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Taj Mahal
Person · male · United States · New York City · born 1942 · recording since 1968
American blues musician
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Timeline
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1940s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Natch’l Blues
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
· Album
Album: Oooh So Good'n Blues / Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
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Album: Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff / Oooh So Good'n Blues
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography2,350 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375474133
Biography
Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. (born May 17, 1942), better known by his stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician. He plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments along with singing and whistling, often incorporating elements of world music into his work. Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his more than 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, India, Hawaii, and the South Pacific.
Early life
Mahal was born Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. on May 17, 1942, in Harlem, New York. Growing up in Springfield, Massachusetts, he was raised in a musical environment: his mother was a member of a local gospel choir and his father, Henry Saint Claire Fredericks Sr., was an Afro-Caribbean jazz arranger and piano player.
The family owned a shortwave radio which received music broadcasts from around the world, exposing him at an early age to world music. Early in childhood he recognized the stark differences between the popular music of his day and the music that was played in his home. He also became interested in jazz, enjoying the works of musicians such as Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson. His parents came of age during the Harlem Renaissance, instilling in their son a sense of pride in his Caribbean and African ancestry through their stories.
Because his father was a musician, his home frequently hosted other musicians from the Caribbean, Africa, and the US. His father was called "The Genius" by Ella Fitzgerald before starting his family. Early on, Henry Jr. developed an interest in African music, which he studied assiduously as a young man. His parents encouraged him to pursue music, starting him out with classical piano lessons. He also studied the clarinet, trombone and harmonica.
When Henry Jr. was eleven years old, his father was killed in an accident at his construction company, crushed by a tractor when it flipped. It was an extremely traumatic experience for the boy. Henry Jr's mother remarried, and his stepfather owned a guitar which he began using at the age of 13 or 14. His first lessons were from a new neighbor from North Carolina of his own age who played acoustic blues guitar. This neighbor, Lynwood Perry, was the nephew of the famous bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. In high school Henry Jr. sang in a doo-wop group.
For some time, Henry thought of pursuing farming over music. His passion began on a dairy farm in Palmer, Massachusetts, not far from Springfield, at the age of 16. By the time he was 19, he had become farm foreman. "I milked anywhere between thirty-five and seventy cows a day. I clipped udders. I grew corn. I grew Tennessee redtop clover. Alfalfa." Mahal believes in growing one's own food, saying, "You have a whole generation of kids who think everything comes out of a box and a can, and they don't know you can grow most of your food." Because of his personal support of the family farm, Mahal regularly performs at Farm Aid concerts.
Henry chose his stage name, Taj Mahal, from dreams he had about Mahatma Gandhi, India, and social tolerance. Henry started using the stage name in 1959 or 1961—around the same time he began attending the University of Massachusetts. Despite having attended a vocational agriculture school, becoming a member of the National FFA Organization, and majoring in animal husbandry and minoring in veterinary science and agronomy, Mahal decided to pursue music instead of farming. In college, he led a rhythm and blues band called Taj Mahal & The Elektras. Before heading for the US West Coast, he was also part of a duo with Jessie Lee Kincaid.
Career
Mahal moved to Santa Monica, California, in 1964 and formed Rising Sons with fellow blues rock musicians Ry Cooder, Jessie Lee Kincaid and future Byrds drummer Kevin Kelley, landing a record deal with Columbia Records soon after. After the Rising Sons disbanded, Jesse Ed Davis, a Kiowa native from Oklahoma, joined Taj Mahal and played guitar and piano on Mahal's first four albums. The group was one of the first interracial bands of the period, which may have hampered their commercial viability. However, Rising Sons bassist Gary Marker later recalled the band's members had come to a creative impasse and were unable to reconcile their musical and personal differences even with the guidance of veteran producer Terry Melcher. They recorded enough songs for a full-length album, but released only a single and the band soon broke up. However, Jesse Ed Davis would continue playing with Taj in his live bands into the early 70s. Legacy Records did release The Rising Sons Featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder in 1992 with material from that period. During this time Mahal was also working with other musicians like Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Muddy Waters.
Mahal stayed with Columbia for his solo career, releasing the self-titled Taj Mahal and The Natch'l Blues in 1968. His track "Statesboro Blues" was featured on side 2 of the very successful Columbia/CBS sampler album, The Rock Machine Turns You On, giving a huge early impetus to his career. Giant Step/De Old Folks at Home with session musician Jesse Ed Davis followed in 1969. During this time he and Cooder worked with the Rolling Stones, with whom he has performed at various times throughout his career. In 1968, he performed in the film The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. In 1969, he performed at the Gold Rush rock music festival in Amador County.
Mahal recorded a total of twelve albums for Columbia from the late 1960s into the 1970s. His work of the 1970s was especially important, in that his releases began incorporating West Indian and Caribbean music, jazz and reggae into the mix. In 1972, he acted in and wrote the film score for the movie Sounder, which starred Cicely Tyson. He reprised his role and returned as composer in the sequel, Part 2, Sounder.
In 1976 Mahal left Columbia and signed with Warner Bros. Records, recording three albums for them. One of these was another film score for 1977's Brothers; the album shares the same name. After his time with Warner Bros., he struggled to find another record contract, this being the era of heavy metal and disco music.
Stalled in his career, he decided to move to Kauaʻi, Hawaii in 1981 and soon formed the Hula Blues Band. Originally just a group of guys getting together for fishing and a good time, the band soon began performing regularly and touring. He maintained a low public profile in Hawaii throughout most of the 1980s before recording Taj in 1988 for Gramavision. This started a comeback of sorts for him, recording both for Gramavision and Hannibal Records during this time.
In the 1990s, Mahal became deeply involved in supporting the nonprofit Music Maker Relief Foundation. As of 2019, he was still on the Foundation's advisory board.
In the 1990s, he was on the Private Music label, releasing albums full of blues, pop, R&B and rock. He did collaborative works both with Eric Clapton and Etta James.
In 1995, he recorded a record fusing traditional American blues with Indian stringed instruments, Mumtaz Mahal, accompanied by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt on Mohan veena and N. Ravikiran on chitravina, a fretless lute.
In 1996, he appeared in the documentary film Blind Willie's Blues discussing blues legend Blind Willie McTell, who along with other songs, wrote the original "Statesboro Blues".
In 1998, in collaboration with renowned songwriter David Forman, producer Rick Chertoff and musicians Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nile, Joan Osborne, Rob Hyman, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm of the Band, and the Chieftains, he performed on the Americana album Largo based on the music of Antonín Dvořák.
In 1997, he won Best Contemporary Blues Album for Señor Blues
Señor BluesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Queen Bee4:422Think2:363Irresistible You3:144Having a Real Bad Day4:035Señor Blues6:466Sophisticated Mama3:577Oh Lord, Things Are Gettin' Crazy Up in Here4:398I Miss You Baby3:319You Rascal You4:0910Mind Your Business2:431121st Century Gypsy Singin' Lover Man5:4612At Last (I Found a Love)2:4113Mr. Pitiful2:56 at the Grammy Awards, followed by another Grammy for Shoutin' in Key in 2000. He performed the theme song to the children's television show Peep and the Big Wide World, which began broadcast in 2004.
In the late 1990s or early 2000s, Mahal moved to Berkeley, California, where he still lives today.
In 2002, Mahal appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot and Riot in tribute to Nigerian afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. The Paul Heck produced album was widely acclaimed, and all proceeds from the record were donated to AIDS charities.
Taj Mahal contributed to Olmecha Supreme's 2006 album hedfoneresonance. The Wellington-based group led by Mahal's son Imon Starr (Ahmen Mahal) also featured Deva Mahal on vocals.
