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Allen Toussaint...
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:48 am
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:48 am
What's this board's opinion of his music? I for one really dig it and don't understand how more people haven't heard his albums. He is one of my favorite artists of the seventies that you never hear.
Most people that recognize the name and know he "wrote songs for others" but his actual stuff is really good.
Last Train
Night People
Brickyard Blues
Most people that recognize the name and know he "wrote songs for others" but his actual stuff is really good.
Last Train
Night People
Brickyard Blues
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Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:50 am to Larry
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What's this board's opinion of his music? I
One of the greatest
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:57 am to Larry
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What's this board's opinion of his music? I for one really dig it and don't understand how more people haven't heard his albums. He is one of my favorite artists of the seventies that you never hear.
Anyone who doesnt know about allen toussaints contribution to music, doesnt know music period.
My favorite random thing he did was arrange the horns for the last waltz.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:58 am to Larry
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What's this board's opinion of his music?
That he's frickin awesome
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:28 am to Breesus
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That he's frickin awesome
This....love his album with Elvis Costello, among others
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:38 am to Larry
one of my highlights at jazz fest last year....
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:54 am to ForeLSU
Only in New Orleans (Metairie) can you walk into a Barnes and Noble and Allen Toussaint is playing a free show with 5 people watching. Incredible. Asked him to play Sweet Dreams and he looked at me like "what you know about Sweet Dreams white boy?"
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:02 pm to Larry
There is a reason he is called the nicest person in show business.
Love his gold Rolls Royce...
Love his gold Rolls Royce...
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:03 pm to DreadDub
One of the all-time greats, and the man most responsible for the N.O. r&b boom during the 60's through the early 70's. Artists that he shaped/influenced include: Ernie K-Doe, Benny Spellman, Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, Tommy Ridgley and god knows who else. He still performs and is about to release a new album. One of the nicest damn people you will ever have a chance of meeting. In my younger days, I had a confrontation with a then new orleans politico, and he saved me from getting my arse busted and arrested. For a modern take on some of his classic tunes, look up the album Occapella by Jon Cleary.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:04 pm to DreadDub
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Only in New Orleans (Metairie) can you walk into a Barnes and Noble and Allen Toussaint is playing a free show with 5 people watching. Incredible. Asked him to play Sweet Dreams and he looked at me like "what you know about Sweet Dreams white boy
I met him in City Park on a random afternoon. I was stoked to shake his hand.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:08 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
He is always walking around City Park.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:23 pm to DreadDub
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Only in New Orleans
Yup
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:46 pm to TigerWise
Actually that happens in NYC and LA too. More often than you think.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:48 pm to Larry
Go listen to the album he produced for Robert Palmer and compare it to the rest of Palmer's catalogue. The man performs miracles.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:49 pm to Larry
I really like the songs he wrote for Ernie K. Doe back in the day.
Also, his Songbook album is a nice collection.
Also, his Songbook album is a nice collection.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:51 pm to Rickety Cricket
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Go listen to the album he produced for Robert Palmer and compare it to the rest of Palmer's catalogue. The man performs miracles
A lot of people think The Meters studio output took a nose dive once they parted with Toussaint (I'm not in that camp)
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:54 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
He also arranged the horn section for The Last Waltz.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:56 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
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Actually that happens in NYC and LA too. More often than you think.
Musicians from Gert town playing in national chain bookstores ?
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:59 pm to Rickety Cricket
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Posted by Message Rickety Cricket Allen Toussaint... He also arranged the horn section for The Last Waltz.
You dont say.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 12:59 pm to TigerWise
Random musical performances in public by legends.
See: Phil Lesh in Central Park
See: Phil Lesh in Central Park
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