Taj Mahal - Queen Bee - Bloody Sunday Sessions
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2015
- Taj Mahal - Queen Bee - Bloody Sunday Sessions
In collaboration with Live For Live Music
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Director/ Producer - Eric Heigle
Producer - Josh Freund
Producer - Sam Radutzky
Line Producer/ Producer - Travis Laurendine
Co-producer - Isa Sloan
Sound Recordist/ Mixer - Eric Heigle
Camera - Sam Radutzky, Nathan Tape and Eric Heigle
Video Editing - ABIS Productions
Filmed on March 21st, 2014 on Dauphine Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, LA.
Go to www.bloodysundaysessions.com for more videos.
I've seen Taj twice now. The 1stbtime was in Napa and I brought my guitar. My mom went and got the car after the show and I sat on the curb with my guitar. I didn't get to meet Taj, but one of his guys was nice enough to take it back to Taj for him to sign for me. I waited and it was a while me and my mom finally thought maybe the guy just set my guitar somewhere back there and forgot about it and I'd never see it again.....I was wrong! A while later he came back with my guitar signed by Taj and said 'sorry it took so long, he tuned it for you and then got to playing it...' I felt so honored! Now my guitar is named Queen Bee!
What guitar is it?
Just an old acoustic my parents got me back on HS, nothing fancy. Plays well enough
Cool. Great story from a young person like your self. Never seen him live. Love. lovin from my babys eyes. One of my favorite songs period. Loved him with the stones. Your mom may be to young to remember that.
you got yourself one soulful guitar now....
he surely put some of his mojo into your guitar :)
Found this song a few months ago and played it everyday for my wife Barbara Everone who was close to her called her Bee for short . It fit her perfectly and what I felt for her.She passed away suddenly 6 weeks ago and I still listen to it with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes.
Thanks Taj. It's a great song to remember her by.
Jesus Christ I feel horrible about the comment. I left about the song I am so sorry for your loss, true love cannot be replaced, GOD bless you❤
I am very sorry for your loss.
My condolences and may she RIP. She must of been a great woman and you both very happy together! I'm confident that you brought her much happiness and Iove during those last few months. Her spirit lives on and is still with you!
@@scottculli7851 ah, don't beat yourself up about it, man
It seems every single song on UA-cam gets comments relating to someone who tragically and/or recently died. It's kind of a cottage industry on here.
Bless you Buddy- hoping that all is going well with you!!❤
If I heard that pass my house,
I’d be followin like it was the ice cream truck!
Had the same idea
I’ll give them $3.50
@@noltwy ...tree fiddeh?! 😄
I laffed!
Your post made me smile so big. ♥
For those that wanted to know
Bass - Bill Rich
Drums - Kester Smith
Bill Rich has always paid close attention to Taj's fingerpicking, especially his thumb. Kudos!
Thanks for that. They are both great.
thank you!
Love how Kester plays to perfection while totally enjoying the day and the view.
Thank you. I think Steven Tyler owes something to these dudes.
man, I just keep coming back to this one
I sure wish I'd been walking along behind that wagon that day
I’ve been coming back to this for about 5 years now. Gold I tell thee!
A friend of mine appears in the video. He has recently passed, this video is the best tribute imaginable to my old friend Billy.
Lovely. It’s cool that he’ll exist forever as little part of thousands of peoples day. Hope you’re doing well😊
I ran into him as a kid (12 yo)in a coffee shop in occidental one time he was just sitting in the back quietly playing and I had a harp and was trying to play to what he was playing across the shop. He noticed and motioned me to come over and sit and play with him. One of my fondest memories from as a kid learning to plat the blues harp. He was so kind and patient.
I want to hear you play!
Taj is a National Treasure.
This is so cool
Please make educational music. I would love to hear some talent applied to anatomy and physiology. "kids learning tube" has their heart in the right place. Maybe you could be part of the wave of musicians making a difference in education.
Lucky You ❤❤❤❤
I've known Taj since I was a little girl. He would come into my parents music shop whenever he was in the bay area. He is one of the nicest people I've ever known.
