Funky16Corners Tribute to Allen Toussaint

Al Tousan – Java (RCA)
The Stokes – Whipped Cream (ALON)
Ernie K Doe – Mother In Law (Minit) 1961
Diamond Joe – Fair Play (Minit)
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit)
Lee Dorsey – Ride Your Pony (Amy)
Warren Lee – Star Revue (Deesu)
Willie Harper – But I Couldn’t (ALON)
Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones (ALON)
Irma Thomas- What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Betty Harris – Trouble With My Lover (Sansu)
O’Jays – Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) (Imperial)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Rubaiyats – Tomorrow (Sansu)
Willie and Allen – I Don’t Need Nobody (Sansu)
Joe Williams and the Jazz Orchestra – Get Out Of My Life Woman (SS)
Bettye Lavette – Nearer To You (Silver Fox)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Blues Tears and Sorrows (Sansu)
Willie West – Fairchild (Josie)
Eldridge Holmes – If I Were a Carpenter (Deesu)
Willie Harper – A Certain Girl (Tou Sea)
Lee Dorsey – Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On) (Amy)
Lee Dorsey – Give It Up (Amy)
Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can (Blue Thumb)
Robert Palmer – Sneaking Sally Through the Alley (Island)
Boz Scaggs – Hercules (Columbia)
Esther Phillips – From a Whisper to a Scream (Kudu)
Allen Toussaint – Southern Nights (Reprise)

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Posted by moon

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Posted on 11/12/15 at 2:31 pm to moon

MP3 of the mix at the link above.

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Posted by Funky Tide 8

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Posted on 11/12/15 at 5:51 pm to moon

Its amazing how many incredible songs he wrote. One of the best American musicians in history.

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Posted by pmacneworleans

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Posted on 11/13/15 at 4:20 am to Funky Tide 8

Many, many thanks for the link.

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Posted by tigerpawl

Can't get there from here.

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Posted on 11/13/15 at 6:23 am to pmacneworleans

Permit me to throw this one in the mix:

Thanks, Allen, for all you did.

This post was edited on 11/13/15 at 6:33 am

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Posted by madmaxvol

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Posted on 11/13/15 at 2:03 pm to moon

They had an archived interview with him on NPR Fresh Air today. He talked about how he wrote 4 songs in 1 day in studio. One of them was Mother In Law...he didn't like it and threw it in the trash. Someone pulled it out and said, "we need to give this one another shot"...great stories of someone who lived the musician's life to the fullest.

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Posted by Fox McLeod

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Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:23 pm to madmaxvol

A fantastic listen. Loved his comment about the Meters being a band of percussionists. WWNO's Music Inside Out had a great episode on him as well. Pretty sure it's up on their website.

This post was edited on 11/13/15 at 10:24 pm

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Posted by Kafka