Taj Mahal Tickets Santa Barbara

blues double-play

When Joan said she was going to play her album "[mumble]" all the way through, I thought we were hearing an early treat of a new album. It turned out to be Relish, and while I really like it, I was hoping for new material. Hearing Relish 15 years later was fun but not great. Joan and her band sounded nice, but then the Taj Mahal Trio took the stage and showed what a soupcon Joan is. He projected the blues in a way that made Joan's repeats sound shallow. At least she didn't have to follow him. Everything he did, with the possible exception of the ABC song on a keyboard, was first rate and held me to the show.