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Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1942)[1]^{[better source needed]} is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song "Midnight at the Oasis" and has recorded albums in the folk, blues, early jazz, gospel, country, and R&B traditions.[2]

Maria Muldaur
Muldaur in 1969
Background information
Birth name	Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato
Also known as	Maria D'Amato
Born	(1942-09-12) September 12, 1942 (age 80) New York City, U.S.
Genres	Folk, blues, country
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1963–present
Labels	Reprise
Website	mariamuldaur.com

She was the wife of musician Geoff Muldaur and is the mother of singer-songwriter Jenni Muldaur.

Biography

Muldaur was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, where she attended Hunter College High School.[3]

Muldaur cites as early musical influences classic country music by Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Ernest Tubb, and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys; early rhythm and blues artists like Chuck Willis, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Fats Domino, and Muddy Waters; Alan Freed "rock 'n' roll" shows; and doo-wop groups such as The Platters and The Five Satins.[4]

Muldaur began her career in the early 1960s as Maria D'Amato, performing with John Sebastian, David Grisman, and Stefan Grossman as a member of the Even Dozen Jug Band.[5] She then joined Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band as a featured vocalist and occasional fiddle player.[5] During this time, she was part of the Greenwich Village scene that included Bob Dylan, and some of her recollections of the period, particularly with respect to Dylan, appear in Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary film No Direction Home.

She married fellow Jug Band member Geoff Muldaur, and after the Kweskin group broke up, the couple produced two albums. She began her solo career when their marriage ended in 1972 but retained her married name.[2]

Her first solo album, Maria Muldaur, released in 1973, contained her hit single "Midnight at the Oasis",[5] which reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. It also peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] Later that year, she released her second album, Waitress in a Donut Shop.[5] This included a re-recording of "I'm a Woman", the Leiber and Stoller number first associated with Peggy Lee and a standout feature from her Jug Band days. The title of this album is taken from a line in another song on the album, "Sweetheart", by Ken Burgan.

Around this time, Muldaur established a relationship with the Grateful Dead. Opening for some Grateful Dead shows in the summer of 1974, with John Kahn, bassist of the Jerry Garcia Band, eventually earned her a seat in that group as a backing vocalist in the late 1970s. Around the same time Muldaur met and eventually collaborated with bluegrass icon Peter Rowan. The two became close, and she was chosen to be the godmother of his daughter Amanda Rowan. She appeared on Super Jam (1989), the live recording of the German TV series Villa Fantastica, with Brian Auger on piano, Pete York on drums, Dick Morrissey on tenor saxophone, Roy Williams on trombone, Harvey Weston on bass and Zoot Money, also on vocals.^{[citation needed]}

People ask me — why do you do these sexist songs? That's bullshit. That's a valid emotion that's a part of us all.[7]

Around 1980, Muldaur became a Christian and released a live album, Gospel Nights, and a studio album, There Is A Love.[5] In 1983 she returned to secular music with Sweet and Slow, a set informed by vintage jazz and blues.[8]

Muldaur continued to perform, tour, and record after her success in the mid 1970s, including a turn at the Teatro ZinZanni in 2001.[4][9]

Her 2005 release Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul was nominated for both a Blues Music Award (formerly the W.C. Handy Award) and a Grammy Award in the Traditional Blues category. In 2013, she was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) category.[10]

In 2003, Muldaur performed at Carnegie Hall in the Tribute to Peggy Lee produced by Richard Barone.[11] In 2018 she performed in Barone's Central Park concert Music & Revolution along with John Sebastian and others from her Greenwich Village days.[12]

In 2019, she received the Trailblazer award at the Americana Music Honors & Awards.

In 2021, Muldaur recorded and released the album Let's Get Happy Together, a 40-minute, 12-track album in collaboration with Tuba Skinny.[13]

Discography

Even Dozen Jug Band

• The Even Dozen Jug Band (1964, credited as Maria D'Amato) (Elektra, EKS-7246)

Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band

• Jug Band Music (1965, credited as Maria D'Amato) (Vanguard, VDS-79163)
• See Reverse Side for Title (1966, credited as Maria D'Amato) (Vanguard, VDS-79234)
• Garden of Joy (1967) (Reprise, RS-6266)
• The Best of Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band (1968, compilation, credited as Maria D'Amato) (Vanguard, VDS-79270)

Geoff & Maria Muldaur

• Pottery Pie (1969) (Reprise, RS-6350)
• Sweet Potatoes (1972) (Reprise, MS-2073)

