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Living History Live: Celebrating Taj Mahal’s 80th Birthday

GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live

800 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA California

34.04466229999999 -118.2646356

GRAMMY Museum

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In celebration of his 80th birthday, the GRAMMY Museum is thrilled to welcome multi-GRAMMY Award winning and multi-genre traversing legend Taj Mahal for an intimate conversation moderated by Scott Goldman. The conversation will explore his incredible career and new music including the critically acclaimed recent album release Get On Board featuring Taj Mahal alongside former Rising Sons band mate, Ry Cooder. The event will also feature a live performance by Taj Mahal. Living History Live is presented by Iron Mountain Entertainment Services. Taj Mahal has found the blues in sounds across the entire global sonic landscape. A brilliant artist with a musicologist’s mind, Taj has pursued and elevated the roots of beloved sounds with boundless devotion and skill. He has traced origins to the American South, the Caribbean, Africa, and elsewhere, and has created entirely new sounds, over and over again. As a result, he’s not only an icon to rock-and-roll legends such as The Rolling Stones, but also a hero to ambitious artists, who are determined to combine sounds that have been mistakenly ostracized from one another. No one is as simultaneously traditional and avant-garde as Taj Mahal. “The blues is bigger than most people think,” Taj Mahal says. “You could hear Mozart play the blues. It might be more like a lament. It might be more melancholy. But I’m going to tell you: the blues is in there.” Taj is a towering musical figure -- a legend who transcended the blues not by leaving them behind, but by revealing their magnificent scope to the world. Quantifying the 80- year-old’s significance is impossible, but people try anyway. A 2017 GRAMMY win for TajMo, Taj’s collaboration with Keb’ Mo’, brought his GRAMMY tally to three wins and 14 nominations, and underscored his undiminished relevance more than 50 years after his solo debut. Blues Hall of Fame membership, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association, and other honors punctuate his résumé. Taj appreciates the accolades, but his motivation lies elsewhere. “I just want to be able to make the music that I’m hearing come to me -- and that’s what I did,” Taj says. “When I say, ‘I did,’ I’m not coming from the ego. The music comes from somewhere. You’re just the conduit it comes through. You’re there to receive the gift.” Member Check - In: 6:30pm Nonmember Check - In / Doors: 7:00pm Show Time: 7:30pm American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets from Thu 5/19 10:30AM through Sat 5/21 11AM. TICKET POLICY The holder of this ticket is granted admission to the indicated facility for the purpose of viewing the specified event. This ticket is for use by the holder only and the holder is bound by this policy. This ticket is not transferable and may not be sold, otherwise conveyed or used for any other purpose, including promotion or commercial, without the prior written consent of The Recording Academy. If this ticket is sold, otherwise conveyed or used in violation of this policy, it will be deemed revoked and void, and its holder deemed a trespasser at all Recording Academy events. This ticket is a revocable license and admission may be refused by refunding the face amount of the ticket or ejection may occur for failure to comply with any facility rule. The holder agrees not to transmit or aid in transmitting any description, picture, recording or reproduction of the event. The holder acknowledges that the event may be captured and recorded by audio, audiovisual, and/or photographic means, and hereby grants permission to utilize the holder’s image and/or voice in any and all media now known or hereafter devised to further the interests and mission of the Recording Academy. It is unlawful to reproduce this ticket in any form. The Holder assumes all risks incidental to the event, whether occurring prior to, during or after the event, and releases the facility, management, all participants and each of their affiliates, employees, officers, directors, members, partners, owners, managers, sponsors, contractors and agents from any loss, damage or expense resulting from any such risk. The Recording Academy reserves all legal rights and remedies. Save money on ticketing fees next time by becoming a GRAMMY Museum member! More info at grammymuseum.org. ALL TICKETS ARE WILL-CALL ONLY AND VALID I.D IS NECESSARY FOR PICK UP. 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