In 1998, the backstory goes, Taj Mahal was on tour and a man named Tim Duffy, head of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, took to recording the blues great in various hotels along the way. About half of the songs featured Mahal solo; on the others, he was joined by an assortment of other MMRF-associated artists. None of it was released at the time; now it’s Mahal’s 47th album and first in…