Mahal partnered up with Keb' Mo' to release a joint album TajMo
TajMoSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Don’t Leave Me Here5:032She Knows How to Rock Me2:403All Around the World3:224Om Sweet Om3:365Shake Me in Your Arms5:586That’s Who I Am4:167Diving Duck Blues4:288Squeeze Box3:169Ain’t Nobody Talkin’4:0010Soul5:5811Waiting On the World to Change2:43 on May 5, 2017. The album has some guest appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Joe Walsh, Sheila E., and Lizz Wright, and has six original compositions and five covers, from artists and bands like John Mayer and The Who.
In 2013, Mahal appeared in the documentary film on Byrds founding member Gene Clark, 'The Byrd Who Flew Alone', produced by Four Suns Productions. Clark and Mahal had been friends for many years.
In June 2017, Mahal appeared in the award-winning documentary film The American Epic Sessions, directed by Bernard MacMahon, recording Charley Patton's "High Water Everywhere" on the first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s. Mahal appeared throughout the accompanying documentary series American Epic, commenting on the 1920s rural recording artists who had a profound influence on American music and on him personally.
Personal life
Mahal's first marriage was to Anna de Leon. He refers to Anna in the song "Texas Woman Blues" with the spoken words "Señorita de Leon, escucha mi canción". That marriage produced one daughter, the novelist and professor Aya de Leon. Taj Mahal married Inshirah Geter on January 23, 1976, and together they have six children. His daughter Deva Mahal appeared on one episode of Dating Around.
Musical style
Mahal leads with his thumb and middle finger when fingerpicking, rather than with his index finger as the majority of guitar players do. "I play with a flatpick," he says, "when I do a lot of blues leads." Early in his musical career Mahal studied the various styles of his favorite blues singers, including musicians like Jimmy Reed, Son House, Sleepy John Estes, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin' Wolf, Mississippi John Hurt, and Sonny Terry. He describes his hanging out at clubs like Club 47 in Massachusetts and Ash Grove in Los Angeles as "basic building blocks in the development of his music." Considered to be a scholar of blues music, his studies of ethnomusicology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst would come to introduce him further to the folk music of the Caribbean and West Africa. Over time he incorporated more and more African roots music into his musical palette, embracing elements of reggae, calypso, jazz, zydeco, R&B, gospel music, and the country blues—each of which having "served as the foundation of his unique sound." According to The Rough Guide to Rock, "It has been said that Taj Mahal was one of the first major artists, if not the first, to pursue the possibilities of world music. Even the blues he was playing in the early 70s – Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff (1972), Mo' Roots (1974) – showed an aptitude for spicing the mix with flavours that always kept him a yard or so distant from being an out-and-out blues performer." Concerning his voice, author David Evans writes that Mahal has "an extraordinary voice that ranges from gruff and gritty to smooth and sultry."
Taj Mahal believes that his 1999 album Kulanjan
KulanjanSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Queen Bee5:052Tunkaranke6:313Ol’ Georgie Buck4:134Kulanjan4:355Fanta4:416Guede Man Na6:107Catfish Blues5:308K’an Ben4:599Take This Hammer5:0110Atlanta Kaira5:0011Mississippi‐Mali Blues3:1812Sahara3:59, which features him playing with the kora master of Mali's Griot tradition Toumani Diabaté, "embodies his musical and cultural spirit arriving full circle." To him it was an experience that allowed him to reconnect with his African heritage, striking him with a sense of coming home. He even changed his name to Dadi Kouyate, the first jali name, to drive this point home. Speaking of the experience and demonstrating the breadth of his eclecticism, he has said:
The microphones are listening in on a conversation between a 350-year-old orphan and its long-lost birth parents. I've got so much other music to play. But the point is that after recording with these Africans, basically if I don't play guitar for the rest of my life, that's fine with me....With Kulanjan, I think that Afro-Americans have the opportunity to not only see the instruments and the musicians, but they also see more about their culture and recognize the faces, the walks, the hands, the voices, and the sounds that are not the blues. Afro-American audiences had their eyes really opened for the first time. This was exciting for them to make this connection and pay a little more attention to this music than before.
Taj Mahal has said he prefers to do outdoor performances, saying: "The music was designed for people to move, and it's a bit difficult after a while to have people sitting like they're watching television. That's why I like to play outdoor festivals-because people will just dance. Theatre audiences need to ask themselves: 'What the hell is going on? We're asking these musicians to come and perform and then we sit there and draw all the energy out of the air.' That's why after a while I need a rest. It's too much of a drain. Often I don't allow that. I just play to the goddess of music-and I know she's dancing."
Mahal has been quoted as saying, "Eighty-one percent of the kids listening to rap were not black kids. Once there was a tremendous amount of money involved in it ... they totally moved it over to a material side. It just went off to a terrible direction. ...You can listen to my music from front to back, and you don't ever hear me moaning and crying about how bad you done treated me. I think that style of blues and that type of tone was something that happened as a result of many white people feeling very, very guilty about what went down."
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 36 | 93.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 96 | 97.8th |
| Studio albums | 50 | 99.3th |
| Awards recorded | 6 | 97.7th |
| Timeline events | 53 | 99th |
| Recording span (years) | 58 | 96.8th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (96 release groups · 50 studio albums)
Albums · 50
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:38
A1Good Morning Miss Brown3:18A2Corinna3:04A3I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll3:16A4Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue3:39A5Done Changed My Way of Living7:06B1She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride3:31B2The Cuckoo4:17B3You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)4:27B4A Lot of Love4:001968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 32:58
A1Leaving Trunk4:51A2Statesboro Blues3:00A3Checkin' Up on My Baby4:55A4Everybody's Got to Change Sometime2:56B1E Z Rider3:04B2Dust My Broom2:39B3Diving Duck Blues2:43B4The Celebrated Walkin' Blues8:50Giant Step / De Ole Folks at Home
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:10:04
