Taj may suffer from being so versatile and difficult to "pigeonhole" in one category or another. Is he folk-blues? Blues-rock? Pop? He may be a little too slick and commercial for folks to consider him in the same light as the nearly-forgotten backwoods blues artists on the Fat Possum label, but on the other hand, he's probably too down-home and funky to be categorized with the really commercial blues-rockers

Also, he's a whole generation younger than the original "old blues guys," but not as young as the bunch of neo-bluesmen that includes Robert Cray, Keb Mo, Chris Thomas King, etc.

Whatever, I've been a big fan since his first LP came out back when I was a college kid, in about 1968 or so, and have had several opportunities to catch his act live here in New Orleans in recent years, at Tip's and also out at the Fair Grounds during Jazzfest. Great player and singer, really great stage presence.