Friday, September 26, 2025

Mojo Blues Band - Take A Train

Album: Take A Train
Size: 119,8 MB
Time: 51:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Take A Train, Train (5:40)
2. Alligator Walk (3:44)
3. Papa Tree Top Boogie (4:13)
4. The Sun Is Still Shining (w. A.C. Reed) (5:39)
5. I Stay Mad (w. A.C. Reed) (3:40)
6. Got My Mojo Working (4:36)
7. Chicago Is Callin' (4:14)
8. Hoodoo Man (w. Axel Zwingenberger) (4:14)
9. Money Ain't Reason Enough (3:28)
10. Why Don't Cha Stop It (2:52)
11. Smack Dab In The Middle (w. Axel Zwingenberger) (4:01)
12. I'm Not That Easy (5:15)

The Mojo Blues Band is a blues band from Austria which was formed in 1977 by guitarist Eric Trauner and pianist Joachim Palden. Before 1977, the founders of the band played in clubs of Vienna and in 1977 Palden won a boogie woogie contest. The first prize was a record contract, so they decided to form a band which they named "Mojo Blues Band". Being the only blues band in Vienna they were often booked as backing band for blues artists who were touring in Austria, backing up artists like Johnny Shines, J.B. Hutto, Charlie Musselwhite, Louisiana Red, Sunnyland Slim, Champion Jack Dupree, Homesick James, Honeyboy Edwards, Leon Thomas, Katie Webster, Hal Singer, Jan Harrington and Eddie Clearwater.

In 1980 they teamed up with Dana Gillespie and changed their style more into rhythm 'n blues. At the early 1990s, their song Alligator Walk became a hit in the US Shag (a special dance) scene and following this they toured North and South Carolina. 1989 they visited Chicago and came back with 16 hours of material they had recorded with musicians from Chicago. The CD "The Wild Taste of Chicago" was made out of these tapes. In 1993 Christian Dozzler left the band to form his own group so Eric Trauner had to learn playing the harmonica. /Wikipedia

Personnel: Erik Trauner (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Markus Toyfl (guitar); Dani Gugolz (bass); Peter Müller (drums); Christian Dozzler (piano, harmonica, accordion); Axel Zwingenberger (piano tracks 8 & 11); A.C. Reed (saxophone tracks 4 & 5); Red Holloway (saxophone tracks 3 & 10); Petra Oehl Toyfl (vocals track 3).

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7 comments:

Happymonk said...

Thank you Rooster. Happy Friday!

Bob Mac said...

Thanks RR, lots of good people playing on this one.

fabian narvon said...

hola amigo quiero felicitarlo por toda la buena musica que comparte le mando abrazos desdes argentina buenos aires

fabian narvon said...

podria usted resubir toda la musica de Snooky Pryor

Red Rooster said...

We're glad that you enjoy what we do here Fabian Narvon. Thank you for your comment, it's appreciated. About our Snooky Pryor posts, we can't possibly re-up all of them at once. That would mean too much work for us, and our free time is limited. If you want some of them to be re-upped, then make a request in the comments box for each post. But please don't make too many requests at once. Sincerely, Red Rooster

Red Rooster said...

You're most welcome Happymonk and Bob Mac, glad you guys enjoyed the post. Thank you both for your comments, they are appreciated.

Aussie said...

thank youuuu