Mule Bone (album)

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Mule Bone
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1991 [1]
Genre Blues
Label Gramavision
Producer Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal chronology
Live at Ronnie Scott's
(1990)
Mule Bone
(1991)
Like Never Before
(1991)
Professional ratings
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Mule Bone is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. [1] All lyrics are by Langston Hughes. Taj Mahal was nominated for a Grammy Award for his music for the Broadway staging of the play of the same name. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Jubilee (Opening Theme)"
  2. "Graveyard Mule (Hambone Rhyme)"
  3. "Me and the Mule"
  4. "Song for a Banjo Dance"
  5. "But I Rode Some"
  6. "Hey Hey Blues"
  7. "Shake That Thing"
  8. "Intermission Blues"
  9. "Crossing (Lonely Day)"
  10. "Bound No'th Blues"
  11. "Finale" [1]

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mule Bone - Taj Mahal | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. "Mule Bone - Taj Mahal | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 24, 2021.