How neat! What an incredible creative force he is
What shop ?
Lucky you!!!
What a wonderful place to be. I’ve been a Taj fan ever since I heard “Bacon Fat” in the early morning in the summer of 1969. The next day I found GiantStep /The OldFolks back Home” and wore the final out. I still love the performances,and music. Such a great performer.
Taj lived (lives?) in Berkeley. He would play at the music hall where I ran sound 40 years ago. Fun to work with. Very laid back.
Speed limit says 20 but these guys just went and broke the sound barrier. Of great blues.
This comment resonated too much! Wp sir!
@@Guffy_DK Great Jazz knows NO barriers.
If you happen to be walking down the street and see this, step the hell aside- You're in the presence of royalty.
Raise your hat and bow!
oh, so true. One of the best ever!
When you grew up where I did you would do a lot of stepping aside. Never saw show a show but saw him around. As I did Boz Skaggs, Buddy Miles, Sly Stone, Eddie Money and others. Growing up here and a music lover, sometimes you got involved, sometimes your friends did.
One of my best memories of Taj Mahal has nothing to do with him. I was standing outside of a club where he was playing. Street blocked off because there had been a music street fair. Here comes Bonnie Raitt walking up the street with guitar case goin to walk into the front door of the club. Somebody comes out of the club screaming NO!!! Then they lead her into the back entrance.
I thought you were going to say: Check and see if you are dead and gone to heaven.
@@andrew_owens7680 I would do that!
3 dudes completely locked in. They don’t even gotta look at each other timing and groove is flawless
Joseph Ciresi 👍 "The Horse has the timing LOCKED DOWN" !!! 👍👍👍✌🐎
It's absolutely incredible. I can't watch and listen to this enough.
@@Kimmiejo its awesome
@@roberttaylor7064 yep
Soooo True. Excellent veteran musician. Displaying it's notvall about flash and speed. Music is about Skybd feel, groove and soul. As u said. Locked in sync
I met Taj Mahal in Geneva, Switzerland around 1980. Incredible human being. Called his musicians to surround me shouting the names of small towns in my home country of Rwanda, Central Africa, they went to play the blues in during a tour sponsored by the American Cultural Center there. So warm, so friendly, so attached to our common African roots. One of my unforgettable encounters on planet Earth. 😊
shambo22 What a fantastic story! My ex tells of meeting Taj on Formentera in the 1970s.
Thanks for sharing! Glad you got to have that experience :)
That sounds like a brief glimpse of heaven.
You have been BLESSED, Shambo! Envious? YES I CAN'T HELP IT! Thanks for sharing this moment.
Love that story!
Well, it's official. I've watched this 17 times.
Kane Alson haha me too! I really do enjoy the song!
only 17?
=D
from France, i love this music
At least a hundred times for me. It's the essence of everything I love in this world...
xD
I believe that Taj Mahal saved my life at least 2 dozen times over the last 40 years. An American prince.
hope you're doing well still
Benjamin Garrett can u enlighten us with 1 or 2 please
@@john-nx4xn Too dramatic, no doubt... but in all seriousness, as a young man many, many years ago, facing tribulations of life that we all face (love gone bad, economic hardship, and deeper still), all I needed to do was put on Nat'l Blues or the Old Folks at Home, and it gave me a smile. Happened a lot. I think that I was 16 working on a construction crew when an older carpenter gave me a Taj cassette, and I heard him for the first time. I never stopped listening and that was 40 years ago. The man is an American prince.
@@dafttassia1960 Definitely, but still deeply thankful for the man and his music. Be well daft tassia!
@@lovethatagave 1) I'm happy to hear that and 2) thanks for the kind words.
only thang that could make this is hearing the cadence of the “Hos” on the street .
This makes my day everytime i here it
That was 5 minutes 41 seconds of my life,,, Well Spent!
So, if I listen 10 times, it will be 50 minutes and 410 seconds of life well spent! :)
I looked him up because I watched Dating around on Netflix
Ha..me too, because I had only heard of the Building 😁
Me too!! 😄 Glad I did!! 🎶
Same 😂😂😂
His music's really nice tho 😄
Me too. Watching it now
Same here. Ain't that funny
I play Taj on the jukebox whenever I can. Words can’t describe the way his music makes me feel. I’m always hoping his music touches others like it does for me.
