Ace of Cups – Life In Your Hands (feat. Taj Mahal) [Official Video]

Listen here: High Moon Records: Follow Ace of Cups: As a fire burned in the little wood stove that heated the cabin, Joe Allegra, Mary Gannon’s partner, strummed his guitar quietly and wrote this song while Mary was in labor with their daughter, Thelina. “Before too long, a little bitty baby’s gonna be born...“ Our lives have been intertwined with Taj Mahal and his family for over 50 years. He brings magic to this song. Animation by Jeff Scher. Jeff is a painter who makes experimental films and an experimental filmmaker who paints. He won an Emmy in 2018 for Outstanding Achievement in Animation for HBO’s The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm. His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Hirshhorn Museum, and has been screened at the Guggenheim Museum, the Pompidou Center in Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and at many film festivals around the world. Life In Your Hands (Feat. Taj Mahal) Taj Mahal: Lead Vocals Denise Kaufman: Background Vocals, Claps, Body Percussion Diane Vitalich: Background Vocals Claps, Body Percussion Mary Simpson: Background Vocals Mary Gannon: Background Vocals Dan Shea: Bass Recorder, Acoustic Bass, Hang Drum, Kalimba, Shakers ________________________________ Before too long There’s a baby gonna be born Before too long Little bitty baby gonna be born Life in your hands, life in your hands Life in your hands Now your daddy’s here And your mama’s waitin’ on you Your daddy’s here And your mama she’s waitin’ on you Life in your hands, life in your hands Life in your hands Before too long That little baby be grown up and gone Before too long Little bitty baby has a babe of her own Life in your hands, life in your hands Life in your hands Before too long There’s a baby gonna be born Before too long Little bitty baby gonna be born Life in your hands, life in your hands Life in your hands Words and Music by Joe Allegra Green Ray Music c/o Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) _______________________________ To order the album, go to: From the album ’Ace Of Cups’ on Double LP, Double CD and Digital c. 2018 High Moon Records The first studio release by the only all-female rock band of the late ‘60s San Francisco scene: Features contributions from Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, Dead & Company), Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna), Taj Mahal, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Peter Coyote, and many more. “Ace of Cups is course-correcting rock history.” – The Guardian