Maria Muldaur - Classic or Dud?

I heard a few things from her Dylan covers album of a year-or-so ago, it actually sounded great. it went on the Amazon wish list but I still haven't picked it up.

and I still wonder who takes that 'Oasis' solo

Yeah, the Dylan covers record is great. Sadly I haven't really heard much else by her, tho.

Love that she changed (misheard?) this line from "You Ain't Going Nowhere":

"Ghenghis Khan he could not keep
All his kings supplied with sheep"

CBC Radio hosts always proudly point out that the solo is by Canadian Amos Garrett.

"Oasis" was produced by the ubiquitous Joe Boyd, who was childhood friends with Geoff Muldaur, who apparently took one look at Maria D'Amato and said "One day I'm going to marry that woman" - who apparently said the same about him- all of which I learned for reading White Bicycles.

in his writings, Julian Cope likes to use "Oasis" as a touchstone for languid just-got-out-of-bed vocalists like Damo Suzuki...

Was the perfect choice for Bill Murray's one-night vocalist paramour's morning-after song in Lost In Translation.

this is from the west coast post-psych/pop/rock/folk-rock/country-rock thread.

i picked up Maria Muldaur's "Sweet Harmony" yesterday for a buck thinking it was gonna be an LA session singer songwriter record w/jazzy touches like joni or something. earl palmer was on drums, so i thought there'd be a bit of funk. put it on and skipped through the songs and was pretty disappointed. put it back on today to actually listen to it and it's a kinda nice, mellow country/folk/gospel album. definitely worth the dollar i spent on it.
-- jaxon, Thursday, 30 August 2007 02:09 (16 hours ago) Link

and i've listened to more of the record. it's really hit or miss. the songs that are on, are really nice. but there are a bunch of old timey songs that really suck.

and i definitely get the comparison w/ Bonnie Raitt

Her nephew-in-law (by way of Geoff Muldaur) is my wife's boss. We went to the Hollywood Bowl together last night.

I like what I have heard of Maria. She has a very nice sound.

Ugh, I know there's a thread somewhere on here about somewhat-neglected XX chromosome singer-songwriters of the seventies...anyhow, I really need to do some Maria research, not to mention some Phoebe Snow, while I'm at it.

I had no idea until reading this thread as to some of the illustrious guitarists who took part in some of her sessions. I need to re-read the Elektra records tell-all; I could swear there is a Muldaur-heavy section somewhere in there, just as sure as most local Goodwills in California are weighed down by her contributions.

Anyhow, "Midnight at the Oasis" is the best song that I have heard all day today. Like so many songs of that nature from that era, I have progressed from a mostly ironic appreciation (where I was at ten years or so ago) of this song to a mostly earnest regard as to its merits. Go figure.

Decided to listen to the 'Sweet Harmony' album from 1976 tonight. The title track is wonderful. The rest is a mixed bag, but enough good moments to keep me interested.