It does
Leavin Trunk on a juke would be the bomb.
He plays so perfectly. It's just enough, no flashy 64th notes, only the right notes at the right times to make the groove work. And in it's rough edged sound, it is absolutely perfect. Within one bar, you can tell it's Taj Mahal without even looking at the screen. Rock me to my soul!
Taj Mahal is the most underrated artist of all time he is pure quality I have seen him 3 times in England and would pay handsomely to see him again outstanding
Quite possibly the coolest musician on the planet.
This song captures the joy, pain and grace of truly loving someone. Beautiful video.
One of the most under rated musicians ever. I saw him live once with just a bass player as support. The dude is 100% pure talent.
I saw Taj live in 94 and didn’t know who he was. Other people told me to go and to listen and set a tone of reverence and respect. 25 years later, I am amazed at what a gift that first show was. His music is more personal and more beautiful every single day. 🙏❤️✌️
He escuchado mucho blues en mis 68 anos de vida.Confieso que desde hace poco tiempo le he prestado oido a Taj Mahall .Y encuentro un maravilloso musico que me deleita.Simplemente GRACIAS.
Hands down my favorite version of the song. Wish I would have been walking the streets when it was filmed, or even been the driver of the carriage.
LOVE this horse drawn in-concert version of Honey Bee ... moving ... through some streets of New Orleans ... moves your soul.
Queen Bee
@@jesusislord7526 QUEEN BEE !
Still coming back. For 40 odd years now xxx Rock me to my soul xxx
I heard Taj Mahal perform twice in Rochester, NY in outdoor concerts many years ago. He is a national treasure.
this was my wife and I's first song at our wedding
... my wife's and my first song
David Robb "sweet"
@@vtvita my petty ass was about to comment the same thing😂
@@vtvita I like "I's" made me smile :-)
Just added this to "wedding playlist" haha before reading your comment. Its so good. 👍🍺
That was beautiful. I feel better now
I've watched/listened to this video about a thousand times, and the shot at 00:55 is my favorite. For some reason seeing the drummer hit that beat really floors me. God bless Taj and the musicians.
I felt it! 🎉
My fav moment is seeing the horse walking to the beat!
Man there’s no music better than from the soul of a black musician love me some taj
Sunday morning, horse-drawn carriage, legendary musicians singing and playing...only in New Orleans.
Blues musicians are like fine wine, they get better with age.
That’s true I was gonna give some examples but that would just be every blues guy I know except Robert Johnson who I don’t care much for tbh
Some songs bring tears to my eyes, not because of sadness nor sorrow, but because of the beauty they invoke.
116 sad people, this performance is superb
I'm an almost 50 year old man that wouldnt know what to do if I wasnt sharing space on this rock with Taj Mahal! Much love Taj!
You're not old, old man
50 is nothing
I am a semi retired semi professional musician I saw Taj Mahal live in an intimate venue in Nevada City California in the 80s he's such a beautiful artist I sat mere feet from him as he did a great performance never will forget.
You were BLESSED by Taj.
life is love , love is life, and this song is flow
timeless blues master...great song writing, great singing, great guitar playing. thanks for all your great music
Absolutely love the drummer ! chillest dude on the planet ! cant believe it took me so long to find the spectacular track !
Kester Smith...been with Taj for many many years. Caribbean bloodlines.
This makes my heart smile
I just love the way the bass guitar affects every other musician. Taj instantly just starts bee boppin as soon as that bass line hits.
Saw Taj Mahal in a small venue in Cambridge Mass in 1987. Best thing I've ever seen 🌹💖🌹 👑🐝
New Orleans - like no other!
without doubt!
I must say honestly I've never listened to Jazz/blues and what got me checking this out was crazy as it sounds I was watching his daughter on a show and she said who her dad was which made me want to check him out and this music is absolutely beautiful.
hello how are you doing it nice seeing you here ?
