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re: Who is the best musician out of Louisiana?

Posted on 3/4/20 at 11:13 am to
Posted by bard_of_brew
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2019
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Posted on 3/4/20 at 11:13 am to
Some of my favorites (no particular order):

Dr. John
Allen Toussaint
Any of the Neville family
Doug & Rusty Kershaw
James Booker (I HIGHLY recommend checking him out)
Professor Longhair
Irma Thomas
Lee Dorsey
Louis Prima
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 11:17 am
Posted by JW
Los Angeles
Member since Jul 2004
5176 posts
Posted on 3/4/20 at 11:45 am to
Most impactful (in no order)

- Prima
- Toussaint
- The Meters
- the Nevilles
- Armstrong
- Dr. John
- Leadbelly
- Slim Harpo (especially in England)
- Bolden
- Irma Thomas
- Longhair
- Booker
- Jeff Magum
- Wynton
- Terrence Blanchard
- Zachary Richard
- Bobby Charles
- Jerry Lee L.
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 11:50 am
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
36090 posts
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:08 pm to
Some people may laugh, but Randy is a hell of a guitarist.

Guitarists
Tab Benoit
Buddy Guy
Walter "Wolfman" Washington.
Mel Gibson's son in law/

Brass
Wynton Marsalis
Trombone Shorty
Kermit Ruffins ( soon to be federal inmate)

In general , the late Allen Toussaint has few equals on the keyboard, or for that matter as a producer/arranger
Posted by Uptowner
The OP
Member since Oct 2019
2030 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 2:29 pm to
Can't believe it's page 4 and no one has said Clifton Chenier. Basically, he created Zydeco as we know it. First to use the big piano accordion, and also, with the help of his brother Cleveland and welder from E Texas, invented the frottoir.




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