TIME (BLACK LP)

When five-time Grammy award winner Taj Mahal intersects with The Phantom Blues Band,
it''''s one of those rare joints that hits you before you even know you''''ve been hit. They walk in,
plug in, and the whole room shifts. Studio assassins, road lifers, groove keepers and
somehow still hungry. They are an internationally renowned Two-Time Grammy Award
winning group.
Taj Mahal''''s fearless, open-hearted spirit still shadows the whole thing with that genrehopping joy. He leads you down the road with a history lesson and the Phantoms carry it with
honor to the Griot. Mahal sings and plays harp as he fronts an all-star lineup of legendary
musicians with the three ringleaders for the Phantoms--Johnny Lee Schell, the soulful
gunslinger with tone for days, Tony Braunagel keeps the whole ship steered straight and on
time, every time, and Larry Fulcher, the anchor, the heartbeat, the quiet storm on bass.
Additionally, Jon Cleary, with that unmistakable New Orleans piano swagger, Mick Weaver, a
session master who''''s playing slides in with an undeniable velvet magic, and in the horn
section, Joe Sublett on sax and Les Lovitt on trumpet bring the orchestration into the full
view of this genre.
This band doesn''''t '''back" anybody. They lift you up, carry you, and dare you to rise higher. On
this record they slide through blues, soul, R&B, and island color with the ease of men who''''ve
lived every bit of it. This is deep-groove, grown-folks music from a band that still plays like
the night is young.
'''Time'''' is their new release on Resonatin'''' Records / Thirty Tigers and celebrates over thirty
years of making this uplifting inspiring and aspiring music together.