Mo' Roots (Taj Mahal album)

Mo' Roots

Studio album by Taj Mahal

Released

1974

Recorded

CBS Studios, San Francisco, California

Genre

Reggae

Length

33:57

Label

Columbia

Producer

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal chronology

Oooh So Good 'n Blues
(1973)

Mo' Roots
(1974)

Music Keeps Me Together
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Mo' Roots is the seventh studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated

"Johnny Too Bad" (Delroy Wilson, Winston Bailey, Hylton Beckford, Derrick Crooks)
"Black Jack Davey"
"Big Mama"
"Cajun Waltz"
"Slave Driver" (Bob Marley)
"Why Did You Have to Desert Me?"
"Desperate Lover" (Bob Andy)
"Clara (St. Kitts Woman)"

Personnel

Taj Mahal - vocals
Hoshal Wright - guitar
Bill Rich - bass
Merl Saunders - organ
Aston "Family Man" Barrett - ska piano
Kwasi "Rocki" Dzidzornu - percussion, congas
Kester Smith - trap drums
Rudy Costa - soprano saxophone, flute
Sister Carole Fredericks, Sister Claudia Lennear, Brother Tommy Henderson - backing vocals

References

↑ Allmusic review

Taj Mahal

Studio albums	Taj Mahal The Natch'l Blues Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home Happy Just to Be Like I Am Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff Oooh So Good 'n Blues Mo' Roots Music Keeps Me Together Satisfied 'N Tickled Too Music Fuh Ya' (Musica Para Tu) Brothers (soundtrack) Evolution (The Most Recent) Taj Shake Sugaree Mule Bone Like Never Before Dancing the Blues Mumtaz Mahal (w/ V.M. Bhatt a N. Ravikiran) Phantom Blues Señor Blues Sacred Island (w/ The Hula Blues Band) Kulanjan (w/ Toumani Diabaté) Hanapepe Dream Mkutano Meets the Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar Maestro

Live albums	The Real Thing Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff Big Sur Festival - One Hand Clapping Live & Direct Live at Ronnie Scott's An Evening of Acoustic Music Shoutin' in Key Live Catch

Compilation albums	Going Home The Best of Taj Mahal, Volume 1 Taj's Blues World Music In Progress & In Motion: 1965-1998 Blue Light Boogie The Best of Taj Mahal The Best of the Private Years Sing a Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues - Taj Mahal Blues with a Feeling: The Very Best of Taj Mahal The Essential Taj Mahal Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal

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