Taj Mahal She Caught The Katy

[@kennymazzanti2555]

So, what do the words mean? The KATY was the MKT- Missouri, Kansas and Texas- Railroad. It was noted as being a fast coal driven passenger train in the late teens and early 1920's until it was bought up by the Union Pacific RR. So, his woman caught the fast train, but he "caught a mule to ride". A "mule" was a slow freight train that you could catch on foot, so he "swung on behind".

[@roypreston8649]

Thanks. I have been worried about that for a long time.

[@rhyndman]

🙏🙏🙏

[@karunakaranjoseph958]

Thank you very much , Kenny....these are sure ice breakers during a dull afternoon party....surely this song pops anybody but starting a conversation with this trivia you posted will make my day..

[@carsonchristy5296]

Thanks for the insight...love the blues you be cool my brother...I'm a struggling guitar player

[@mitvoce6016]

And there's the lovely Big Joe Williams alt - 'my baby dun gone left me a mule to ride/ train left the station/ the mule lay down and died...'

[@ricdickinson307]

I don't think Taj gets the recognition he deserves an absolute legend cliche but true

[@FrankAndTinaOfficial]

Absolutely agree! Awesome bluesman!

[@tj7264]

So so good!! Although I do love the bass line that Donald "Duck" Dunn from The Blues Brothers put to this song. Simply perfect!

[@SneedBass]

Yeah, I do prefer Dunn's bass line over the original.

[@Biggrandpa]

Yep, Dunn's bass line was the best. I often play his bass line and it's really hard to do...

[@FrankAndTinaOfficial]

The Duck was hard to beat! About as solid as they get.

[@jasonpitts8395]

Taj is one of the most talented musicians to ever walk the surface of this planet. What an absolute treasure.

[@Stephane2217]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" is an upbeat blues written by Taj Mahal and James Rachell.[1] It was first released on Taj Mahal's 1968 album The Natch'l Blues,[2] and is one of Mahal's most famous compositions.[3] The song has since become a blues standard and has been covered many times. It was used on the soundtrack for the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers (the song plays over the opening credits as Jake Blues leaves prison).[4] According to John Belushi's widow, it was Belushi's favorite blues song.[5] The "Katy" refers to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.[6]

[@wonderbread1975]

Damn! Taj hasn't missed a beat! A true original!

[@DancingShiva788]

Brilliant rendition, Taj Mahal delivers!

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

They got major mojo, & then some.

[@jeanettecameron7530]

Love Taj. Saw him in a tiny club in Denver in '71. " Giant Step" is still a favorite LP.

[@enforcer41]

Great version, saw him twice in Australia over the years, what a performer.

[@Drewster58]

Serious groove, awesome band. Taj kills it hard. Sweet and up top.

[@flagwanker6346]

Fabulous song. Fabulous blues artist!

[@RonaldL.Sullivan]

I once met Taj at a friend of a friend's house in Berkeley, CA. in '71, just as his Real Taj (2nd album) was coming out, we listened to him playing what he called 'porch music' all day, (and what a good. clean 'window pane' trip that was! Also saw him at the Fillmore West with the Howard Johnson tuba horns on several occasions, including Led Zeppelin's first time through in January of '69, what a national treasure!

[@larryleitch3803]

Ah winderpane...makes es my eyes hurt, just some good ole purple Ozley.

[@HawaiiJetboat]

This and a few others from Taj are on the play list for my boat. It always picks up the mood a few notches for everyone aboard. Get rendition!

[@allanmacdonald1825]

In my fifties I made a career change to the railroad, where I was a conductor and engineer in freight service and in later years moved over to engineer in passenger service. This is one of my favorite railroad songs, along with “Rock Island Line”; these songs have teeth, and soul! BTW, I always hated that stupid sounding song “I’ve been working on the railroad”.

[@patriciamobley3297]

Saw Taj Mahal at Santa Clara pop festival. Probably the best act on the bill, bar none. Pulled his harp out, and the group helped immensely. Proceeded to pick up his album when I got the chance.

