Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home

Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home
Studio album by
Released1969
GenreBlues, country blues, Delta blues, Cajun
Length69:15
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Rubinson
Taj Mahal chronology
The Natch'l Blues
(1968)
Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home
(1969)
The Real Thing
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[2]
Rolling Stone(unfavourable)[3]

Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home is the third studio album by American blues musician Taj Mahal. A double album, the first disc (Giant Step) is electric, while the second (De Ole Folks at Home) is acoustic. Esquire included the album at number 27 on its list of "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own".[4]

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Giant Step at AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  3. ^ Ward, Ed (7 February 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone (51). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 40.
  4. ^ "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own". esquire.com. Retrieved September 14, 2015.