# Maria Muldaur (album)

Maria Muldaur is the 1973 debut studio album of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes "Midnight at the Oasis", her best-known single, which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Three Dollar Bill", which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. The album, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200, was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1974. The album is heavily influenced by country and blues.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
The album was positively reviewed, and very positively in at least one case. Writing in October 1973, Rolling Stone's reviewer Jon Landau described the album as "one of the half-dozen best" of the year, "the kind of glorious breakthrough that reminds me why I fell in love with rock & roll."

## Track listing

Side One
* "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:45
* "Midnight at the Oasis" (David Nichtern) – 3:49
* "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Dolly Parton) – 3:32
* "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" (Nichtern) – 2:49
* "The Work Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 4:04
Side Two
* "Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Get Me High)" (Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:48
* "Walkin' One and Only" (Dan Hicks) – 2:47
* "Long Hard Climb" (Ron Davies) – 3:03
* "Three Dollar Bill" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:58
* "Vaudeville Man" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:41
* "Mad Mad Me" (Wendy Waldman) – 3:13

## Charts

| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 30 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 3 |

## Personnel

* Maria Muldaur - vocals
* Clarence White - acoustic guitar ("My Tennessee Home" and "The Work Song")
* Bill Keith - banjo ("Work Song" and "Vaudeville Man"), steel guitar ("Long Hard Climb" and "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song")
* Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar ("Any Old Time")
* David Lindley - Hawaiian guitar ("Any Old Time")
* Andrew Gold - acoustic guitar ("Vaudeville Man")
* David Nichtern - acoustic ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song", "My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song", "Walkin' One and Only" and "Midnight at the Oasis" & electric guitar ("Long Hard Climb"), producer ("Mad Mad Me")
* David Grisman - mandolin ("My Tennessee Home")
* Dr. John - keyboards ("Vaudeville Man', "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Three Dollar Bill"), horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Three Dollar Bill")
* Jim Dickinson - piano ("Any Old Time")
* Mark T. Jordan - piano ("The Work Song" and "Midnight at the Oasis")
* Spooner Oldham - piano ("Long Hard Climb" and "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song")
* Greg Prestopino - piano ("Mad Mad Me"), background vocals ("The Work Song" and "My Tennessee Home"), voices ("Midnight at the Oasis")
* James Gordon - organ ("Three Dollar Bill"), clarinet ("Vaudeville Man")
* Chris Ethridge - bass guitar ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song", "My Tennessee Home" and "The Work Song")
* Klaus Voormann - bass guitar ("Vaudeville Man" and "Don't You Feel My Leg")
* Ray Brown - bass guitar ("Walkin' One and Only")
* Dave Holland - bowed bass ("Mad Mad Me")
* Jimmy Calhoun - bass guitar ("Three Dollar Bill")
* Tommy McClure - bass guitar ("Any Old Time")
* Freebo - bass guitar ("Midnight at the Oasis")
* Amos Garrett - bass guitar, guitar, vocals, guitar solo ("Midnight at the Oasis")
* Jim Keltner - drums (all but 4 tracks)
* Ed Shaughnessy - drums ("Walkin' One and Only")
* John Boudreaux - drums ("Three Dollar Bill")
* Jim Gordon - drums ("Midnight at the Oasis")
* Chris Parker - drums ("Mad Mad Me")
* Jerry Jumonville - alto horn, horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg", "Three Dollar Bill")
* Artie Butler - alto horn, horn arrangements ("The Work Song")
* Nick DeCaro - accordion ("I Never Did Sing You a Love Song"), string arrangements ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" and "Midnight at the Oasis")
* Richard Greene - violin ("My Tennessee Home" and "Walkin' One and Only")
* Larry Packer - violin, viola ("Mad Mad Me")
* Karen Alexander - background vocals ("The Work Song")
* Gloria Jones - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
* Ellen Kearney - background vocals ("My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
* Bettye LaVette - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
* Jessica Smith - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
* Beryl Marriott - violin