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MARIA MULDAUR
ONE HOUR MAMA
THE BLUES OF VICTORIA SPIVEY
NOLA BLUERECORDS
RELEASE DATE : JULY 11, 2025
(USA)
MUSICIANS:
MARIA MULDAUR - VOCALS (ALL TRACKS)
JAMES DAPOGNY’S CHICAGO JAZZ BAND (TRACKS 1,7,12)
JAMES DAPOGNY - PIANO
KIM CUSACK - CLARINET, ALTO SAX
RUSS WHITMAN - CLARINET, TENOR SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAX
JON-ERIK KELLSO - TRUMPET
CHRIS SMITH - TROMBONE, TUBA
ROD MCDONALD - GUITAR, BANJO
KURT KRAHNKE - BASS
PETE SIERS - DRUMS
ROB BOURASSA - GUITAR SOLO (TRACK 1)
TUBA SKINNY (TRACKS 5,8)
CRAIG FLORY - CLARINET
GREG SHERMAN - GUITAR
MAX BIEN-KAHN - GUITAR, BANJO
SHAYE COHN - CORONET, TRUMPET
BARNABUS JONES - TROMBONE
TODD BURDICK - TUBA
ROBIN RAPUZZI - WASHBOARD
DAVID TORKANOWSKY - PIANO
JOHNNY BONES - SAXOPHONE (TRACKS 2,3,4,6,9,10,11)
DANNY CARON - GUITAR (TRACKS 2,3,4,6,9,10,11)
SUSIE THOMPSON - FIDDLE (TRACKS 2,3,4,6,9,10,11)
STEVE HEIGHT - BASS (TRACKS 2,3,4,6,9,10,11)
CLINT BAKER - TRUMPET (TRACKS 2,3,4,6,9,10,11)
NEIL FONTANO - PIANO (TRACKS 2,3,4,6,9,10,11)
DAVID K. MATTHEWS - PIANO (TRACKS 2,3,4,6,9,10,11)
BEAUMONT BEAULLIEU - DRUMS (TRACKS 2,3,4,6,9,10,11)
ELVIN BISHOP - VOCALS (TRACK 2)
CHRIS BURNS - PIANO (TRACK 3)
TAJ MAHAL - VOCALS (TRACK 9)
Listen to samples - Maria Muldaur - One Hour Mama - The Blues Of Victoria Spivey
MARIA
TRACKLIST:
01 MY HANDY MAN 03:59
02 WHAT MAKES YOU ACT LIKE THAT? 03:22
03 DON'T LOVE NO MARRIED MAN 03:51
04 DREAMING OF YOU 02:45
05 ORGAN GRINDER BLUES 04:03
06 NO, PAPA, NO! 03:14
07 ONE HOUR MAMA 03:06
08 FUNNY FEATHERS 03:18
09 GOTTA HAVE WHAT IT TAKES 03:09
10 ANY-KIND-A-MAN 02:45
11 DOWN HILL PULL 03:22
12 T-B BLUES 03:10
VICRORIA SPIVEY
(HOUSTON 1906 - NEW YORK 1976)
MARIA MULDAUR
(NEW YORK 1943)
Victoria Regina Spivey had a definitive presence in the blues music scene of the 1920s. Women played a leading role in recordings during that decade, usually backed by jazz bands. A theater and vaudeville actress, she began her professional career performing with Blind Lemon Jefferson. In 1926, she recorded her first single, "Black Snake Blues," for the Okeh label and was, for a time, an artistic partner of guitarist Lonnie Johnson. In the early 1950s, she retired from the stage but returned in 1961 to found Spivey Records, a label that recorded, among many others, Otis Spann, Roosevelt Sykes, Willie Dixon, and Otis Rush. In 1929, film director King Vidor chose her for his first sound film !Aleluya!
S E L E C T E D A L B U M S
S E L E C T E D A L B U M S
Maria Muldaur has released forty-four solo albums over her 60-year career. Her debut was in 1973, and prior to that, she had recorded as Maria D'Amato on albums with the Even Dozen Jug Band (1964), Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band (1965, 1966, 1967), and alongside her husband Geoff Muldaur (1969, 1972).
In 1926, Victoria Spivey moved to St. Louis (MO) and signed a contract with Okeh Records. In 1929, she relocated to New York and signed with Victor Records. Between 1926 and 1930, Spivey recorded fifty-three singles with both record labels. She later made recordings for the Vocalion and DECCA labels until, in 1961, she founded her own company, Spivey Records. In 1962, Victoria, along with Big Joe Williams, recorded two songs for the label with an unknown musician named Bob Dylan, marking the first ever recording of the troubadour. These two songs appeared on the album "Three Kings and The Queen, Vol 2," released in 1970. The album also marked the debut of John Hammond Jr.
Maria Rosa Domenica D'Amato was actively present during the early '60s in the New York City's Greenwich Village scene alongside John Sebastian and Bob Dylan. She married Geoff Muldaur, a member of Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band, where she was the lead vocalist. After recording her first two albums, in 1974 she became friends with Jerry Garcia, and in addition to singing in Garcia's band, she also opened live shows for the Grateful Dead. Her musical work spans various styles, from folk to jazz, gospel, ballads, and prominently blues music. Her presence has remained uninterrupted in roots-based popular music since 1960.
We could not find another singer, another voice, to once again crown Victoria Spivey. With a selection of Spivey’s originals, Muldaur transports us with astonishing fidelity to the female blues of the 1920s, a time when women singers like Clara Smith, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Ma Rainey or Alberta Hunter played a crucial role in the spread of blues and the origins of the music that was taking shape in the Mississippi Delta. "One Hour Mama - The Blues of Victoria Spivey" is not just a tribute album to the Texan singer and pianist; these twelve songs offer a synthesis of knowledge for generations of fans, both young and old, who have yet to delve into the roots of the blues. From when W.C. Handy composed St. Louis Blues, through the early blues recordings of Okeh Records, the jug bands, and up until Robert Johnson made his pact with the devil at the crossroads. Maria Muldaur sings excellently, with sincerity in her skin and respect in her soul. The musicians who accompany her shine with exquisiteness and originality. This is a wonderful album of wonderful songs, performed wonderfully.
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