Maria Muldaur (album)

Maria Muldaur is the 1973 debut studio album of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes "Midnight at the Oasis", her best-known single, which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100^[1] and "Three Dollar Bill", which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.^[2] The album, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200,^[3] was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1974.^[4] The album is heavily influenced by country and blues.^[5]

Maria Muldaur
Studio album by Maria Muldaur
Released	August 1973
Studio	Warner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Folk, blues, rock
Length	36:38
Label	Reprise
Producer	Joe Boyd, Lenny Waronker
Maria Muldaur chronology
Maria Muldaur (1973) Waitress in a Donut Shop (1974)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Robert Christgau	B+[6]

The album was positively reviewed, and very positively in at least one case. Writing in October 1973, Rolling Stone's reviewer Jon Landau described the album as "one of the half-dozen best" of the year, "the kind of glorious breakthrough that reminds me why I fell in love with rock & roll."^[7]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:45
2. "Midnight at the Oasis" (David Nichtern) – 3:49
3. "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Dolly Parton) – 3:32
4. "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" (Nichtern) – 2:49
5. "The Work Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 4:04

Side Two

1. "Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Get Me High)" (Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:48
2. "Walkin' One and Only" (Dan Hicks) – 2:47
3. "Long Hard Climb" (Ron Davies) – 3:03
4. "Three Dollar Bill" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:58
5. "Vaudeville Man" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:41
6. "Mad Mad Me" (Wendy Waldman) – 3:13

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8]	30
United States (Billboard 200)	3

Personnel

• Maria Muldaur - vocals
• Clarence White - acoustic guitar ("My Tennessee Home" and "The Work Song")
• Bill Keith - banjo ("Work Song" and "Vaudeville Man"), steel guitar ("Long Hard Climb" and "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song")
• Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar ("Any Old Time")
• David Lindley - Hawaiian guitar ("Any Old Time")
• Andrew Gold - acoustic guitar ("Vaudeville Man")
• David Nichtern - acoustic ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song", "My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song", "Walkin' One and Only" and "Midnight at the Oasis" & electric guitar ("Long Hard Climb"), producer ("Mad Mad Me")
• David Grisman - mandolin ("My Tennessee Home")
• Dr. John - keyboards ("Vaudeville Man', "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Three Dollar Bill"), horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Three Dollar Bill")
• Jim Dickinson - piano ("Any Old Time")
• Mark T. Jordan - piano ("The Work Song" and "Midnight at the Oasis")
• Spooner Oldham - piano ("Long Hard Climb" and "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song")
• Greg Prestopino - piano ("Mad Mad Me"), background vocals ("The Work Song" and "My Tennessee Home"), voices ("Midnight at the Oasis")
• James Gordon - organ ("Three Dollar Bill"), clarinet ("Vaudeville Man")
• Chris Ethridge - bass guitar ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song", "My Tennessee Home" and "The Work Song")
• Klaus Voormann - bass guitar ("Vaudeville Man" and "Don't You Feel My Leg")
• Ray Brown - bass guitar ("Walkin' One and Only")
• Dave Holland - bowed bass ("Mad Mad Me")
• Jimmy Calhoun - bass guitar ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Tommy McClure - bass guitar ("Any Old Time")
• Freebo - bass guitar ("Midnight at the Oasis")
• Amos Garrett - bass guitar, guitar, vocals, guitar solo ("Midnight at the Oasis")
• Jim Keltner - drums (all but 4 tracks)
• Ed Shaughnessy - drums ("Walkin' One and Only")
• John Boudreaux - drums ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Jim Gordon - drums ("Midnight at the Oasis")
• Chris Parker - drums ("Mad Mad Me")
• Jerry Jumonville - alto horn, horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg", "Three Dollar Bill")
• Artie Butler - alto horn, horn arrangements ("The Work Song")
• Nick DeCaro - accordion ("I Never Did Sing You a Love Song"), string arrangements ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" and "Midnight at the Oasis")
• Richard Greene - violin ("My Tennessee Home" and "Walkin' One and Only")
• Larry Packer - violin, viola ("Mad Mad Me")
• Karen Alexander - background vocals ("The Work Song")
• Gloria Jones - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Ellen Kearney - background vocals ("My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
• Bettye LaVette - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Jessica Smith - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
• Beryl Marriott - violin

References

1. Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
2. Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
3. Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Album at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
4. Maria Muldaur RIAA Accessed August 27, 2007.
5. Allan, Mark. Maria Muldaur at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
6. Christgau, Robert (December 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide: Maria Muldaur". Creem. Retrieved 22 December 2011. Relevant portion posted in a revised version at "Maria Muldaur: Maria Muldaur > Consumer Guide Album". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
7. Landau, Jon (October 25, 1973). "Maria Muldaur". Rolling Stone. No. 146. Copy posted at "Maria Muldaur – Maria Muldaur". superseventies.com. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 211. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.