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
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Arthur
1996
Party of Five
Self
Austin City Limits
Self
Peep and the Big Wide World
Theme Song Performance
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
Duckman
1994
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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