Maria Muldaur
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Biography
[Edit]Best known for her seductive '70s pop staple "Midnight at the Oasis," Maria Muldaur has since become an acclaimed interpreter of just about every stripe of American roots music: blues, early jazz, gospel, folk, country, R&B, and so on. While these influences were certainly present on her more pop-oriented '70s recordings (as befitting her Greenwich Village folkie past), Muldaur came into her own as a true roots music stylist during the '90s, when she developed a particular fascination with the myriad sounds of Louisiana. On the string of well-received albums that followed, Muldaur tied her eclecticism together with the romantic sensuality that had underpinned much of her best work ever since the beginning of her career.
Muldaur was born Maria D'Amato on September 12, 1943, in New York. As a child, she loved country & western music and began singing it with her aunt at age five; during her teenage years, she moved on to R&B, early rock & roll, and girl group pop, and in high school formed a group in the latter style called the Cashmeres. Growing up in the Greenwich Village area, however, she naturally became fascinated with its booming early-'60s folk revival and soon began participating in jam sessions. She also moved to North Carolina for a while to study Appalachian-style fiddle with Doc Watson. Back in New York, she was invited to join the Even Dozen Jug Band, a revivalist group that included John Sebastian, David Grisman, and Stefan Grossman; they had secured a recording deal with blueswoman Victoria Spivey's label and she wanted them to add some sex appeal. The young D'Amato got a crash course in early blues, particularly the Memphis scene that spawned many of the original jug bands, and counted Memphis Minnie as one of her chief influences.
Elektra Records bought out the Even Dozen Jug Band's contract and released their self-titled debut album in 1964; however, true to their name, the band's unwieldy size made them an expensive booking on the club and coffeehouse circuit and they soon disbanded. Many of the members went off to college and, in 1964, D'Amato moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to another vibrant folk scene. She quickly joined the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and began an affair with singer Geoff Muldaur; the couple eventually married and had a daughter, Jenni, who would later become a singer in her own right. When the Kweskin band broke up in 1968, the couple stayed with their label (Reprise) and began recording together as Geoff & Maria Muldaur. They moved to Woodstock, New York to take advantage of the burgeoning music scene there and issued two albums — 1970's Pottery Pie and 1971's Sweet Potatoes — before Geoff departed in 1972 to form Better Days with Paul Butterfield, a move that signaled not only the end of the couple's musical partnership, but their marriage as well.
With Maria initially unsure about her musical future, her friends encouraged her to pursue a solo career, as did Reprise president Mo Ostin. Muldaur went to Los Angeles and recorded her debut album Maria Muldaur in 1973, scoring a massive Top Ten pop hit with "Midnight at the Oasis." Showcasing Muldaur's playfully sultry crooning, the Middle Eastern-themed song became a pop radio staple for years to come and also made session guitarist Amos Garrett a frequent Muldaur collaborator in the future. Muldaur's next album, 1974's Waitress in a Donut Shop, featured a hit remake of her Even Dozen-era signature tune, "I'm a Woman." Three more Reprise albums followed over the course of the '70s, generally with the cream of the L.A. session crop, but also with increasingly diminishing results.
Around 1980, Muldaur became a born-again Christian; she recorded a live album of traditional gospel songs, Gospel Nights, for the smaller Takoma label in 1980, and moved into full-fledged CCM with 1982's There Is a Love, recorded for the Christian label Myrrh. However, this new direction did not prove permanent, and for 1983's Sweet and Slow, Muldaur recorded an album of jazz and blues standards (many with longtime cohort Dr. John on piano) that created exactly the mood its title suggested. Released in 1986, the jazzy Transblucency won a year-end critics' award from The New York Times. Muldaur spent the rest of the '80s touring, often with Dr. John, and also began acting in musicals, appearing in productions of Pump Boys and Dinettes and The Pirates of Penzance. In 1990, she recorded an album of classic country songs, On the Sunny Side, that was specifically geared toward children; it proved a surprising success, both critically and among its intended audience.
Partly inspired by Dr. John's New Orleans obsessions, Muldaur signed to the rootsy Black Top label in 1992 and cut Louisiana Love Call, which established her as a versatile stylist accomplished in blues, gospel, New Orleans R&B, Memphis blues, and soul. The album won wide acclaim as one of the best works of her career, offering a more organic, stripped-down approach than her '70s pop albums, and became the best-selling record in the Black Top catalog. Her 1994 follow-up, Meet Me at Midnite, was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award. Muldaur next cut a jazzier outing for the Canadian roots label Stony Plain, 1995's Jazzabelle. She subsequently signed with Telarc and returned to her previous direction, making her label debut with 1996's well-received Fanning the Flames. Released in 1998, Southland of the Heart was a less bluesy outing recorded in Los Angeles, arriving the same year as a second children's album, Swingin' in the Rain, a collection of swing tunes and pop novelties from the '30s and '40s. Meet Me Where They Play the Blues, issued in 1999, was intended to be a collaboration with West Coast blues piano legend Charles Brown, but Brown's health problems prevented him from contributing much (just one vocal on "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You"); thus, the project became more of a tribute.
