Event Detail
Taj Mahal Trio
Location: Meymandi Concert Hall at Progress Energy Center
Date: Thursday February 14th, 2008
Time: 8 pm
A blues icon and two-time Grammy Award-winner, Taj Mahal incorporates into his distinctive blues a global perspective, reflecting and combining sounds from places he's lived and traveled. Taj Mahal has released more than 45 albums and has collaborated with a wide range of artists from Miles Davis to the Rolling Stones to Toumani Diabate to the late Etta Baker. He is currently touring as The Taj Mahal Trio, on guitar, piano and banjo with Bill Rich on bass and Kester Smith on drums. Having performed together on and off for more than thirty years, these musicians combine their blues, folk and funk expertise and a long, shared history of Mahal's music.
This concert is part of PineCone’s 2007-08 Down Home Music Series.
Visit: www.progressenergycenter.com