Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home

Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home is the third studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. A double album, the first disc (Giant Step) is electric, while the second (De Ole Folks at Home) is acoustic. Esquire magazine included this album at no. 27 on their March 9, 2009 list of "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own."

Track listing

Giant Step

1. "Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie No More" (Taj Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis, Gary Gilmore, Chuck Blackwell)
2. "Take a Giant Step" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
3. "Give Your Woman What She Wants" (Taj Mahal, Joel Hirschhorn)
4. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (B. Level, B. Love)
5. "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
6. "Six Days on the Road" (Carl Montgomery, Earl Green)
7. "Farther on Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me)" (Taj Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis, Gary Gilmore, Chuck Blackwell)
8. "Keep Your Hands Off Her" (Huddie Ledbetter)
9. "Bacon Fat" (Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson)

De Ole Folks at Home

1. "Linin' Track" (Huddie Ledbetter)
2. "Country Blues No. 1" (Trad. Arr. Taj Mahal)
3. "Wild Ox Moan" (Vera Hall, Ruby Pickens Tartt)
4. "Light Rain Blues" (Taj Mahal)
5. "Little Soulful Tune" (Taj Mahal)
6. "Candy Man" (Rev. Gary Davis)
7. "Cluck Old Hen" (Trad. Arr. Taj Mahal)
8. "Colored Aristocracy" (Trad. Arr. Taj Mahal)
9. "Blind Boy Rag" (Taj Mahal)
10. "Stagger Lee" (Harold Logan, Lloyd Price)
11. "Cajun Tune" (Taj Mahal)
12. "Fishin' Blues" (Henry Thomas, Taj Mahal)
13. "Annie's Lover" (Trad. Arr. Taj Mahal)

Personnel

Giant Step

Taj Mahal - vocals, harmonica, banjo, Mississippi national steel-bodied guitar
Jesse Ed Davis - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, organ
Gary Gilmore - electric bass
Chuck Blackwell - drums

De Ole Folks at Home

Taj Mahal - vocals, harmonica, guitar, banjo