Just wanted to chime in.. been listening to Taj for about 50 years, and he has weathered well.
Same. I first heard him in about 1972 when I was just a kid. I have been a fan ever since. He just keeps getting better. Every time he comes to Australia I make a point of seeing him.
Feeling god coming through Taj on a Saturday morning.... been listening to this version for years and it is my favorite.
Makes my bourbon go down even smoother, these cats are so cool
I love this comment... makes me want to try bourbon 🥃 listening to this song too 😹🤦🏽🤷🏽
Came here after seeing his daughter on a netflix show .... love his voice 👍🏽
Here it is 2022, just found this treasure.. replay 20 times, shared and loved. Thank you soo ooh ooh!!
Taj Mahal is such a legend. This video made me buy a resonator, just to play this song.
He's just one cool cat! Just perfect.
How can you not like this? Have you gottan a soul?!!!
I grew up in Hollywood on Dracena Ave in a duplex next to Taj's daugther, wife & mother-in-law (Aya, Anne & Margarite Hornisher). It was a duplex with a large shared deck in front of the duplexes. Having been born & raised in Hollywood, as a kid I came across various "stars". Nothing in my memory is as enjoyable as when Taj would come and play music on the deck. Strangely enough, I moved to Hawaii 31 years ago (the "Big Island", Kona) and have always seen his flyers for concerts on Maui & Oahu since he is a resident here in Hawaii also. Thank you Taj, you are one of my greatest musical memories!!! Mahola, Laura Lamm!!!
Whoops, typing too fast "Mahalo"!!!!
First listened to this man in 1982 and have never yet tired of him or his music; simply a giant.
Nothing better than Taj, the blues and NOLA. I wish I was there. 🖤
Might have been posted seven years ago, but it never gets old.
They just chilling in the French Quarters.
The PFC version is outstanding, this version is simply unbelievable. Wow. The sweetest song.
God bless Taj!
...he is a true treasure!!!!
Set to the beat and pathway of that beautiful horse that was dragging the taj et around. Classic Louisiana music
Bass: Bill Rich
Drums: Kester Smith
A shame that they weren't mentioned...
Bill is actually my first cousin. “As long as I have fingers, I’ll never work for somebody.” DIRECT QUOTATION. turns out he’s honored his vow. Omaha, Nebraska, Music Hall of Fame(r).Technical High School. 🙏🏽
@@o.g.geezer7058 Damn thats so cool. I love him even more for that quote :D
Taj Mahal = national treasure
Seen you too many times Taj, and you are the last of the greats! Bless you..
Taj…great grandpa now..still giving it up for all of us left still grooven to his beat..much luv..🇨🇦
His performances just get better with age!
Taj, I never had the chance to tell you this before. Your music has been the music of my life. Keep on rockin' to your soul.
Ditto
They closed out the second night of the Folk Festival in Vancouver, BC in 2022 and it was an absolutely magical experience.
I was hanging out in the student union at ASU in Tempe, Az. Tak walked in with a guitar and started playing then singing.
As people were walking through, they stopped and didnt continue. Soon the place was packed.
Then he turned the audience into a musical unstument that he played. It was an amazing spontainious event back in the 70s. He played down the street later is a tiny little bar that I would never have gone into otherwise. It was a treat both in the large room of the student union and even more so inthat tiny bar. Ive been a fan ever since.
I've been listening to Taj Mahal for 50 years and he just gets better and better, the voice, the voice. Best from Scotland
Best song I've heard in a long time! Real music for my ears and eyes! 😍
Been listening to man since I was a young boy. Godbless his soul! Anyone remember CAKEWALK? One love brother.
Taj I love you from the bottom of my heart just for this one song. Classic blues.
Love this version! Feels like the first time I ever heard this song, home alone digging through my dads cd collection I popped Taj in and haven’t looked back since.
Absolutely exact same for me. I was like 8 when he “rocked me to my soul”
Can't lie I thought they filmed this during the corona virus outbreak and that's why no one was outside and I was like "Oh that's nice they're playing for everyone locked in their houses!" I was wrong but still, what a great song
Uuummmm.... this video was posted like 5 years ago lolz--
But yeah they must've had something cause there aren't many pedestrians
Early morning. That is up to 11:00am down there.
