Song 323 (Taj Mahal--"Fishin’ Blues")

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In the last two gigs that my friend and teacher, Tom Rutley and his band, "Effervescent Smoothy," played they covered this song. This was one of their best song they played on both nights and I decided that it would be nice to pick it. The song is light-hearted blues and is quite mellow and fun to listen to.

Here is a fan video with the studio version on YouTube.
Here is a live performance on YouTube.

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