Meet Me at Midnite [Original recording remastered]

Maria Muldaur | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B00092ZLRG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,653 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Trouble With My Lover

2. Meet Me at Midnight

3. Send the Man Back Home

4. Sweet Simple Love

5. Power in Music

6. Ease the Pain

7. Trouble With Love

8. Recovered Soul

9. Down So Love

10. Serve Somebody

11. Woman's Lament

12. Mississippi Muddy Water

Editorial Reviews

Maria's classic tribute to Memphis

After the rootsy Louisiana Love Call gained adulation from critics and fans alike, Maria decided to follow her tribute to New Orleans with an album dedicated to the music of Memphis, particularly soul and blues. In doing so, she honed in on the theme of love, both the agony and the ecstasy, and its overriding importance to Southern music. The result was the masterful Meet Me At Midnite, which features guest vocals from famed Hi Records soul singer Ann Peebles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soulmate, May 8, 2005

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meet Me at Midnite (Audio CD)

Shout Factory's re-release of this 1994 set by Maria Muldaur is greatly welcomed. Among a consistently strong string of recent recordings, "Meet Me At Midnite" is one of Muldaur's strongest sets. Allen Toussaint's "Trouble With My Lover" that opens the disc rocks with a slow midtempo groove and never lets go. Rick Vito's guitar on the title track that he penned unleashes some tasty electric guitar lashing while Muldaur's sultry alto seduces playfully. Rory Block's "Send the Man Back Home" is another soulful bounce & roll track with Ann Peebles & Tracy Nelson contributing strong backing vocals. "Power in Music" is another amazing track where Maria rocks like a Delbert McClinton soulmate with Jon Woodhead doing a tasty electric guitar solo & Joe Sublett blowing off the roof with tenor sax. On Tracy Nelson's gorgeous "Down So Low" that Linda Ronstadt did on her "Hasten Down the Wind" album in 1976, Maria takes the lid off the blues and burns mournfully. On "Woman's Lament" Muldaur does the track with voice only in a gutsy rendition of this traditional tune. Marty Grebb who I remember as one of the original members of the Buckinghams plunks out the piano part on "Mississippi Muddy Water" that he penned for the album closer. "Meet Me At Midnight" is a set that wears extremely well & is one of Maria's strongest sets. Enjoy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing CD, confusing track credits on Amazon, November 20, 2008

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Barb - See all my reviews

This review is from: Meet Me at Midnite (Audio CD)

I'd give this CD 10 stars if I could. I've been a fan of Maria Muldaur since her debut album, but this one is probably my favorite. Some singers' voices fade; some just grow richer, and the latter is the case with Ms. Muldaur. This might be her most powerfully soulful, bluesy release.

Amazon's track list is showing the songwriters along with the tracks, as if the writers perform on the songs. That's the case sometimes, but not always.

The band in general is:

Drums and percussion - Tony Braunagel

Guitar - Johnny Lee Schell on all except tracks 9-11; Jon Woodhead on tracks 5, 7 & 10; Rick Vito on tracks 2, 6 & 10; John Porter on tracks 1 & 9 (Porter also plays dobro on track 12)

Bass - James "Hutch" Hutchinson on all except tracks 3, 6 & 11; Larry Fulcher on tracks 3 & 6

Piano - Marty Grebb on tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 12; Bill Payne on tracks 1, 4 & 9

Organ - Marty Grebb on tracks 4, 6 & 10; Bill Payne on tracks 5 & 7; Tommy Eyre on tracks 2 & 9

Accordion - Marty Grebb

Baritone sax - Marty Grebb

Tenor sax - Marty Grebb does the solo on track 5; otherwise, Joe Sublett

Trumpet - Darrel Leonard

Backup singers on tracks 5, 7 & 12 are Charles Lovett, Danny Gerrard, Dexter Dickerson, Mike Finnegan, Shaun Murphy, Diane Woods Carter, and Rugenia Faith Taylor; the latter two also sing on track 6, along with Vaneta Thompson

The incomparable Ann Peebles, Tracy Nelson, Don Bryant, and Becky Russell sing backup on tracks 1, 3, 4, & 9.

Produced by John Porter.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful Style, August 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Meet Me at Midnight (Audio CD)

The artist has a unique style. Her music combines blues and jazz with a definit New Orleans origin. Don't miss giving her music a try if you have not already done so.