Music Keeps Me Together

Music Keeps Me Together is the eighth studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.

Music Keeps Me Together
Studio album by Taj Mahal
Released	1975
Recorded	CBS Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Blues
Label	Columbia
Producer	Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal chronology
Mo' Roots (1974) Music Keeps Me Together (1975) Satisfied 'N Tickled Too (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated

1. "Music Keeps Me Together" (Earl Lindo)
2. "When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul"
3. "Dear Ladies"
4. "Aristocracy" (Taj Mahal, Inshirah Mahal)
5. "Further on Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me)" (Taj Mahal, Chuck Blackwell, Jesse Ed Davis, Gary Gilmore)
6. "Roll, Turn, Spin" (Joseph Spence; arranged and adapted by Taj Mahal)
7. "West Indian Revelation"
8. "My Ancestors" (Bas Tubert)
9. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Chuck Berry)
10. "Why?...And We Repeat/Why?...And We Repeat"

Personnel

• Taj Mahal - vocals, guitar, banjo, piano
• Hoshal Wright - guitar
• Ray Fitzpatrick, Bill Rich - bass
• Earl Lindo - keyboards
• Kwasi Dzidzornu (tracks: B4), Larry McDonald - congas
• Kester Smith, Larry McDonald - percussion
• Rudy Costa - saxophone
• "Sweet" Annie Sampson, Sister Carole Fredericks, Jo Baker - backing vocals

References

1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 2, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.