Taj is a national and personal treasure...
When I was teen (1968-69) and lived in Topanga Canyon Taj would play at the local and only club "The Corral" and also sit and play on the stoop of the old shopping center (just a hand full of shops and a post office) and play for us kids. Brings tears. We were hippies living down by the creek at "Twin Poles".
About 15 years ago I got my first cel phone. At least once a week I would get calls asking for Taj. Finally I asked who this man was that was so popular with the ladies. I was informed he is a blues singer. One a day a woman that identified herself as his daughter called and was very frustrated at not being able to reach her father. She thought I may have been using him as a sugar daddy. I informed her I am a married woman in Utah and we laughed. He did frequent Park City. I had a nice conversation about his wild ways, his love for white women and his drinking too much. I will always remember that odd association I had so long ago. My wife posted this.
This is song is pure fire 🔥 and that's comming from someone that predominantly listens to metal.
Metal’s roots are in blues makes sense brotha!
Ain't nothing better than Taj Mahal in the morning. Or the afternoon. Or the evening. Whenever.
I had the priviledge to see Taj Mahal in a little joint in Houston TX, more than 30 years ago. It was standing room only. He is a top notch performer. What a voice! Most of his blues songs are about love, and they are fun to listen to.
Thanks for years and years of joy, Taj! I met Taj in the late 70s; he was not recognized except by me, so we had a conversation and he sat and played a song.
TooLooze you lucky dog.
So jealous. Been listening to him since my early 20's when my uncle give me a mix tape with Sweet Mama Janisse on it. Just loved the trombone. Love this man.
this is exceptional on every level, the music, the video production, the setting, what more can you say
Taj is the OG's, OG... Live long beautiful man.
Knocking a Taj performance off my bucket list in 6 days
Randomly came across his song through Spotify. I had it on repeat for at least 30 minutes. This was last month and im still blasting this song. It's damn good. It's one of those songs that put you in a happy/excited mood. Well played Taj Mahal. Well played.
Yes Josie! Try this...ua-cam.com/video/YkzKw1erF_Y/v-deo.html
Yes maam.
You have good taste btw.
Made to make you smile
damn I crave this video often
Wow , I really enjoyed this and found it strangely satisfying to watch the horse wobble to this song.
Right time and right place ..., just like Taj
I can watch this all day long. ALL DAY LONG.
Now THAT is the way to start your Sunday, or any day for the matter! Kudos to the video crew, and much love to a beautiful city...New Orleans. And Taj....well he's a national treasure!
I used to hang with Taj a bit back in the mid '60s at The Ash Grove (in Los Angeles, Ca). He started teaching there too but was always there checking out the 'real-deal' blues artists from the deep south that we were also so lucky to be around those days thanks to The Ash Grove. (Also happy to say my late father Milt Holland played on at least one of his albums.)
Now you can easily say who is a ganuine artist and who is a fake. Damn, top notch blues ... I comer here every month to listen to this jewel !
What a classic....been a Taj fan since the late 60's!
Same beat as the horse's gait... like rollin' off a log into warm water...
He sure has incredible feel for the song he's playing. Listening to this song feels like you're wearing your favorite flannel shirt with the sun on your back on a chilly day...
I remember good times in Eugene OR. Wow hall. BB King as well. Every year.
Reina del Cid sent me. Love this!!
Me too, Reina doesn't have the same voice as the original but I love how she adapted the song to her voice. All she miss now is a carriage for her next cover :)
@@Bobywan75 that would be fun:)
Holy shit I forgot about Rena del Cid, I just discovered a memory I didn't know I still had. Used to watch and admire her like 8 years back in high school. Life really does come full circle, here I am again.
Me too!!
I'm hearing this for the first time, and I bet I will hit replay at least ten times
You can be in the mood for opera, Motown or metal, but if this song pops up, you’re AUTOMATICALLY in the mood fer sum Taj Mahal, locked in.