Disc 1A1Ain’t Gwine Whistle Dixie (Anymo’)1:04A2Take a Giant Step4:20A3Give Your Woman What She Wants2:33A4Good Morning Little School Girl3:47A5You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond4:57B1Six Days on the Road3:03B2Farther On Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me)4:41B3Keep Your Hands Off Her2:17B4Bacon Fat6:40Disc 2C1Linin’ Track1:41C2Country Blues #12:38C3Wild Ox Moan2:46C4Light Rain Blues3:23C5A Little Soulful Tune2:40C6Candy Man2:56C7Cluck Old Hen2:33D1Colored Aristocracy2:03D2Blind Boy Rag4:10D3Stagger Lee3:21D4Cajun Tune1:57D5Fishin’ Blues3:07D6Annie’s Lover3:271971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:36
A1Happy Just to Be Like I Am3:52A2Stealin'7:27A3Oh, Susanna5:29A4Eighteen Hammers6:12B1Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day4:16B2Chevrolet2:38B3West Indian Revelation6:06B4Black Spirit Boogie6:36Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:56
A1Conch: Introduction0:30A2Kalimba1:35A3Bound to Love Me Some4:21A4Ricochet3:15A5Free Song (Rise Up Children, Shake the Devil Out of Your Soul)3:40A6Corinna2:20A7Conch: Close0:33B1Cakewalk Into Town2:32B2Sweet Home Chicago6:45B3Texas Woman Blues2:55B4Gitano Negro8:301973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 33:25
A1Buck Dancer's Choice3:13A2Little Red Hen3:53A3Mama Don't You Know6:04A4Frankie and Albert4:05B1Railroad Bill2:35B2Dust My Broom4:19B3Built for Comfort4:55B4Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune4:211974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 33:43
A1Johnny Too Bad3:17A2Blackjack Davey3:43A3Big Mama4:42A4Cajun Waltz6:02B1Slave Driver2:44B2Why Did You Have to Desert Me?5:54B3Desperate Lover2:46B4Clara (St. Kitts Woman)4:351975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:39
1Music Keeps Me Together3:402When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul3:093Dear Ladies6:054Aristocracy2:315Further on Down the Road3:256Roll, Turn, Spin4:487West Indian Revelation6:588My Ancestors4:069Brown-Eyed Handsome Man3:4410Why?... And We Repeat Why?... And We Repeat!7:131976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:15
A1Satisfied 'n Tickled Too5:29A2New E-Z Rider Blues4:09A3Black Man Brown Man4:06A4Baby Love8:58A5Ain't Nobody's Business2:45B1Misty Morning Ride3:19B2Easy to Love3:37B3Old Time Song - Old Time Love3:43B4We Tune3:09Music Fuh Ya’ (Musica Para Tu)
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 41:55
A1You Got It4:57A2Freight Train4:46A3Baby You're My Destiny6:01A4Sailin' Into Walker's Cay5:17B1Truck Driver's Two Step5:00B2The Four Mills Brothers5:01B3Honey Babe4:12B4Curry6:411978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:01
A1Sing a Happy Song3:38A2Queen Bee4:27A3Lowdown Showdown3:03A4The Most Recent (Evolution) of Muthafusticus Modernusticus6:47B1Why Do You Do Me This Way3:04B2Salsa de Laventille3:07B3The Big Blues5:11B4Highnite3:15B5Soughbound with the Hammer Down3:291986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:50
1Everybody Is Somebody3:322Paradise4:113Do I Love Her4:064Light Of The Pacific5:355'Deed I Do5:076Soothin'3:247Pillow Talk4:128Local Local Girl4:249Kauai Kalypso3:5010French Letter4:29Shake Sugaree: Taj Mahal Sings and Plays for Children
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:45
1Fishin' Blues4:352Brown Girl in the Ring2:523Light Rain3:324Quavi, Quavi2:595Shake Sugaree3:576Funky Bluesy ABC's3:517Talkin' John Henry3:068Railroad Bill5:099A Soulful Tune1:2510Little Brown Dog4:19Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 49:29
1Brer Rabbit22:472Lullaby In A-Major Tonight5:343Nani's Tune4:254Brer Rabbit3:275Brer Rabbit Courtin' Song5:066Old Time/New Time Guitar Blues4:207Briar Patch3:501991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 47:19
1Don't Call Us4:212River of Love4:093Scattered5:424Ev'ry Wind (In the River)4:545Blues With a Feeling3:556Squat That Rabbit4:427Take All the Time You Need4:238Love Up3:099Cakewalk Into Town3:0210Big Legged Mommas Are Back in Style4:2111Take a Giant Step4:411991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 33:44
1Jubilee2:122Graveyard Mule2:333Me And The Mule2:054Song For A Banjo Dance2:085But I Rode Some2:286Hey Hey Blues3:597Shake That Thing3:208The Intermission Blues3:349Crossing2:3610Bound No'Th Blues4:3911Finale4:101992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:53
1Introduction2:182Tingalayo4:203Chi Chi Buddo3:584Elena3:215Sweet Guava Jelly4:226Matty Roll3:067Banana Boat Song4:328Ooey Gooey the Silly Worm5:149Colon Man3:4610Jah Wanna Dance4:2411De Buggy Bruk3:4812Brown Girl in the Ring4:1713Three Little Birds5:1014Instrument Identification3:171993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 48:19
1Blue’s Ain’t Nothin’4:152Hard Way2:563Strut3:434Going to the River6:335Mockingbird3:586Blue Night Boogie4:057The Hoochi Coochi Coo2:598That’s How Strong My Love Is3:129Down Home Girl3:4210Stranger in My Own Home Town2:4611Sittin’ on the Top of the World3:3212I’m Ready3:5213I Can’t Help Myself (Sugarpie Honeybunch)2:461993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 57:59
1Follow the Drinking Gourd (Narration and Music)25:552Time to Run1:503Follow the Drinking Gourd4:234Followin' Pegleg's Footprints2:305Takin' to the Woods1:506Joyful2:057Waiting for My Poppa to Come Home4:008Pegleg Joe3:559From Now to Way Back Then4:1610Spike Driver's Moan3:5511Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad3:201993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 47:30
1Big Blues7:142Mail Box Blues4:123Staggerlee4:434Come On In My Kitchen5:355Local Local Girl4:436Soothin’7:287Fishin’ Blues / Statesboro Blues7:538Everybody Is Somebody5:421994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 58:28
1Good Mornin' Miss Brown5:202I'm Going To The Country And Paint My Mailbox Blue4:543Freight Train6:164Baby, You Are My Destiny6:065You Are Going To Need Somebody On Your Bond5:116Corrine, Corrina5:397Queen Bee6:398Sugar Mama Blues11:279Good Morning Little Schoolgirl6:561995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 44:08
1Coming of the Mandinka5:142Come On In My Kitchen11:323Rolling on the Sea5:014Mary Don’t You Weep6:435Stand by Me7:026Johnny Too Bad5:487Curry and Quartertones2:481996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 47:59
1Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes2:432Cheatin’ on You3:223The Hustle Is On2:424Here in the Dark3:115Fanning the Flames4:506I Need Your Loving3:027Ooh Poo Pah Doo4:028Lonely Avenue3:309Don’t Tell Me3:4810What Am I Living For?2:4711We’re Gonna Make It2:5212Let the Four Winds Blow3:1313(You’ve Got to) Love Her With a Feeling3:4814The Car of Your Dreams4:091997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 51:43
1Queen Bee4:422Think2:363Irresistible You3:144Having a Real Bad Day4:035Señor Blues6:466Sophisticated Mama3:577Oh Lord, Things Are Gettin' Crazy Up in Here4:398I Miss You Baby3:319You Rascal You4:0910Mind Your Business2:431121st Century Gypsy Singin' Lover Man5:4612At Last (I Found a Love)2:4113Mr. Pitiful2:561997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 41:37
1Rockin' Robin2:332Willie and the Hand Jive3:093Shortnin' Bread3:454Oh Mary Mack1:345Draw Me a Bucket of Water2:296Shake a Tailfeather3:407Ask Gramdma2:518This a Way Valerie0:569Land of 1,000 Dances3:4010Jim Dandy2:5411The Name Game3:3912Beans and Cornbread3:2013Loop de Loop3:1814Little Sally Walker0:3015Follow the Drinking Gourd3:191997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:19
1The Calypsonians6:322Coconut Man7:353Sacred Island (Moku La'a)5:164Betty 'n' Dupree6:035The New Hula Blues4:476No Na Mamo4:347Mailbox Blues3:348Kanikapila6:581999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 59:02
1Queen Bee5:052Tunkaranke6:313Ol’ Georgie Buck4:134Kulanjan4:355Fanta4:416Guede Man Na6:107Catfish Blues5:308K’an Ben4:599Take This Hammer5:0110Atlanta Kaira5:0011Mississippi‐Mali Blues3:1812Sahara3:592000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:09:15
1Statesboro Blues2:582Leaving Trunk4:493Corinna3:024Going Up to the Country ~ Paint My Mailbox Blue3:375She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride3:296Take a Giant Step4:177Six Days on the Road3:008Farther on Down the Road4:399Fishin' Blues3:0810Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (live)8:2611You're Going to Need Somebody on Your Bond (live)6:1912Cakewalk Into Town2:3413Oh, Susanna5:2814Frankie and Albert3:5915Chevrolet2:4016Johnny Too Bad3:1717Sweet Mama Janisse (previously unissued studio recording)3:332001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 51:01
1Big Blues7:512Mail Box Blues4:183Stagger Lee4:484Come on in My Kitchen5:425Local, Local Girl5:016Soothin'7:277Fishing Blues3:408Statesboro' Blues4:479Everybody Is Somebody7:272004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 56:52
1Good Morning Miss Brown5:202Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue4:483Freight Train6:234Baby You're My Destiny5:595You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond5:156Corrine Corrina5:327Queen Bee6:398Sugar Mama Blues10:009Good Morning Little Schoolgirl6:562004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 46:55
1John Henry3:442Crow Jane2:263Going Down the Road Feeling Bad2:544Madison Street Blues2:535Railroad Bill3:236Cripple Creek1:447Johnson Boys1:548Going to the Race Track2:359Lost John2:0310Dew Drop1:4911Poem0:2312Comb Blues4:5813One Dime Blues3:0214Sourwood Mountain1:5115Going Down the Road Feeling Bad1:2416Railroad Bill2:4017Johnson Boys1:3118John Henry2:4219Bully of the Town2:592005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:28
1Dhow Countries7:482Muhoga Wa Jang' Ombe6:113Zanzibar3:194Catfish Blues6:225Naahidi Kulienzi5:536Mkutano3:527Done Changed My Way of Living5:298M'Banjo3:299Mpunga6:052006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 48:20
1Banana Boat Song2:532Three Little Birds2:513Everyday People4:404Rockin' Robin2:335Fishin' Blues3:486Colon Man2:497Funky Bluesy ABC's3:368Shake Sugaree3:049Quavi, Quavi2:5610A Soulful Tune1:2311WIllie and the Hand Jive3:0912Little Liza Jane4:3013Brown Girl in the Ring2:5014Follow the Drinking Gourd3:2015Little Brown Dog3:582007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:41
1Rolling Wheel Blues3:102Jumpin' Blues5:243Hesitation Blues2:594Freight Train Blues3:405Sweet Mama Red5:426Stagger Lee3:017Tom & Sally Drake3:008Ulysses S Gregory2:499Carribbean Rhapsody, Part 12:1510Carribbean Rhapsody, Part 21:41Oooh So Good'n Blues / Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:15:23
1Buck Dancer's Choice3:122Little Red Hen3:523Oh Mama Don't You Know6:114Frankie and Albert3:595Railroad Bill2:506Dust My Broom4:307Built for Comfort4:598Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune4:229Conch (Introduction)1:0710Kalimba2:0211Bound to Love Me Some5:0412Ricochet4:2013A Free Song (Rise Up Children Shake the Devil out of Your Soul)4:3114Corinna2:4115Conch (Close)1:0316Cakewalk into Town2:3317Sweet Home Chicago6:4618Texas Woman Blues2:5619Gitano Negro8:252008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 57:37
1Scratch My Back4:202Never Let You Go4:443Dust Me Down3:284Further on Down the Road4:475Black Man, Brown Man3:536Zanzibar5:537TV Mama3:448I Can Make You Happy5:009Slow Drag6:3310Hello Josephine4:4811Strong Man Holler5:5012Diddy Wah Diddy4:37Oh So Good 'N Blues / Mo' Roots
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:07:35
1Buck Dancer’s Choice3:122Little Red Hen Blues3:513Oh Mama Don’t You Know6:104Frankie & Albert4:005Railroad Bill2:496Dust My Broom (long version)4:317Built for Comfort4:598Teacup’s Jazzy Blues Tune4:229Johnny Too Bad3:1510Blackjack Davey3:4411Big Mama4:4112Cajun Waltz6:0013Slave Driver2:4314Why Did You Have To Desert Me?5:5515Desperate Lover2:4616Clara (St. Kitts Woman)4:37Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff / Oooh So Good'n Blues
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:15:17
1Conch: Intro1:082Kalimba2:023Bound to Love Me Some5:144Ricochet4:445A Free Song (Rise Up Children Shake the Devil Out of Your Soul)3:586Corinna3:127Conch: Close0:338Cakewalk into Town2:349Sweet Home Chicago6:4110Texas Woman Blues2:5511Gitano Negro8:3012Buck Dancer's Choice3:1013Little Red Hen3:5114Oh Mama Don't You Know6:0815Frankie and Albert4:0016Railroad Bill2:4917Dust My Broom4:3018Built for Comfort4:5819Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune4:20The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal: 1969-1973
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 2:11:14
Disc 11Chainey Do3:402Sweet Mama Janisse3:423Yan-Nah Mama-Loo6:104Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day5:015I Pity the Poor Immigrant8:116Jacob's Ladder4:017Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')7:248Sweet Mama Janisse3:329You Ain't No Streetwalker, Honey but I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff16:0610Good Morning Little Schoolgirl7:2611Shady Grove9:2712Butter2:48Disc 21Runnin' by the Riverside2:532John, Ain't It Hard5:253Band Introduction0:344Sweet Mama Janisse4:335Big Fat7:326Diving Duck Blues2:507Checkin' Up On My Baby6:208Oh Susanna10:239Bacon Fat8:2010Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day4:56Ultrasonic Studios Long Island October 15th 1974
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 52:45
1Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue3:222Good Morning Little Schoolgirl5:323Black Jack Davey4:514Why Did You Have To Desert Me10:225Further On Down The Road4:346Stealin'8:487Buck Dancer's Choice3:318Johnny Too Bad7:139Take A Giant Step4:322014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:28
1Do You Hear What I Hear?2:502Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn3:273What Can I Do?3:094Talkin’ Christmas3:375Merry Christmas to You3:556Silent Night2:447There’s a Reason We Call It Christmas3:178The Sun Is Rising3:539No Room in the Inn3:1710Jesus Was Born3:0011Who Will Remember?4:5712Merry Christmas!2:222016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:02:13
1Going Down This Road Feelin’ Bad2:542Railroad Bill3:243Mistreated Blues4:504One Black Rat5:235Catfish Blues4:046Disco Twist2:297Keep on Walkin’3:338High Yellow4:189Gambler’s Prayer5:1110I Mean It’s Just Too Bad3:0011Black and White Rag1:5412Song for Brenda4:5613Chicken Raid4:0114I Ain’t the One You Love3:1515Spike Driver Blues4:3416Stagger Lee4:272016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:01
1Sing a Happy Song3:382Queen Bee4:273Lowdown Showdown3:034The Most Recent (Evolution) of Muthafusticus Modernusticus6:475Why Do You Do Me This Way3:046Salsa de Laventille3:077The Big Blues5:118Highnite3:159Soughbound with the Hammer Down3:292016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:54
1Stagger Lee4:172Shortnin' Bread5:323My Creole Belle2:504I Ain't the One You Love3:095Fishing Blues3:186Mistreated Blues4:017Zabzibar2:318So Sweet4:089Spike Drivers Blues4:0610Hambone2:1511Walkin' Blues6:5812John Henry3:4313Song for Brenda3:062017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:20
1Don’t Leave Me Here5:032She Knows How to Rock Me2:403All Around the World3:224Om Sweet Om3:365Shake Me in Your Arms5:586That’s Who I Am4:167Diving Duck Blues4:288Squeeze Box3:169Ain’t Nobody Talkin’4:0010Soul5:5811Waiting On the World to Change2:432022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:35
1My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door4:162The Midnight Special3:263Hooray Hooray4:204Deep Sea Diver5:185Pick a Bale of Cotton3:036Drinkin’ Wine Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee3:167What a Beautiful City4:118Pawn Shop Blues5:529Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses3:4410Packing Up Getting Ready to Go2:5011I Shall Not Be Moved4:192023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 58:35
1Stompin’ at the Savoy3:442I’m Just a Lucky So and So3:233Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You3:514Summertime2:495Mood Indigo4:096Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby4:367Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me5:068Sweet Georgia Brown3:189Baby It’s Cold Outside4:3110Lady Be Good3:5311Baby Won’t You Please Come Home3:2512Caldonia3:3213Killer Joe4:0914One for My Baby8:092025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:49
1Room on the Porch4:062My Darling My Dear3:583Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out3:424She Keeps Me Movin’4:025Make Up Your Mind4:406Thicker Than Mud4:387Junkyard Dog4:218Blues’ll Give You Back Your Soul4:479Better Than Ever5:0410Rough Time Blues4:312026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:36
1Life of Love3:362Wild About My Lovin’5:433Crazy About A Jukebox4:004Time3:415You Put The Whammy On Me3:186Talkin’ Blues4:367Sweet Lorene2:598Ask Me About Nothing (But The Blues)4:089It’s Your Voodoo Working3:1510Rowdy Blues4:20Adios Ke Aloha Waves of the Same Sea
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:04:05
1Namolokama La5:052Navegar5:483Sitting Here in Limbo4:394Vaquero Paniolo4:165Seven Spanish Angels5:516Riding Down to Santa Fe2:187Waialae3:248Deportee5:429Hawaiian Cowboy2:5510Fishin' Blues4:0411A Matter of Time5:0212Adios Ke Aloha3:4313Oli Ho'Ohanohano0:4514Olas Del Mismo Mar1:1215Burbujitas (Tiny Bubbles)3:3216Arizona Skies5:49
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Real ThingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:02:431Fishin' Blues2:58 2Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')9:11 3Sweet Mama Janisse3:32 4Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue3:24 5Big Kneed Gal5:34 6You're Going to Need Somebody on Your Bond6:13 7Tom and Sally Drake3:39 8Diving Duck Blues3:46 9John, Ain' It Hard5:30 10You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey but I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff18:56 | Live | 1971 | |
| 1972 | "Sounder" - Original Soundtrack RecordingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 35:131Needed Time2:54 2Sounder Chase a Coon3:25 3Needed Time (Hummin' and Pickin')1:26 4Morning Work / n' Meat's on the Stove1:46 5I'm Running and I'm Happy0:58 6Speedball1:42 7Goin' to the Country / Critters in the Woods1:49 8Motherless Children (Hummin')1:21 9Jailhouse Blues4:00 10Just Workin'0:35 11Harriet's Dance Song0:33 12Two Spirits Reunited1:54 13David Runs Again0:30 14Curiosity Blues1:01 15Someday Be a Change1:03 16Horseshoes1:59 17Cheraw2:23 18David's Dream1:03 19Needed Time (Guitar)2:29 20Needed Time (Banjo and Hand Clapping)2:22 | Soundtrack | 1972 | |
| 1973 | 1973-05-16: Denver, COSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracksDisc 1 1Banjo Rag 2Kalimba Music 3Cakewalk Into Town 4Big Legged Woman 5Mailbox Blues 6Ain't Nobody's Business 7Fishin' Blues 8Straight Shootin' Blues 9Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') 10Changed My Way of Livin' 11Corinna Disc 21Kalimba Music 2Banjo Rag 3Cakewalk Into Town 4Mailbox Blues 5Ain't Nobody's Business 6Meat Shakin' Mama 7Fishin' Blues 8Sweet Home Chicago 9Linin' Track Blues | Live | 1973 | |
| 1977 | BrothersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 40:46A1Love Theme in the Key of D8:05 A2Funky Butt3:12 A3Brother's Doin' Time4:10 A4Night Rider2:56 B1Free the Brothers8:05 B2Sentidos Dulce (Sweet Feelings)5:10 B3The Funeral March3:55 B4Malcolm's Song2:25 B5David and Angela2:48 | Soundtrack | 1977 | |
| 1977 | The Taj Mahal Anthology Volume 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 41:14A1Statesboro Blues2:59 A2Leaving Trunk4:50 A3Corrina3:00 A4Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue3:36 A5She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride)3:29 A6Take A Giant Step4:17 B1Six Days On The Road2:59 B2Farther On Down The Road (You Will Accompany Me)4:38 B3Fishin' Blues3:03 B4Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie Anymo'8:23 | Compilation | 1977 | |
| 1980 | Going HomeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracksA1Statesboro Blues A2Dust My Broom A3You Don't Miss Your Water A4Good Morning Miss Brown A5Six Days on the Road A6Sweet Home Chicago A7Little Red Hen B1Frankie and Albert B2Johnny Too Bad B3Blackjack Davey B4Satisfied 'n' Tickled Too B5New E-Z Rider Blues B6Brown-Eyed Handsome Man B7Clara (St Kitts Woman) | Compilation | 1980 | |
| 1981 | The Best of Taj Mahal, Volume 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 43:21A1Leaving Trunk4:50 A2She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride3:29 A3Fishing Blues3:03 A4Farther On Down The Road4:38 A5You're Going To Need Somebody On Your Bond6:15 B1Cakewalk Into Town2:32 B2Chevrolet2:45 B3Johnny Too Bad3:15 B4Take A Giant Step4:17 B5Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')8:17 | Compilation | 1981 | |
| 1986 | A Prairie Summer HomeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:18:271Corinna3:55 2Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms2:49 3My Creole Belle4:37 4Don't Let Your Deal Go Down3:10 5[spoken introductions]0:50 6Blue Railroad Train2:59 7East Tennessee Rag / Beaumont Rag2:57 8St. James Infirmary5:00 9Streamline Cannonball3:00 10Stormy Monday7:19 11Cakewalk Into Town4:21 12Honky Tonk4:23 13Long Gone7:09 14Johnny Too Bad3:05 15Deep River Blues3:44 16Midnight Train4:23 17Black Mountain Rag3:18 18T for Texas4:05 19Florida Blues3:53 20Deep Elem Blues3:30 | Live | 9 August 1986 | |
| 1987 | In Concert-421Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 48:59A1When I Grow Up2:50 A2If Love Was a Train3:20 A3The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore3:00 A4Get Back2:02 A5Fogtown3:30 A6Anchorage3:35 A75 A.M. In Amsterdam3:08 A8Strawberry Jam2:00 B1Deed I Do5:04 B2Staggerlee4:15 B3Paradise5:00 B4Everybody Is Somebody4:45 B5Satisfied6:30 | Live | 1987 | |
| 1992 | The CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:10:161Fishin' Blues3:04 2Leaving Trunk4:49 3Six Days on the Road2:59 4Dust My Broom4:29 5Going Up to the Country3:36 6Candy Man2:56 7Stagger Lee3:18 8Diving Duck Blues2:40 9(Clara) St. Kitts Woman4:08 10Statesboro Blues2:57 11A Lot of Love4:01 12Take a Giant Step4:16 13Further Down the Road4:38 14Little Red Hen3:48 15E-Z Rider3:03 16Texas Woman Blues2:54 17A Free Song3:48 18Oh Mama Don't You Know6:06 19Railroad Bill2:46 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1992 | Taj’s BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 50:411Leaving Trunk4:51 2Statesboro Blues2:59 3Everybody's Got to Change Sometime2:57 4Bound to Love Me Some4:30 5Frankie & Albert4:00 6East Bay Woman9:19 7Dust My Broom4:31 8Corinna3:03 9Jellyroll3:15 10Fishin' Blues3:09 11Sounder Medley: Needed Time #2 / Curiosity Blues / Horse Shoes / Needed Time #35:30 12Country Blues #12:37 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1993 | World MusicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 53:441When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul3:08 2My Ancestors4:06 3Slave Driver2:44 4West Indian Revelation6:59 5Kalimba1:41 6Desperate Lover2:46 7Clara ’’St. Kitts Woman’’4:04 8Cajun Waltz6:04 9Roll, Turn, Spin4:46 10Johnny Too Bad3:16 11Brown Eyed Handsome Man3:45 12Blackjack Davey3:39 13Music Keeps Me Together3:40 14When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul (reprise)3:06 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1994 | An Evening of Acoustic MusicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:10:221Stagger Lee3:50 2Dust My Broom5:09 3Take This Hammer3:58 4Blues With a Feeling5:05 5Big Legged Mamas Are Back in Style Again4:32 6Crossing4:59 7Come On In My Kitchen6:25 8Candy Man4:19 9Satisfied ’n’ Tickled Too6:59 10Sittin’ on Top of the World4:23 11Cake Walk Into Town2:33 12Ain’t Gwine to Whistle Dixie Anymo’3:57 13Big Kneed Gal5:47 14Texas Woman Blues3:37 15Tom & Sally Drake4:49 | Live | 1994 | |
| 1998 | The Very Best of Taj MahalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 32 tracks · 2:08:11Disc 1 1Six Days on the Road3:00 2Fishin’ Blues3:09 3Ain’t Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo’)8:28 4Señor Blues6:45 5Think2:36 6Squat That Rabbit4:42 7Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes2:41 8The Hustle is On2:41 9Here in the Dark3:09 10Hard Way2:54 11Strut3:43 12Going to the River6:32 13Every Wind (In the River)4:53 14That’s How Strong My Love Is3:10 15Take a Giant Step4:41 16Bank Robbery4:37 Disc 21Blues Ain’t Nothin’4:16 2Blue Light Boogie4:06 3Queen Bee4:40 4Cheatin’ on You3:21 5Don’t Call Us4:19 6Mr. Pitiful2:54 7Mind Your Own Business2:42 8Mockingbird3:59 9I Need Your Loving3:00 10I Miss You Baby3:30 11You Rascal You4:09 12Let the Four Winds Blow3:12 13You’ve got to Love Her with a Feeling3:47 14River of Love4:09 15Cakewalk Into Town3:02 16End Credits5:24 | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 1998 | The Real BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 38:161Good Morning Little Schoolgirl3:45 2Statesboro Blues2:59 3Farther on Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me)4:40 4Jellyroll3:16 5Big Mama4:42 6Dust My Broom4:32 7Johnny Too Bad3:18 8Kalimba1:42 9Stagger Lee3:22 10Cajun Waltz6:00 | Compilation | 26 May 1998 | |
| 1998 | In Progress & In Motion 1965-1998Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 54 tracks · 3:21:22Disc 1 1You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond6:18 2Corrina4:28 3Checkin’ Up on My Baby5:39 4Leaving Trunk6:26 5Buck Dancer’s Choice3:12 6Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue3:34 7She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)3:28 8Ain’t Gwine to Whistle Dixie Anymo’1:03 9Stagger Lee3:20 10Built for Comfort4:46 11Natural Man4:30 12Railroad Bill2:35 13Texas Woman Blues2:56 14Early in the Morning5:01 15Dust My Broom4:30 16Blind Boy Rag4:09 Disc 21Oh, Susanna3:02 2Cakewalk Into Town2:34 3Fishin’ Blues3:17 4Nobody’s Business but My Own3:32 5Sweet Mama Janisse3:37 6Little Red Hen Blues4:56 7Mary Don’t You Weep2:39 8Sweet Home Chicago3:19 9Frankie & Albert4:01 10M’Banjo3:21 11Statesboro Blues2:28 12Bye & Bye3:36 13Six Days on the Road3:03 14We Gonna Rock5:57 15Ain’t It Funky Now2:47 16Tom & Sally Drake3:44 17Fishin’ Blues3:16 18Blues With a Feeling4:14 19Freight Train3:18 Disc 31When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul3:11 2West Indian Revelation6:09 3Eighteen Hammers3:34 4Johnny Too Bad3:16 5Slave Driver2:38 6(Clara) St. Kitts Woman4:18 7Do I Love Her4:06 8Everybody Is Somebody3:33 9But I Rode Some2:29 10Crossing2:36 11Sentidos Dulce (Sweet Feelings)3:11 12The Most Recent Evolution of Muthafusticus Modernusticus3:26 13Curry3:37 14Follow the Drinking Gourd2:43 15Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)3:36 16Little Brown Dog4:18 17Señor Blues3:45 18Ain’t That a Lot of Love4:02 19Take a Giant Step4:18 | Compilation | 13 October 1998 | |
| 1999 | Blue Light BoogieSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 47:231River Of Love4:07 2Honky Tonk Women4:39 3Don't Call Us4:20 4Take A Giant Step4:38 5Down Home Girl3:43 6Feats Don't Fail Me Now3:19 7Dark Angel3:26 8Big Legged Mamas Are Back In Style4:18 9John The Revelator3:54 10Blue Light Boogie4:05 11She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride)3:40 12Mercedes Benz3:14 | Compilation | 27 April 1999 | |
| 2000 | Best of the Private YearsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 47:031Blues Ain’t Nothin’4:14 2Here in the Dark3:10 3Mind Your Own Business2:41 4Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes2:40 5Señor Blues6:45 6Ooh Poo Pah Doo4:01 7Hoochi Coochi Coo2:55 8Mr. Pitiful3:23 9Need Your Lovin’2:32 10I’m Ready3:44 11Sophisticated Mama3:56 12Mockingbird3:56 13That’s How Strong My Love Is3:06 | Compilation | 15 May 2000 | |
| 2000 | The Best of Taj MahalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:09:151Statesboro Blues2:58 2Leaving Trunk4:49 3Corinna3:02 4Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue3:37 5She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride3:29 6Take a Giant Step4:17 7Six Days on the Road3:00 8Farther on Down the Road4:39 9Fishin' Blues3:08 10Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo) (live)8:26 11You're Going to Need Somebody on Your Bond (live)6:19 12Cakewalk Into Town2:34 13Oh Susanna5:28 14Frankie and Albert3:59 15Chevrolet2:40 16Johnny Too Bad3:17 17Sweet Mama Janisee3:33 | Compilation | 5 September 2000 | |
| 2001 | Live at Ronnie Scott’sSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 54:371Big Blues7:51 2Mailbox Blues4:39 3Stagger Lee4:29 4Come On In My Kitchen5:34 5Local Local Girl5:21 6Soothin’7:06 7Fishing Blues4:12 8Statesboro Blues4:55 9Everybody Is Somebody6:28 10Taj Mahal Interview4:02 | Live | 2001 | |
| 2003 | Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Taj MahalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 56:551Leaving Trunk4:49 2Dust My Broom2:38 3Corrina3:02 4Chevrolet2:38 5Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue3:37 6Statesboro Blues2:58 7She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride3:29 8Checkin' Up on My Baby4:55 9Bound to Love Me Some4:30 10Queen Bee4:41 11You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond4:56 12Fishin' Blues2:56 13Six Days on the Road3:02 14Freight Train4:43 15Ain't That a Lot of Love4:01 | Compilation | 9 September 2003 | |
| 2003 | Blues With a Feeling: The Very Best of Taj MahalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:15:341Señor Blues6:44 2Don’t Call Us4:18 3(You’ve Got To) Love Her With a Feeling3:46 4Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes2:39 5Betty and Dupree6:01 6Here in the Dark3:08 7That’s How Strong My Love Is3:08 8Lonely Avenue3:26 9Mockingbird3:58 10Mailbox Blues3:32 11Think2:35 12Sitting on Top of the World3:31 13Mind Your Own Business2:41 14Cakewalk Into Town3:00 15Blues With a Feeling3:53 16Take a Giant Step4:38 17The New Hula Blues4:45 18The Hustle Is On2:39 19Let the Winds Blow3:08 20Blue Light Boogie4:04 | Compilation | 23 September 2003 | |
| 2004 | Take a Giant Step – the Best of Taj MahalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 37:251Take a Giant Step4:39 2Down Home Girl3:43 3Let the Four Winds Blow3:10 4Cakewalk Into Town3:03 5Sittin' on Top of the World3:32 6(You've Got to) Love Her With a Feeling3:47 7Lonely Avenue3:28 8Ooh Poo Pah Doo3:59 9Mockingbird4:00 10Blue Light Boogie4:04 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2004 | Sing a Happy Song: The Warner Brothers RecordingsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 33 tracks · 2:37:19Disc 1 1You Got It5:00 2Freight Train4:46 3Baby, You're My Destiny6:01 4Sailin' Into Walker's Cay5:17 5Truck Driver's Two-Step5:00 6The Four Mills Brothers5:01 7Honey Babe4:12 8Curry6:35 9Farther on Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me) (live)4:53 10Freight Train (live)5:42 11Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue (live)5:05 12Blackjack Davy (live)4:56 13Truck Driver's Two-Step (live)5:49 14Ain't Nobody's Business but My Own (live)3:24 15Johnny Too Bad (live)7:50 Disc 21Love Theme in the Key of D8:11 2Funky Butt3:16 3Brother's Doin' Time4:14 4Night Rider3:00 5Free the Brothers8:09 6Sentidos Dulce (Sweet Feelings)5:16 7The Funeral March3:59 8Malcolm's Song2:33 9David and Angela2:54 10Sing a Happy Song3:37 11Queen Bee4:28 12Lowdown Showdown3:05 13The Most Recent (Evolution) Of Muthafusticus Modernusticus6:53 14Why You Do Me This Way3:04 15Salsa de Laventille3:08 16The Big Blues5:13 17Highnite3:15 18Southbound With the Hammer Down3:33 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2004 | Live at Fox Theatre 01/20/03Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:26:14Disc 1 1Fishin' Blues3:41 2(My) Creole Belle4:36 3Stagger Lee5:04 4Freight Train5:15 5The New Hula Blues4:39 6Corrina6:34 7Queen Bee6:28 8Sittin' on Top of the World6:03 9Good Morning Miss Brown4:09 10Mr. So and So5:12 11Autumn to May4:42 Disc 21Going Up to the Country / Paint My Mailbox Blue4:41 2Annie Mae6:18 3Linda Lou4:31 4Blues Ain't Nothin'10:09 5Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes4:12 | Live | 8 March 2004 | |
| 2004 | Live at Higher Ground 08/06/03Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:39:50Disc 1 1Introduction1:06 2Fishin' Blues4:23 3(My) Creole Belle4:38 4Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Anymo')5:54 5Stagger Lee4:14 6Ev'ry Wind (In the River)8:55 7Annie Mae8:29 8Linda Lou5:55 9Betty and Dupree12:20 10Queen Bee5:24 11Black Jack and Davey6:53 12Going Up to the Country / Paint My Mailbox Blue3:49 13Corrina5:00 Disc 21Good Morning Miss Brown5:12 2Blues Ain't Nothin'7:13 3Jam / Band Introductions5:42 4Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes4:43 | Live | 8 March 2004 | |
| 2005 | The Essential Taj MahalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracks · 2:31:38Disc 1 1Leaving Trunk4:48 2Statesboro Blues2:58 3The Celebrated Walkin' Blues8:51 4She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride3:29 5Corinna3:03 6Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue3:38 7Take a Giant Step4:17 8Six Days on the Road3:01 9Country Blues #12:38 10Fishin' Blues3:08 11Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')8:36 12You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond6:17 13Happy to Be Just Like I Am3:52 14West Indian Revelation6:06 15Texas Woman Blues2:56 16Cakewalk Into Town2:35 17Frankie and Albert3:58 18Railroad Bill2:47 Disc 21Johnny Too Bad3:15 2Slave Driver2:43 3(Clara) St. Kitts Woman4:15 4When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul3:07 5Satisfied 'n' Tickled Too5:26 6Love Theme in the Key of D8:07 7Everybody Is Somebody3:31 8Crossing2:33 9Don't Call Us4:21 10Big Legged Mommas Are Back in Style4:19 11That's How Strong My Love Is3:11 12Here in the Dark3:09 13Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes2:39 14Señor Blues6:45 15The New Hula Blues4:46 16Queen Bee5:05 17Cruisin'3:48 18John Henry (feat. Etta Baker)3:40 | Compilation | 16 August 2005 | |
| 2010 | Music Keeps Me Together / Satisfied 'n Tickle TooSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:24:59Disc 1 1Music Keeps Me Together3:40 2When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul3:09 3Dear Ladies6:05 4Aristrocracy2:31 5Further on Down the Road3:25 6Roll, Turn, Spin4:48 7West Indian Revelation6:58 8My Ancestors4:06 9Brown-Eyed Handsome Man3:44 10Why?... And We Repeat Why?... And We Repeat!7:16 Disc 21Satisfied 'n Tickle Too5:29 2New E-Z Rider Blues4:09 3Black Man, Brown Man4:06 4Baby Love8:58 5Ain't Nobody's Business2:45 6Misty Morning Ride3:18 7Easy to Love3:37 8Old Time Song - Old Time Love3:43 9We Tune3:12 | Compilation | 2010 | |
| 2011 | Original Album ClassicsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks · 1:55:46Disc 1 1Leaving Trunk4:51 2Statesboro Blues3:00 3Checkin’ Up on My Baby4:55 4Everybody’s Got to Change Sometime2:57 5E Z Rider3:04 6Dust My Broom2:39 7Diving Duck Blues2:42 8The Celebrated Walkin’ Blues8:52 Disc 21Good Morning Miss Brown3:17 2Corinna3:04 3I Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll3:15 4Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue3:38 5Done Changed My Way of Living7:05 6She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride3:30 7The Cuckoo4:16 8You Don’t Miss Your Water (’til Your Well Runs Dry)4:27 9A Lot of Love4:11 10The Cuckoo (alternate version)3:22 11New Stranger Blues5:41 12Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine3:17 Disc 31Johnny Too Bad3:17 2Blackjack Davey3:43 3Big Mama4:42 4Cajun Waltz6:02 5Slave Driver2:44 6Why Did You Have to Desert Me?5:54 7Desperate Lover2:46 8Clara (St. Kitts Woman)4:35 | Compilation | 22 April 2011 | |
| 2012 | Playlist : The Very Best Of Taj MahalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks1Take a Giant Step 2Statesboro Blues 3Here in the Dark 4She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride) 5Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes 6Big Legged Mamas Are Back in Style 7Going Up to the Country.Paint My Mailbox Blue 8Leaving Trunk 9That's How Strong My Love Is 10Fishin' Blues 11Senor Blues 12Slave Driver 13Don't Call Us 14You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond - Live | Compilation | 2012 | |
| 2013 | The Complete Columbia Albums CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 5 February 2013 | |
| 2015 | Brothers / Music Fuh Ya’ (Musica Para Tu) / Evolution (The Most Recent)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:59:14Disc 1 1Love Theme in the Key of D8:05 2Funky Butt3:12 3Brother’s Doin’ Time4:10 4Night Rider2:56 5Free the Brothers8:05 6Sentidos Dulce (Sweet Feelings)5:10 7The Funeral March3:55 8Malcolm’s Song2:25 9David and Angela2:48 Disc 21You Got It5:01 2Freight Train4:46 3Baby You’re My Destiny6:01 4Sailin’ Into Walker’s Cay5:17 5Truck Driver’s Two Step5:00 6The Four Mills Brothers5:01 7Honey Babe4:12 8Curry6:35 9Sing a Happy Song3:40 10Queen Bee4:32 11Lowdown Showdown3:08 12The Most Recent (Evolution) Of Muthafusticas Modernusticus6:54 13Why You Do Me This Way3:06 14Salsa de Laventille3:09 15The Big Blues5:15 16Highnite3:16 17Southbound With the Hammer Down3:35 | Compilation | 1 February 2015 | |
