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]

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

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

Side Two

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

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Studio albums	Maria Muldaur (1973) Sweet Harmony (1976) Gospel Nights (1980) Louisiana Love Call (1992) Meet Me at Midnite (1994) Fanning the Flames (1996) Southland of the Heart (1998)
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Maria Muldaur (album)

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

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