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Woodland Park Zoo Tunes Presents: Taj Mahal Trio & John Hiatt w/ The Combo

Wednesday | August 6

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Taj Mahal Trio: Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, who goes by the stage name Taj Mahal, is an internationally recognized blues musician who folds various forms of world music into his offerings. A self-taught singer-songwriter who plays the guitar, banjo and harmonica (among many other instruments), Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music during his 40+ year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa and the South Pacific.

John Hiatt & The Combo: The dawning of the new millennium coincided with a new chapter in the career of John Hiatt. After a quarter century of releasing records on major labels—five in all—he kicked off a now-13-year run as an independent artist, recording 8 albums (a pair of albums with Vanguard before moving to New West, his label home for more than a decade). These albums contain unflinching reflections on the bad old days, weighed against his latter-day front-porch serenity. His new album, Here to Stay – Best of 2000-2012, features 17 songs, at least two from each of the 8 albums released between 2000-2012 and the unreleased song “Here To Stay” featuring Joe Bonamassa on guitar.

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