Taj's Blues

Performer: Taj Mahal
Artist: Al Kooper; The Pointer Sisters; Ry Cooder; Jesse Davis
Producer: David Rubinson; Taj Mahal
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel: Taj Mahal (vocals, whistling, guitar, dobro, harmonica); The Pointer Sisters (vocals); Ry Cooder, Jessie Edwin Davis (guitar); Al Kooper (piano); James Thomas, Gary Gilmore (bass); Chuck Blackwood, Earl Palmer, Sanford Konikoff (drums). This compilation covers the years 1967-1974. Includes liner notes by Taj Mahal, as interviewed by Mark A. Humphrey. This is part of the Roots N' Blues Contemporary Blues Masters series. Taj Mahal incorporates more roots and influences in his music than most of his peers put together. He's a bluesman who combines jazz, folk and gospel with rhythms from the Caribbean, Africa and the Mississippi Delta. From the funky opening of "Leaving Trunk" to the final slow and sultry slide of "Country Blues #1," TAJ'S BLUES is full of treats. It offers a swift, definitive version of "Statesboro Blues," then a bit of Memphis with the rhythm and bluesy "Everybody's Got To Change Sometime," and later returns to the heart of the Delta with "Dust My Broom." TAJ'S BLUES also includes an acoustic medley from the film "Sounder."

From the beginning, singer/guitarist Taj Mahal had an interest in/gift for rural blues, and has since embraced everything from electric and psychedelic-tinged blues to reggae and calypso. A tireless performer, he's recorded in many settings, with his honest and impassioned singing providing the common thread through it all. He was a member of '60s band the Rising Sons (which also included Ry Cooder) before embarking on a successful solo career that spanned several decades.

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