mandolin ("My Tennessee Home")
  • Dr. John - keyboards ("Vaudeville Man', "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Three Dollar Bill"), horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Three Dollar Bill")
  • Jim Dickinson - piano ("Any Old Time")
  • Mark T. Jordan - piano ("The Work Song" and "Midnight at the Oasis")
  • Spooner Oldham - piano ("Long Hard Climb" and "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song")
  • Greg Prestopino - piano ("Mad Mad Me"), background vocals ("The Work Song" and "My Tennessee Home"), voices ("Midnight at the Oasis")
  • James Gordon - organ ("Three Dollar Bill"), clarinet ("Vaudeville Man")
  • Chris Ethridge - bass ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song", "My Tennessee Home" and "The Work Song")
  • Klaus Voormann - bass ("Vaudeville Man" and "Don't You Feel My Leg")
  • Ray Brown - bass ("Walkin' One and Only")
  • Dave Holland - bowed bass ("Mad Mad Me")
  • Jimmy Calhoun - bass ("Three Dollar Bill")
  • Tommy McClure - bass ("Any Old Time")
  • Freebo - bass ("Midnight at the Oasis")
  • Amos Garrett - bass, guitar, vocals, guitar solo ("Midnight at the Oasis")
  • Jim Keltner - drums (all but 4 tracks)
  • Ed Shaughnessy - drums ("Walkin' One and Only")
  • John Boudreaux - drums ("Three Dollar Bill")
  • Jim Gordon - drums ("Midnight at the Oasis")
  • Chris Parker - drums ("Mad Mad Me")
  • Jerry Jumonville - alto horn, horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg", "Three Dollar Bill")
  • Artie Butler - alto horn, horn arrangements ("The Work Song")
  • Nick DeCaro - accordion ("I Never Did Sing You a Love Song"), string arrangements ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" and "Midnight at the Oasis")
  • Richard Greene - violin ("My Tennessee Home" and "Walkin' One and Only")
  • Larry Packer - violin, viola ("Mad Mad Me")
  • Karen Alexander - background vocals ("The Work Song")
  • Gloria Jones - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
  • Ellen Kearney - background vocals ("My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
  • Bettye LaVette - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
  • Jessica Smith - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
  • Beryl Marriott - violin

References

  1. ↑ Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  2. ↑ Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
  3. ↑ Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Album at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
  4. ↑ Maria Muldaur RIAA Accessed August 27, 2007.
  5. 1 2 Allan, Mark. Maria Muldaur at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide: Maria Muldaur". Creem. Retrieved 22 December 2011. Relevant portion posted in a revised version at "Maria Muldaur: Maria Muldaur > Consumer Guide Album". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Landau, Jon (October 25, 1973). "Maria Muldaur". Rolling Stone. No. 146. Copy posted at "Maria Muldaur – Maria Muldaur". superseventies.com. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 211. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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