Muldaur moved back to Stony Plain for 2001's Richland Woman Blues, a tribute to early blues artists (particularly women) inspired by a visit to Memphis Minnie's grave. Featuring a variety of special guest instrumentalists, Richland Woman Blues was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. The children's album Animal Crackers in My Soup: The Songs of Shirley Temple appeared in 2002. The next year saw the release of Woman Alone with the Blues, a collection of songs associated with Peggy Lee, on Telarc Records. Love Wants to Dance followed in 2004, also on Telarc. The mostly acoustic Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul was issued by Stony Plain in 2005, followed by Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan on Telarc in 2006. Songs for the Young at Heart was also released in 2006. The following year, the last in the set of three albums that paid tribute to female blues singers of the 1920s through 1940s, Naughty, Bawdy and Blue (the other two were Richland Woman Blues and Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul), came out. The antiwar-themed Yes We Can!, which featured Muldaur singing with the Women's Voices for Peace Choir, was released in 2008. Muldaur next released another children's album, Barnyard Dance: Jug Band Music for Kids, in 2010, following it with the New Orleans-flavored Steady Love on Stony Plain in 2011.
Title: Louisiana Love Call
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Blues Jam Live Audio: Maria Muldaur
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Christmas At The Oasis: Live At The Rrazz Room
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Songs For The Young At Heart: Maria Muldaur
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, Gospel, Christian Rock, Country, Christian Country Music, Alternative Country, Kids
Title: Rhino Hi-Five: Maria Muldaur
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, Rock, Folk Rock, Dancefloor, Country, Pop, Dance Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Don’t You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues Of Blue Lu Barker
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues
Title: Naughty Bawdy & Blue
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: Sweet Potatoes
Artist: Maria Muldaur, Geoff
Genre: Blues, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Meet Me Where They Play the Blues
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Good Time Music For Hard Times
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Southland of the Heart
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Blues Rock, Alternative
Title: Pottery Pie
Artist: Maria Muldaur, Geoff
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Music for Lovers
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Heart of Mine: Maria Muldaur Sings Love Songs of Bob Dylan
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul: Old Highway 61 Revisited
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country
Title: 30 Years Of Maria Muldaur: I'M A Woman
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country
Collections
Title: Raised On Soft Rock
Genre: Rock
Title: 70s Greatest Hits (Re-Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Dig It! 100 Songs of the 70's
Genre: Pop
Title: '70s - 100 Retro Radio Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: What Is Hip? Remix Project, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Back to the 70's: Super 18 Hits (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Sensational 70s (Original Artist Re-Recording)
Genre: Pop
Title: 70 Hits of the '70s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Hits of the 70's
Genre: Rock
Title: 70s Greatest Hits - The Essentials (Re-Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Flashback - One Hit Wonders
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Funny Favorites
Title: Ultimate Memories
Genre: Pop
Title: The Warriors
Title: Best of the 70s (Re-Recording)
Genre: World Music, Country, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Hot Summer Nights (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Silly Songs
Title: 100 Big Time Christmas Songs
Genre:
Title: Essential Gold - The Divas
Genre: Pop
Title: All Time Greatest Hits - Volume 5
Genre: Pop
Title: All Time Greatest Hits - Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Flower Power (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Essential Songs for Mom & Dad
Genre: Pop
Title: Platinum Trax: Platinum Hits of the 70s
Genre: Pop
Title: Essential Gold - The One Hit Wonders
Genre: Pop
Title: Girls of the 70's
Genre:
Title: One Hit Magic: The 70's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: Back To The 70's
Title: 30 Classic Tracks: The Seventies (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: 70's Sweethearts
Genre:
Title: When You Were Born 1974
Genre: Pop
Title: Easy Soft Rock (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Gospel, Rock, Christian Rock, Hard Rock, Christian Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Easy Rider - 100 Songs of The '60s & '70s
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Soft Rock Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 '70s Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: One Hit Wonderland (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Millennium Pop Hits
Title: Drag Queen City (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Ever Soul Revival (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 7 Hours of Super Hits of the '70s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs of Christmas
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Girl Can Sing: 70's
Title: The Super '70's, Vol. 1
Title: Rewind the 70s - Volume 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ultimate Christmas Collection
Genre: Folk
Title: Love & Peace: Greatest Hits for Kids
Genre: Kids
Title: Sweet Slumbers: Soothing Lullabies For Kids
Genre: Kids
Title: 150 Rock 'N' Roll Classics (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: I Love the 70's: 1974
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Beautiful - A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
Genre: Pop
Title: Giggling & Laughing: Silly Songs For Kids
Genre: Kids
Title: Diva Lounge (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 50 R&B Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: All Time American Hits and More, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Stony Plain's Christmas Blues
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: Merry Christmas Baby
Artist: Maria Muldaur- Vocals, Demetrios Pappas- Piano, Steve Beskro
Genre:
Title: Get You a Healin' (Special Anniversary Edition)
Artist: New Orleans Musicians' Clinic
Genre: Blues
Title: 3rd Annual Farewell Reunion
Artist: Mike Seeger
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: A Child's Celebration Of Song
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Gospel, Christian Rock, Country, Christian Country Music, Pop, Kids, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: A Child's Celebration Of Silliest Songs
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Kids, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Shout, Sister, Shout! - A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: Hippity Hop
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, World Music, Kids, Acoustic, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: A Child's Celebration Of Lullaby
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Mud Acres: Music Among Friends
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Karaoke - Singing to the Hits, Vol. 2 (Rerecorded Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Jug Band Extravaganza
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: After Dusk: 16 Love Songs for Those Hot Nights
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock