Taj has 2 GRAMMY awards for Shoutin' in Key and Senior Blues. Now he has a nomination for Maestro, his latest CD.
Taj Mahal is about Music.
His tour schedule is packed for all the time, and the music just keeps on coming.
Here's his Bio from the Señor Blues album.
His family is from the Carribean...Saint Kitts. That music has influenced his greatly. When he moved to Hawaii in 1981, the sound of that Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar really sent him spinning and brought him right back to the is-lands... Result? ... more music. That and fishin'.
The Hula Blues Band came together when Taj moved to Kaua`i, Hawai`i back in '81. Fishin' with the guys and jammin', enjoying life. We eventually got together and did a few shows. First with Napali (Carlos Andrade, Patrick Cockett, Pancho Graham, Fred Lunt) on "A Prairie Home Companion," and eventually with the rest of the band on Mau`i and O`ahu. Our first road trip (albeit a short one) was on the Ultimate Rythmn and Blues Cruise down in the Carribean to the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Grand Bahama Island. We played a few more times and in 1997, recorded the album - "Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues Band - Sacred Island." on Kaua`i. It was originally released in Europe by Tradtion & Moderne under the title - "Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues"
We (The Hula Blues Band) tour every year mostly during the summer for about 2 months at a time. The past several years has brought us to Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Australlia, the Carribean, and of course Hawaii. The summer of 2003 will take us across the USA for our first USA-HBB run. Stay tuned for our schedule.
Spreading the word through music, the Hula Blues Band is here to stay.
Listen to some of the Hula Blues Tunes
Browse a few photos of the Band
Read about The Hula Blues Band road trips:
On the Blues Cruise down in the Carribean.
Down Under
In Europe - Summer 1999.
