Person
Taj Mahal
Acting · 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.
Known for
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Musical Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
Austin City Limits
Self
Arthur
1996
Party of Five
Self
Peep and the Big Wide World
Theme Song Performance
Duckman
1994
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
Filmography
- 2024Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023Self
- 2024Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaineHimself
- 2024Born to Be Wild: The Story of SteppenwolfSelf
- 2023Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FMPerformer
- 2021A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That SingsSelf
- 2020Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the BandSelf
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Musical Guest
- 2019ReMastered: Devil at the CrossroadsSelf
- 2017Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the WorldSelf
- 2017American EpicSelf
- 2016Shake 'Em On DownHimself
- 2016David Holt's State of MusicSelf
- 2016The American Epic SessionsSelf
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Musical Guest
- 2014ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014Self
- 2014This Ain't No Mouse Music!Self
- 2014All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg AllmanHimself
- 2013Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013Self
- 2011Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln CenterSelf
- 2009The People SpeakSelf
- 2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelf - Musical Guest
- 2006Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia LifeSelf
- 2004Peep and the Big Wide WorldTheme Song Performance
- 2004Killer DillerJ.R. Cox
- 2003Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along
- 2003Feel Like Going HomeSelf
- 2003The BluesSelf
- 2003Santana: Special Edition EPSelf
- 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodSwing Band Singer
- 2001SongcatcherDexter Speaks
- 1998Outside OzonaDix Mayal
- 1998Six Days Seven NightsEntertainer
- 1998ScrappleOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Blue Note - A Story of Modern JazzSelf
- 1997Blind Willie's Blues: A Documentary Film
- 1996The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll CircusSelf - Guitar
- 1996Arthur
- 1996Once Upon a Time... When We Were ColoredMr. Will
- 1994Aaahh!!! Real MonstersEllis Robinson (voice)
- 1994Party of FiveSelf
- 1994Duckman
- 1992ZebraheadOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyGatekeeper
- 1990Follow the Drinking GourdMusic
- 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 ChainsBones
- 1987Taj Mahal and FriendsSelf
- 1977BrothersOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Scott JoplinPoor Alfred
- 1976Sounder, Part 2Ike
- 1976Almos' a ManMusic
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest
- 1975Austin City LimitsSelf
- 1975Fighting for Our LivesMusic
- 1972SounderIke
- 1972The Midnight SpecialSelf
- 1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- —Mr. Handy's BluesHimself
- —Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie RobertsonSelf
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