[@Furball2k]

Saw Taj Mahal with Bad Boy Billy on the South Side of Chicago back in the day... those were good times!

[@danconway5505]

wish you tube had more good music like this!!!!

[@mrdellferr]

BEST EVER TAJ SONG!!!

[@carolyngeemieheitmiller1958]

Loving this tune you recorded for us utubers..

[@larryleitch3803]

I saw Tah Mahal at the Santa Clara pop festival Just awesome, his handkerchief is his trademark.

[@AndrewVOdom]

Love it .. ! As great as ever...! His best work!

[@jonviol]

Excellent --nice tight playing

[@gomofly]

Brilliant music!...... but where's the credits, location and date? Skyville Live, Nashville, Dec 2015

[@larry1824]

My fave of all his stuff. Great live

[@allanmacdonald1825]

I’ve seen Jaj Mahal multiple times in the sixties and seventies. Always performing great!

[@towerhillbilly]

DAMN This is just outstanding!

[@sandragriffiths9692]

Yep, I agree

[@HarpoonDon]

Yes, oh yes it truly is outstanding.

[@Research0digo]

Thank you so much for this upload. I was blessed to enjoy this man's music at Dana Point one time years ago. You could see it in his face he was let down because nobody was standing up grovin. I tried to but some_itch told me very rudely to sit down!

[@nazb33]

It's a shame you couldn't get up to dance. This track makes you wanna slide up on a dance floor or aisle of a train and dance. Did you leave that _itch a mule to ride? 😊

[@sandragriffiths9692]

Sad

[@dfcii8149]

Same thing happens here in the Dayton, OH area....at the Fraze - it is full of "Stadium Nazi's"

[@glenster20]

Worked at an arena before this mess in 2020 and people would ask me all the time to have people sit during a concert. I get you can't see and yes it's a concert but you know what's gonna happen.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

I’m surprised Taj even played in Dana Point. Isn’t that a hotbed of rich racists?

[@dfcii8149]

Well, I've had this version of "She Caught The Katy" in my head all weekend and I don't have the KZbin link saved on my home computer because I can't find time to do so. SO!!! I couldn't wait to get to work to start this up and let it loop while I work.

[@Tracer9GTRider8]

This man is a national treasure!

[@mathmusic1490]

I saw this great man live about 15 years ago. A legend in his own time!

[@bar8362]

Can you get any “ cooler”? He’s the bomb

[@no1nestandsalone387]

I just found out he’s gonna headline a blues festival in my town I’m SO EXCITED!

[@vgbondarev]

Caught him and Keb' Mo earlier this year in Florida. Saw Kingfish the next day.

[@Trial212]

Fabulous!!!

[@newbaca]

Taj is a national treasure!

[@dude28405]

Sure is

[@michaelsteven1090]

It's a shame..He is a dying breed..Black soul, blues, and jazz singers are just not popular anymore today..Am I wrong?

[@nancybrownlee6518]

@@michaelsteven1090 He seems to be doing just fine...

[@HarpoonDon]

@@michaelsteven1090 I understand but he is doing alright.

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

The Blues is alive and well. You just gotta know where to find it. SiriusXM channel 74 is B.B. King's Bluesville. Old, new, electric, accoustic, black, white.....any kind of blues you want. Been a subscriber for years just to hear channels like this. Hold your breath waitin' for terrestrial radio to play stuff like this and you'll pass out in about 10 seconds.

[@hosscarlmusic5252]

Come onnnnn…..Mr.Taj Mahal…..come onnnnnn……my brother kill that shit!!!! It just feels and sounds so damn good!!! Much respect to this legend Peace and 1Love 👊🏾💯

[@wesjackson25]

He's great! What type harmonica is he playing?

[@capitanpepinillo]

Key of Eb. And it seems it´s a Lee Oskar harp.

[@texascarl]

I like those Lee Oskar harps

[@JohnSmith-lg2ie]

I like that groove!

