Taj is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. The cover photograph was by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Track listing All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated "Everybody is Somebody" (The Mighty Shadow) "Paradise" "Do I Love Her" "Light of the Pacific" (Toni Fonoti) "'Deed I Do" "Soothin'" (Jae Mason) "Pillow Talk" (Michael Burton, Sylvia Robinson) "Local Local Girl" "Kauai Kalypso" "French Letter" (Toni Fonoti)
Personnel Taj Mahal - acoustic and electric guitars, bass, percussion, keyboards, harmonica, lead and background vocals Jeanette Acosta - synthesizer Wayne Henderson - keyboards Ray Fitzpatrick - bass, percussion Inshirah Mahal - congas, percussion Larry McDonald - congas, percussion Babatunde Olatunji - djembe, congas, shekere, percussion Ralph MacDonald - congas, tambourine, percussion Robert Greenidge - steel drums, percussion Ozzie Williams - drums, DBX drum programming Kester Smith - drums Chris Simpson - nylon stringed Spanish guitar Tony Jones - electric bass, electric guitar Fred Lunt - steel guitar Jesse Ed Davis - lead guitar Kenny Lee Lewis - rhythm guitar Reggie Lucas - guitar Rudy Costa - alto saxophone Ron Brown - tenor saxophone Fernando Pullum - trumpet Larry Gittens - trumpet Garnett Brown - trombone Duane Benjamin - trombone Melody McCully - background vocals Pamela Vincent - background vocals Joyce Wilson - background vocals
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