Taj Mahal

Born: 1942-05-17, Harlem, New York, USA

Biography

Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments.

Filmography

• Duckman (1994)
• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994)
• Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
• Sounder (1972)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
• The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
• Songcatcher (2001)
• Scott Joplin (1977)
• All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman (2014)
• Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1996)
• Outside Ozona (1998)
• Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine (2024)
• Shake 'Em On Down (2016)
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along (2003)
• Sounder, Part 2 (1976)
• Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM (2023)