Solo

Solo discography

Year	Album title	Label	Catalog number	Notes
1973	Maria Muldaur	Reprise	MS-2148	AUS #30[14]
1974	Waitress in a Donut Shop	Reprise	MS-2194	AUS #66[14]
1976	Sweet Harmony	Reprise	MS-2235
1978	Southern Winds	Warner Bros.	BSK-3162	AUS #91[14]
1979	Open Your Eyes	Warner Bros.	BSK-3305	AUS #97[14]
1980	Gospel Nights	Takoma	TAK-7084	Recorded at McCabe's with The Chambers Brothers
1982	There Is a Love	Myrrh	MSB-6685
1983	Sweet and Slow	Spindrift/Making Waves	SPIN-109	With Dr. John, Kenny Barron, and other guest artists.[15] (CD reissue: Stony Plain, SPCD-1183)
1985	Live in London	Stony Plain Records/Making Waves	SP-1099/SPIN-116	Recorded on 7 September 1984 at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.
1986	Transblucency	Uptown	UP-27.25	Recorded 1984–85 with "jazz" septet.
1990	On the Sunny Side	Music for Little People/Warner Bros.	42503
1992	Louisiana Love Call	Black Top	BT-1081	Reissued by Shout! Factory with same part number.
1993	Jazzabelle	Stony Plain	SPCD-1188
1994	Meet Me at Midnite	Black Top	BT-1107	Reissued by Shout! Factory with same part number.
1996	Fanning the Flames	Telarc	CD-83394	With Johnny Adams, Huey Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, and other guest artists.
1998	Southland of the Heart	Telarc	CD-83423
1998	Swingin' in the Rain (Classic Swing Tunes for Kids of All Ages)	Music for Little People/Rhino	R2-75311
1999	Meet Me Where They Play the Blues	Telarc	CD-83460	With Charles Brown, Danny Caron, David K. Mathews, and other guest artists.
2000	Maria Muldaur's Music for Lovers	Telarc	CD-83512	Compilation.
2001	Richland Woman Blues	Stony Plain	SPCD-1270	With Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Alvin Youngblood Hart, John Sebastian, Roy Rogers, and other guest artists.
2002	Animal Crackers in My Soup (& Other Songs Made Popular by Shirley Temple)	Music for Little People/Rhino	R2-78179	With Carrie Lyn.
2003	A Woman Alone with the Blues (...Remembering Peggy Lee)	Telarc	CD-83568
2003	Classic Live!	Burnside/DIG Music	UPC: 80440 30110 27	Live radio broadcasts from 1973 and 1975.
2004	I'm a Woman: 30 Years of Maria Muldaur	Shout! Factory	SF-30219	Compilation.
2004	Sisters & Brothers	Telarc	CD-83588	With Eric Bibb, and Rory Block.
2004	Love Wants to Dance	Telarc	CD-83609
2005	Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul (Old Highway 61 Revisited)	Stony Plain	SPCD-1304	With Taj Mahal, Tracy Nelson, Pinetop Perkins, Del Rey, Steve James, and other guest artists).
2006	Heart of Mine: Maria Muldaur Sings Love Songs of Bob Dylan	Telarc	CD-83643
2006	Songs for the Young at Heart	Music for Little People/Earth Beat!/Rhino	R2-74541	Compilation
2007	Naughty, Bawdy & Blue	Stony Plain	SPCD-1319	With James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band and Bonnie Raitt.
2008	Live in Concert	Global Recording Artists	UPC: 64641 31264 27
2008	Yes We Can!	Telarc	CD-83672	With Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Jane Fonda, Holly Near, Odetta, Anne Lamott, Marianne Williamson, Amma, Jean Shinoda Bolen, and the Women's Voices for Peace Choir.
2009	Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy: Good Time Music for Hard Times	Stony Plain	SPCD-1332
2010	Maria Muldaur's Barnyard Dance: Jug Band Music For Kids	Music for Little People/Rhino	R2-524467
2010	Christmas at the Oasis (Live at the Rrazz Room)	Global Recording Artists	UPC: 64641 31287 28
2011	Steady Love	Stony Plain	SPCD-1346
2012	...First Came Memphis Minnie... A Loving Tribute	Stony Plain	SPCD-1358	With Rory Block, Ruthie Foster, Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Koko Taylor, and other guest artists.
2018	Don't You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker	The Last Music Company		[16]
2021	Let's Get Happy Together	Stony Plain	SPCD1429	With Tuba Skinny

Jerry Garcia Band

• Cats Under the Stars (1978, Arista)
• Pure Jerry: Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978 (2005, Jerry Made)
• Pure Jerry: Bay Area 1978 (2009, Jerry Made)
• Garcia Live Volume Four (2014, ATO)

Paul Butterfield's Better Days

• Better Days (1973, Bearsville) – on tracks 5, 7, and 8
• It All Comes Back (1973, Bearsville) – credited as "vocals", but no specific tracks given

Other contributions

• Wendy Waldman, Love Has Got Me (1973, Warner Bros.) – Background vocals on "Lee's Traveling Song"
• Linda Ronstadt, Heart Like a Wheel (1974, Capitol) – Harmony vocals on "Heart Like A Wheel"
• Wendy Waldman, Gypsy Symphony (1974, Warner Bros.) – Background vocals on "Come On Down"
• Linda Ronstadt, Prisoner In Disguise (1975, Elektra) – harmonies/background vocals on "You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down"
• The Doobie Brothers, Stampede (1975, Warner Bros.) – Vocals on "I Cheat the Hangman"
• Elvin Bishop, Hog Heaven (1978, Capricorn) – on two songs
• Terry Robb, Stop This World (1996, Burnside BCD-0025)
• Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (2003, Northern Blues)[17]

References

External links

• Official website
• Illustrated Even Dozen Jug Band discography

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[es] Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur (Nueva York, 12 de septiembre de 1943) es una cantante estadounidense que formó parte del resurgimiento de la música folk en los primeros 60. Grabó en 1974 la canción "Midnight at the Oasis" y continúa grabando álbumes de folk y blues.[1]

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