| September 9th, 2004 10:44 AM |
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| Make It Funky |
Hi, just wondering what bonus tracks by TajMahal will be included on this upcoming dvd release of the RocknRoll circus??
I quite happened to like the Taj performance, despite many retractors... FYI: saw JET play here in Australia this year,and they did a spectacular version of "Aint That A Lotta Love" in concert from their latest EP (b-side to Cold hard bitch is "Aint that a lotta love").
Cheers
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| September 9th, 2004 12:16 PM |
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| Nasty Habits |
Who the hell detracts on that version of "Ain't That a Lot of Love"? That breakdown in the middle is one of the funkiest things ever.
You got to dig it baby!
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| September 9th, 2004 09:54 PM |
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| Soldatti |
That song "Ain't That a Lot of Love" is great, I don't know too much material from Mahal, only that and Corinna  |
| September 10th, 2004 12:46 PM |
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| Make It Funky |
Sol: Ah well...dude, you seriously owe it to yourself and your musical soul to check Taj out. I think it was around '68 or '69 when he came out with his famous "Giant Steps" or the "Natch'l Blues" that put him on the map from playing the Whiskey in Hollywood.
The Allman Brothers (expatriate Floridians) covered a great rendition of Mahals' cover-version of the same song.
The Blues Brothers also covered Taj's original composition "She Caught the Katy (and left me a mule to ride)" in 1980. You may also know "Chevrolet" and "Leavin' Trunk" that the Black Crowes have covered.
I saw him in Toronto a few years ago, and recently here in Australia at the Byron Bay blues festival, and he puts on such an slutty bump n' grind funky blues perforance - Hawaiian shirt and straw sombrero included with no charge! haha. But he always seems to open up with that old Bill Doggett tune, "Honky Tonks Pt. 1 and 2". A very caj show at best. (cas = casual).
Check him out. He plays in plenty of jerk-off towns and tertiary cities in USA and Canada all year 'round. Enjoy!
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| September 10th, 2004 01:08 PM |
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| Make It Funky |
Oops! The Allman Brothers covered "Statesboro Blues" at the Fillmore East, when they recorded it for the famous "live at the fillmore" from March 1971. Check that out too if you get the time. (33 minute version of Donovan's "Mountain [jam] Song". hahah
Cheers matey. |
| September 10th, 2004 07:23 PM |
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| Soldatti |
Thanks for the info. |
| September 10th, 2004 07:37 PM |
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| kath |
i have a great taj mahal show story...from YEARS ago...probably 1977 or so. we were at the armadillo world headquarters (now defunct,sadly) and taj was playin...he was smacked up of course. but we expected that. we were sitting in folding chairs for the show, and at the first chair in our row, somebody had a shitload of coke. he'd fill up the spoon and send it down the row...we'd all take a snort and pass it down...when it was empty, we'd send the spoon back and he'd fill it back up again....it went on all night....
what a night. and taj was good, too.....
jeezuz, i dunno how any of us got home that night... |
| September 11th, 2004 10:07 AM |
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| Taptrick |
You have got to see Taj live. I saw him 2 years ago at Humphrey's in SanDiego with his Hula Blues band. They use some weird Hawaiian slack key tuning. Saw him recently at The BElly Up in Solano Beach. He played as a 3-piece band - more traditional blues. I love his version of Wild Ox Moan. He usually does a blues cruise once a year too. It's a yacht cruise in the caribean with a bunch of blues artist. They play all day and all night with impromptu jam sesssions. I think Susan Tedesci (spell?) was also on the last one. At most shows if you hang around long enough they let those who wait backstage for a brief hello or to get a photo or something signed. Current schedule:
� September, 2004
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� 2004, September 16
Arlington, Massachusetts, The Regent Theatre
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, September 18
New York, NY, Columbia University
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, September 19
Pittsburgh, PA , Three Rivers Music Festival- Byham Theatre
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, September 20
Edinboro, Pennsylvania , Edinboro University
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� October, 2004
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� 2004, October 15
Santa Barbara, California, Lobero Theatre
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, October 16
Sacramento, California, The Crest Theatre
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, October 17
Paradise, California, Paradise Performing Arts Center
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, October 18
Healdsburg, California , The Raven Theatre
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, October 25
New York, NY, Lincoln Center
Band: Taj Mahal, Randy Weston, Corey Harris, M. Diabate, Abdou M�Boup
� November, 2004
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� 2004, November 06
Oakland, California , Paramount Theatre
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 19
Seattle, Washington , Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 20
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 21
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 22
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 23
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 24
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 25
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 26
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 27
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
� 2004, November 28
Seattle, Washington, Jazz Alley
Band: The Taj Mahal Trio
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| September 11th, 2004 11:48 AM |
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| kath |
he's amazing.....seems like he must be about a thousand years old.... |
| September 11th, 2004 10:15 PM |
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| Soldatti |
quote:
kath wrote:
he's amazing.....seems like he must be about a thousand years old....
Or more... |
| September 12th, 2004 01:03 AM |
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| September 12th, 2004 07:21 AM |
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| Make It Funky |
Kath:
Hey.. that Taj story you posted was hillarious!! Thanks for the laugh. Great story too!
Cheers
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