Mo' Roots (Taj Mahal album)

Mo' Roots
Studio album by Taj Mahal
Released	1974
Recorded	CBS Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Reggae
Length	33:57
Label	Columbia
Producer	Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal chronology
Oooh So Good 'n Blues (1973) Mo' Roots (1974) Music Keeps Me Together (1975)

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Mo' Roots is the seventh studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated

1. "Johnny Too Bad" (Delroy Wilson, Winston Bailey, Hylton Beckford, Derrick Crooks)
2. "Black Jack Davey"
3. "Big Mama"
4. "Cajun Waltz"
5. "Slave Driver" (Bob Marley)
6. "Why Did You Have to Desert Me?"
7. "Desperate Lover" (Bob Andy)
8. "Clara (St. Kitts Woman)"

Personnel

• Taj Mahal - vocals
• Hoshal Wright - guitar
• Bill Rich - bass
• Merl Saunders - organ
• Aston "Family Man" Barrett - ska piano
• Kwasi "Rocki" Dzidzornu - percussion, congas
• Kester Smith - trap drums
• Rudy Costa - soprano saxophone, flute
• Sister Carole Fredericks, Sister Claudia Lennear, Brother Tommy Henderson - backing vocals

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