Word: mahal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mahal. Your standard "walking anachronism," at least according to the liners for his first album. Born in Harlem, educated at U Mass, probably not even thirty years old yet, this man sings country blues, and, incidentally, is one of the few people to play National Steel guitar as well as Bonnie Raitt. Taj has experimented, he once had a big band, one that featured four tubas, he's incorporated all sorts of West Indian influences into his music. Keeps coming back to the blues, though. His latest is Recycling the Blues, and recycle he does. More joyous music; watch...
...likely to be followed by what Noyes calls "a mystical state of consciousness." After her recovery, a nurse who nearly died from an allergic reaction to penicillin reported an experience of bliss and ecstasy in which she was idyllically absorbed in contemplating a mental picture of the Taj Mahal. Similarly, Heim reported: "Death through falling is subjectively very pleasant. Those who have died in the mountains have, in their last moments, reviewed their individual pasts in states of transfiguration. Elevated above corporeal grief, they were under the sway of noble and profound thoughts, heavenly music, and a feeling of peace...
...will also be the hardest to crash. If you're up for a "fun" party at Cannon say "They" sent you. While Princeton dances can be raucus they are excellent opportunities to most attractive and fascinating high school girls. Also going on Saturday night is a concert by Taj Mahal...
Such lyrics might give you the impression that Cody and his bunch are actually just Berkeley hippies who have never been near a truck in their lives. This may be true, but Cody's biggest problem is the opposite one--he is too authentic. Other rock performers, like Taj Mahal, impose their own fantasies of heroism onto the traditional country and western sound, and the result can be better music than you'll ever hear in a roadside grill. Cody, on the other hand, sets out like a disciple to painfully duplicate that traditional country style. And sure enough, here...
...takes is one listen to Taj Mahal's version of "Six Days on the Road" to see how wrong Cody in, and to see how good truckers' music one sound when it is done in a rock style. To do that Cody would have had to choose the best elements of truckdriving music as he saw them and extend them to their logical conclusion through a different musical style. But Cody runs away from these decisions. The Airmen play country music well, but they don't give us any reason why we should want to listen to country music...