Señor Blues
Studio album by Taj Mahal
Released	1997
Genre	Blues, rhythm and blues, soul blues, blues jazz
Length	51:17
Label	Private Music [1]
Producer	John Porter
Taj Mahal chronology
Phantom Blues (1996) Señor Blues (1997) Sacred Island (1998)

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AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[4]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[1]

Señor Blues is a 1997 studio album by the blues musician Taj Mahal. ^{[5] [6]} It contains a cover of James Brown's " Think". It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 40th Grammy Awards. ^[7]

Track listing

1. "Queen Bee" (Taj Mahal)
2. "Think" (Lowman Pauling)
3. "Irresistible You" ( Al Kasha, Luther Dixon)
4. "Having a Real Bad Day" ( Delbert McClinton, John Barlow Jarvis)
5. " Señor Blues" ( Horace Silver)
6. "Sophisticated Mama" ( Washboard Sam)
7. "Oh Lord, Things Are Gettin' Crazy Up in Here" ( Jon Cleary)
8. "I Miss You Baby" (Freddie Simon)
9. "You Rascal You" ( Sam Theard)
10. "Mind Your Own Business" ( Hank Williams)
11. "21st Century Gypsy Singing Lover Man" (Taj Mahal, Jon Cleary)
12. "At Last (I Found a Love)" ( Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover)
13. "Mr. Pitiful" ( Steve Cropper, Otis Redding) ^[2]

Personnel

• Taj Mahal – Vocals, harmonica, dobro, kazoo
• Johnny Lee Schell – guitar
• Jon Cleary – piano, Wurlitzer piano
• Mick Weaver – Hammond B-3 organ
• Larry Fulcher – bass
• Tony Braunagel – drums, percussion, tambourine
• Sir Harry Bowens, Donna Taylor, Terrence Forsythe – background vocals
• The Texacalli Horns:

Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombone, French Horn

Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone

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