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Gavin B. · 12-29-2013, 10:23 AM

Maria Muldaur's self titled 1974 album was the peak of her commercial success. It reached number 3 on the Billboard chart and the single release Midnight at the Oasis reached number 6 on the singles chart. By the way, the side musicians on that album are simply amazing: Dr. John, Ry Cooder, Amos Garrett, Clarence White, David Grisman, Andrew Gold, Jim Gordon, Dave Holland, Jim Keltner, David Lindley, and Klaus Voorman are among the players in the crew.

For a brief moment in the early Seventies, Maria Muldaur was being hailed as the next Linda Ronstandt.

As the Seventies progressed Maria began to return to the less commercial blues, old time music and folk music she played in her early Greenwich Village days. She even did an album of gospel music. It became pretty clear that Ms. Mulduar was going to follow her musical vision, even if it meant falling off the top selling record sales charts. But she's maintained a steady and loyal group of fans over the decades.

Dr. John has been a longtime cohort and collaborator with Maria Muldaur. Muldaur spent most of the '80s touring, often with Dr. John. In the early Nineties she began acting in musicals, appearing in productions of Pump Boys and Dinettes and The Pirates of Penzance.

In 2001 her album Richland Women Blues was nominated for a Grammy for best traditional blues album. Ironically Richland Woman Blues was an old Mississippi John Hurt song that Maria had been performing since her days with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. That's former Lovin' Spoonful member John Sebastian playing the accompanying guitar on the song:

Since 2001 she's released 10 albums on the small independent label, Stony Plain. These albums are uniformly good and wildly eclectic, including 2 children's albums, a Dylan tribute album, 3 tributes to blues singers of the 1920s and 1930s, an album of jug band music, and tribute to the music of New Orleans with Dr. John.

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Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Maria Muldaur's self titled 1974 album was the peak of her commercial success. It reached number 3 on the Billboard chart and the single release Midnight at the Oasis reached number 6 on the singles chart. By the way, the side musicians on that album are simply amazing: Dr. John, Ry Cooder, Amos Garrett, Clarence White, David Grisman, Andrew Gold, Jim Gordon, Dave Holland, Jim Keltner, David Lindley, and Klaus Voorman are among the players in the crew. For a brief moment in the early Seventies, Maria Muldaur was being hailed as the next Linda Ronstandt. As the Seventies progressed Maria began to return to the less commercial blues, old time music and folk music she played in her early Greenwich Village days. She even did an album of gospel music. It became pretty clear that Ms. Mulduar was going to follow her musical vision, even if it meant falling off the top selling record sales charts. But she's maintained a steady and loyal group of fans over the decades. Dr. John has been a longtime cohort and collaborator with Maria Muldaur. Muldaur spent most of the '80s touring, often with Dr. John. In the early Nineties she began acting in musicals, appearing in productions of Pump Boys and Dinettes and The Pirates of Penzance. In 2001 her album Richland Women Blues was nominated for a Grammy for best traditional blues album. Ironically Richland Woman Blues was an old Mississippi John Hurt song that Maria had been performing since her days with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. That's former Lovin' Spoonful member John Sebastian playing the accompanying guitar on the song: Since 2001 she's released 10 albums on the small independent label, Stony Plain. These albums are uniformly good and wildly eclectic, including 2 children's albums, a Dylan tribute album, 3 tributes to blues singers of the 1920s and 1930s, an album of jug band music, and tribute to the music of New Orleans with Dr. John. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt Last edited by Gavin B.; 12-29-2013 at 10:46 AM.