Taj Mahal was not yet a blues legend when the Rolling Stones first heard him live in the mid-1960s at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles. But they immediately became avid fans of his no-nonsense ...
Tuba virtuoso Howard Johnson, an in-demand sideman known for performing with Taj Mahal and dozens of other high-profile musicians as well as for his work on “Saturday Night Live,” died at his New York ...