Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Beach State Park
Annapolis, Maryland
May 20, 2000

Source : Schoeps MK4V's > VMS > Sony SBM-1 DAT > Sony 59ES into a PowerMac G5 via optical (Transferred by keytohwy)

Editing : Sound Forge (tracking) > Wave > TLH (sbe aligned) Flac 8

Traders Den - October 16, 2024

tracked & posted by kingrue upload #4173
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Here we have a brand new Taj Mahal recording being shared on torrent for the first time.
This was also absent from the etreedb.org site, so this should be new for everybody.

We get a guest appearance by Dr. John. He enters the stage at the beginning of the fourth song and you can hear the excitement of the woman standing next to the taper as she excitingly mentions his name.
You can also hear Dr. John’s vocals during the song Cheating on You and possibly some other songs.

The sound quality is about average. There is some distance to the music, and there is quite a bit of crowd chatter.
The woman standing next to the taper was screaming a lot between songs and sometimes during the songs.
I did make an attempt at removing her screams between the songs whenever it was applicable.
There was some headroom left so I did boost the volume to amplify the music a little more.
I did the best I could to improve this to make it more enjoyable.

Total Time = 63:56

Set list
00 Introduction
01 Honky Tonk
02 Think
03 EZ Rider
04 Hard Way
05 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You (with Dr. John)
06 The Hoochi Coochi Coo
07 Queen Bee
08 Señor Blues
09 Mailbox Blues
10 Cheatin' On You (with Dr. John)
11 Mr. Pitiful (incl. band intros)
12 Ooh Poo Pah Doo
13 I Need Your Lovin’

Band line-up
Taj Mahal - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Darrel Leonard - Trumpet
Joe Sublett - Saxophone
Mike Finnigan - Keyboards (passed Aug. 11, 2021 age 76)
Denny Freeman - Guitar (passed April 25, 2021 age 76)
Tony Braunagel - Drums
Larry Fulcher - Bass

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