This album brought to you at mid-price is a diverse collection of many of his best performances for Columbia, including "Statesboro Blues" and "Leaving Trunk," as well as the unreleased "East Bay Woman". It features a variety of blues and roots-music styles, all fused together into a distinctive sound of its own. Half the album is played on acoustic guitar, the other half with an electric band (which includes guitarists Ry Cooder and Jesse Davis on a handful of tracks), which gives a pretty good impression of the range of Mahal's talents.
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