Taj is probably the reason why I gravitated towards the blues oh so many years ago. When I was in high school, a friend of mine gave me an eight track (dating myself) of The Ole Folks at Home and I fell in love with his voice, style, timing, and raw blues. Songs like Fishin Blues, Cakewalk, Take a Giant Step, etc. I listened to over and over. I was lucky enough to see Taj a couple of times. He sounds as good in this vid today as he did those many years ago. A true talent'
I remember waking up one day and Taj was sitting in my dinning room. I made him peppermint tea and two slices slices of whole wheat toast with butter. He had just come from Sigma Sound Studios to mix his new album. He had it on reel to reel in we put it on our player and listened to it while we had breakfast. ----------
Diggs said ; "I remember waking up one day and Taj was sitting in my dinning room. I made him peppermint tea and two slices of whole wheat toast with butter"
That made me chuckle almost surreal sounding! Could have been a line in a verse. ----------
"Those British boys want to play the blues real bad, and they do"
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Yes, I got this from Richard Sleigh's "Art of Aliveness" essay. No, I won't post his essay here. I've done that in the past and found that it confused some readers regarding authorship.
Richard regularly writes thought-provoking pieces on music. You can sign up for them on his website, http://rsleigh.com.
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