[@AlfUckhamHall]

No one in the world can ever tire of this chooooooon!

[@davidmcaninch4714]

I heard this on the Blues Brothers.

[@dfcii8149]

Not this version though - it is the Blues Brothers performing the one you heard.

[@Pound_Shift]

They borrowed it from this cat , They did a decent version of it though

[@mwallacejam]

It was John Belushi's favorite song

[@frankwall5177]

Love it. Congratulations to you and John Hyatt(sp) on your recent Emmy.

[@sherylhokianga6075]

Tu Meke! Old!……But, Still Soundin Awesome In 2022

[@SeanDeiseach-qx5ri]

Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. could have written a song about any one of the IRT or IND trains that passed through his native Harlem, but in his familiar form of Taj Mahal, he treats us to song about the Katy train. Hurray, Taj!

[@jeffthompson8406]

I would have played this well Taj, jeffheffdrummer - - covered it in time then - nice performance thank you for letting us be there

[@lurk7967]

ITs a pretty simple beat those harmonica licks tho jeez

[@stratfanstl]

I think Greg Allman was in the audience, visible at 4:18.

[@dude28405]

I think this is my favorite he really nailed

[@kirklorange]

So cool.

[@davidmcaninch4714]

Well thaank you, pal. The day I get out of prison, my own brother picks me up in a police car 🚔.

[@joshlegg8600]

hahaha all I can hear is "What are we doing here?" - "You promised you'd visit the penguin the day you got out"

[@Scyllax]

Because white people own everything. This song is from 1968 before Taj Mahal appeared at Woodstock, you racist assholes.

[@Miner-49]

@@Scyllax You take the cake when it comes to stupidity.

[@Scyllax]

@@Miner-49 Why? White people appropriated this song a shitty movie, and you think it’s great.

[@HarpoonDon]

It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.

[@kennethplace6323]

Love when a cat just sits on a stool and jus deals it out!

[@timbrown5576]

I feel like going to New Orleans.

[@stephenwade7604]

Taj get money like a ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

[@stephenwade7604]

Playa on welfare means I can't see the real blues

[@jeffandjudipeterson]

Love me some taj!

[@gildardoortegarodriguez6197]

Excelente voz para blusear

[@johnstartup3938]

Joyous Lake . Gotta understand. Sweet smoke in the parking lot . Glory .

[@francoisevincent-iz3pr]

J'adore !

[@brython2]

Cool bass line

[@mimmoleonardi8643]

Amazing taj ❤❤❤❤ very top, soul and blues 👌👌

[@tengu190]

So glad I saw him in 2019!

[@ericellis485]

REAL MUSIC........Jack

[@attygarland6909]

What year? What show? Somehow this version doesn't sound the same (i.e not quite as good) w/o his acoustic guitar as on the album ..

[@dude28405]

I like it better

[@samneilson4444]

All my childhood I sang 'she complicated, left me immune to ride'

[@michaelsteven1090]

Duane is certainly applauding!

[@gracie9501]

Pretty sure that's Greg..............

[@tomblake4404]

Taj is a force of nature!!!!

[@slickriddles2948]

Priorities. "What's this?" "What?" "This car...this stupid car." "Where's the Cadillac...the Caddy, where's the Caddy?" "The what?" "The Cadillac we used to have, the Bluesmobile.?" "I traded it." "You traded the Bluesmobile for this?" "No, for a microphone." "A microphone?" "I can see that."

[@Scyllax]

THIS SONG IS NOT THEIRS, YOU RACIST PRICKS.

[@donl9571]

2:17 Is the drummer looking at some I-IV-V chord changes??

[@rapidrhinoplumbing-monrovi3269]

Thanks Taj,,,,whos on guitar? Cant be Larry Carlton, Right?

[@carlovanderklij]

Looks like Satriani

[@cultfan5227]

At the end, is that Gregg Allman in the audience ?

[@jsf54]

It was and if you look and find there is some songs Gregg and his band did there that night as well.

