Tag: I’m A Woman

I was listening to Maria Muldaur and this song popped up in the recommended songs. I usually only do studio cuts but this one was just too good.  I had to post this because what a band and what a groove these musicians have. I love the way she sounds here and she lets it go. The backing band is tremendous. You have Leon Russell, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt, and Willie Nelson. How better of a band could you ask for? You will also get a two-for-one today…I’m including a song by her called I’m A Woman.

Maria Muldaur…all I knew from her was the pop song Midnight At The Oasis…it is a brilliant pop song but the more I listened…the more I was surprised. I saw her sing with Dan Hicks and other artists and when I dug into her history the more I was impressed.

She became a part of the Greenwich Village folk music scene in the early 1960s. She was part of The Even Dozen Jug Band and later with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. She got into so many different types of music like blues, gospel, R&B, jazz, and big band music. Her influences were the best… Bessie Smith and Memphis Minnie are two of them.

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were huge fans and she has worked with the best. Jerry Garcia, Paul Butterfield, Linda Ronstadt, Elvin Bishop, The Doobie Brothers, Wendy Waldman, and more. She has released over 40 solo albums starting in 1973 and that is not counting her earlier band albums with The Even Dozen Jug Band, Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band, and with her then-husband Geoff Muldaur. When you add those…the number gets into the 50s.

The song I’m A Woman appeared on her 1974 album Waitress in a Donut Shop. I’ve been listening to that album and it’s one that I would recommend everyone checking out. The album did well…it peaked at #23 on the Billboard Album Charts in 1974.

I’m going to close with this. Many times an artist is defined by their major hit…that does an injustice on Muldaur. That is not a putdown on “Midnight at the Oasis”…I think it’s brilliant… but she is so much more than that. I’ve never been into awards but she has been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards.

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