| 2016 | Live In San Francisco 1966Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 33:481Ulysses S. Gregory2:51 2Tom & Sally Drake3:01 3Caribbean Rhapsody Part 12:16 4Caribbean Rhapsody Part 21:42 5Rolling Wheel Blues3:10 6Freight Train Blues3:39 7Stagger Lee3:03 8Sweet Mama Red5:42 9Jumpin' Blues5:24 10Hesitation Blues3:00 | Live | 27 April 2016 | |
| 2018 | Queen BeeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 42 tracks · 3:13:5022The Most Recent (Evolution) of Muthafusticus Modernusticus6:53 23Sing a Happy Song3:37 24Baby, You're My Destiny6:01 25Highnite3:15 26Curry6:35 27Freight Train4:46 28Going up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue5:05 29Honey Babe4:12 30You Got It5:00 31Sailin' Into Walker's Cay5:17 32Southbound with the Hammer Down3:33 33The Big Blues5:13 34The Four Mills Brothers5:01 35Truck Driver's Two-Step5:00 36Why You Do Me This Way3:04 37Salsa De Laventille3:08 38Ain't Nobody's Business but My Own (Live In Chicago)3:24 39Freight Train (Live In Chicago)5:42 40Blackjack Davy (Live In Chicago)4:56 41Farther On Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me) [Live In Chicago]4:53 42Johnny Too Bad (Live In Chicago)7:50 1Queen Bee4:28 2Brother's Doin' Time4:14 3Local Local Girl4:24 4David and Angela2:54 5The Hoochi Coochi Coo3:30 6Night Rider3:00 7Deed I Do5:07 8Paradise4:11 9Funky Butt3:16 10Love Theme In the Key of D8:11 11Malcolm's Song2:33 12Sentidos Dulce (Sweet Feelings)5:16 13Everybody Is Somebody3:32 14Lowdown Showdown3:05 15French Letter4:28 16Do I Love Her4:06 17Free the Brothers8:09 18Kauai Kalypso3:50 19Light of the Pacific5:35 20Pillow Talk4:12 21Soothin'3:24 | Compilation | 7 December 2018 | |
| 2024 | Swingin' Live at the Church in TulsaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 58:051Betty and Dupree7:42 2Mailbox Blues4:06 3Queen Bee6:03 4Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes3:56 5Waiting for My Papa to Come Home3:49 6Slow Drag5:44 7Sitting On Top of the World5:48 8Twilight in Hawaii5:58 9Corrina5:11 10Mean Old World9:48 | Live | 8 March 2024 | |
| 2025 | Ksan Studio, San Francisco,1971 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 45:051USS Gregory3:16 2Tom & Sally Drake3:41 3Glockenspiel1:45 4Penny Whistle1:52 5Rollin' Wheeel Blues3:23 6She Killed the Blues6:33 7Slide Guitar6:35 8Hesitation Blues3:20 9Railroad Bill / Baby It Ain't No Lie4:55 10Annie's Lover3:58 11Stagger Lee3:55 12Whistle Song / Outro1:52 | Live | 2025 | |
| 2025 | 1974-10-15: WLIR Ultrasonic Concert Series, Ultrasonic Recording Studios, Hempstead, NYSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracksDisc 1 1Talk 2Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue 3Talk 4Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl 5Talk 6Black Jack Davey 7Talk 8Why Did You Have to Desert Me 9Talk 10Talk 11Further on Down the Road 12Talk 13Stealin' 14Talk 15Instrumental 16Talk 17Johnny Too Bad 18Talk 19Take a Giant Step Disc 21Interview | Live | 11 October 2025 | |
| — | 2007-03-08: Keswick Theater, Glenside, PA, USASearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:06:341[announcements]2:07 2[introduction]1:22 3Done Changed My Way of Living2:31 4Checkin' Up on My Baby14:15 5Annie Mae6:45 6Blues With a Feeling 7Fishin' Blues3:53 8Corinna4:27 9Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue5:28 10Queen Bee3:48 11Stagger Lee4:55 12Mississippi Big Butt Blues4:11 13You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond7:37 14I Wonder Why My Baby Sleep So Sound5:15 | Live | — |
EP · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Play:Back #52Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 16:00A1Smokey Factory Blues3:18 A2Circus Song4:27 B1Down at the Bar3:45 B2Little Red Hen Blues4:30 | Compilation,Live | June 1973 | |
| 2025 | Room on the Porch for EveryoneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 19:341Diving Duck Blues4:28 2Don’t Leave Me Here5:01 3Ain’t Nobody Talkin’4:00 4Waiting on the World to Change2:43 5All Around the World3:22 | Compilation | 6 February 2025 |
Single · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Bank RobberySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:50ABank Robbery4:31 BEmpty Bank2:19 | 1990 | ||
| 1991 | Don't Call UsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 9:011Don't Call Us (feat. Daryl Hall & John Oates)4:21 2Squat That Rabbit4:40 | 1991 | ||
| 2021 | TingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:381Ting3:38 | 12 November 2021 | ||
| 2023 | Queen BeeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:371Queen Bee4:37 | 22 February 2023 | ||
| 2026 | TimeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:411Time3:41 | 20 March 2026 |
Other · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1985-02-21 (early and late shows): Cotati Cabaret, Cotati, CA, USASearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:25:581Long Gone (beginning cut)5:14 2"Some Information"1:59 3Corinna5:41 4Take a Giant Step4:47 5Johnny Too Bad5:39 6Queen Bee4:02 7[unknown]6:04 8Freight Train5:49 9Dust My Broom6:26 10Candyman (cut)0:50 11Cc Rider (beginning cut)5:31 12Cause I'm in Love With You8:57 13Walkin' Blues8:06 14Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue6:20 15[unknown]4:23 16Rollin' and Tumblin'6:10 | Live | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Taj Mahal head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 36 | 93.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 96 | 97.8th |
| Studio albums | 50 | 99.3th |
| Awards recorded | 6 | 97.7th |
| Timeline events | 53 | 99th |
| Recording span (years) | 58 | 96.8th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance | lifetime | |
| 2014 | Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance | lifetime | |
| — | Blues Music Award | won | |
| — | Blues Music Award | won | |
| — | Maple Blues Awards | won | |
| — | Maple Blues Awards | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Mahal & The International Rhythm Band(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues Band(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Great American String Band(band) | — | present | |
| Taj Mahal Trio(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Taj Mahal Quartet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Stand!(band) | — | present | |
| Rising Sons(band) | 1964 | 1966 |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4f48167c-29b8-4bde-a749-6803ce0a3922core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal_%28musician%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Why this artist is in the database
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — rank #48
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- List of blues musicians — rank #196
Taj Mahal | 1942 | | New York | Acoustic blues |
- List of singer-songwriters
Tier rule: genre canon: blues
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Wikidata: Q353023 · MusicBrainz: 4f48167c-29b8-4bde-a749-6803ce0a3922
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