[@mr.vinegaroon3132]

I don't think so. That fellow had no tattoos, it appears.

[@rk4492ABC]

Definitely Gregg.

[@TheDobbermn]

That's little big town at the beginning.

[@bunkosquad2000]

cultfan 52 Richard Branson

[@WilliamMilne772]

"iF YOU DON'T THINK i LOVE YOU - LOOK WAHT A FOOL i'VE BEEN IF YOU DON'T THINK I'M SINGING - LOOK AT THE HOLE IN" I love it!

[@tomblake4404]

if you don´t see I´m sinking, look at the hole I´m in

[@scottmead7943]

@@tomblake4404 yeah give him the right words cuz it means a lot. Changes the whole f****** meeting you got to listen harder brother LOL

[@scottmead7943]

Meaning not meeting

[@scottcorkery7863]

Born Henry St. Claire Fredercks in Harlem, NYC, May 17, 1941❤❤❤❤

[@JoshWatsonandtheOolaMallaBand]

The damn real deal.

[@kathleenpoirier3329]

This song helps me get the dishes done. Bum and legs and feet shakin

[@matwetton]

Is that Larry carlton on guitar at the beginning?

[@RMini75]

Legend

[@bornagain1084]

He is so cool 😎.

[@sprouts100]

Superb

[@michaelmcdonald3057]

Saw Taj back in the 70"s when he was skinny. Salt. Newport R.I.

[@AnthonyMorroni]

The Blues Brothers

[@davidmccaffery7977]

Great God Almighty !!

[@WaywardTexan]

Little big town and Gregg Allman in the audience.

[@tomsteelman8966]

Pardon my ignorance, but who is the bald headed guitar player? I see him on tons of videos.

[@SimonLovesHemis]

I think that's Mark Flanagan. I've seen him playing a lot in Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.

[@joemoss9543]

Taj is great! From my home town spfld.ma. up in winchester Sq .changed to mason sq??? This mama's st ( since passed?) Has been officially Taj Mahalo st.Fyi

[@doodlkatz]

everybody's from somewhere

[@Reckless131313]

Taj Mahal Is Very Talented

[@rk4492ABC]

Love the Blues Brothers version.

[@savagetilley2782]

was that little bit town in the front?

[@sergiosonlinework-sranjovi4304]

💖💖💥💥💖💖💪💪

[@bobdoyle4077]

I breally like the guitar player

[@paulhughes8428]

fix the cigarette lighter

[@Halbi1987]

It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks

[@francisdesouza3913]

This great performer was born with rhythm in-built in him, just amazing

[@jackd8602]

Oh...God!

[@VW5767]

They only get better with age!!

[@atrak888]

Nice

[@ttakifilm3259]

Sunday afternoon.

[@SizoR001]

Harp key? Thanks...

[@RB1US]

B flat

[@SizoR001]

Thanks, man! Cheers from Spain!

[@bearflagtr]

.. I think they (the band) were in Ab, so the harpist would be in the fourth of Ab, or a 'Db' harp?...

[@billrupp1019]

You all wrong it’s Eb cause this is concert Bb blues

[@dfcii8149]

When I'm playing along with this song, I use a Bb harp.

[@doodlkatz]

who is the beautiful woman that shows up at about 22seconds she look familiar?

[@buffalospringsteen460]

Good gosh amighty!

[@audreykattan7977]

💞💗💟💕💖

[@wayne10161967]

i love my baby shes so fine

[@laurawesoff5732]

Not a whole lot of young (black) kids listening to Taj Mahal these days, huh? They never heard of him. I'm not young or black.

[@RodneiReis]

🎸🥃🥃🥃🎸

[@dalebrabb4756]

He talking about my last wife

[@jank8365]

Pass me a BEER BUDDY

[@michaelleventhal3974]

Delish

[@danconway5505]

too much crap on you tube and not enough heart!!!

[@Research0digo]

you're very welcome to upload stuff......

[@danconway5505]

worlds a funny place