Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Allen Toussaint R.I.P.
Very sad to hear of the passing of New Orleans giant Allen Toussaint. Lee Dorsey's 'Yes We Can', 'Fire on the Bayou' by The Meters as well as his own LP's, 'Toussaint' and 'Motion', all cropped up in my own record collection fairly early on and are cherished there still. Rest easy Sir.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Greatest Hits
-
%201930.jpg)
A 1930 photo of Joyce in the arms of her maternal grandmother, Anorah. My Aunt Joyce's life, which began over 95 years ago in an East Lo... -
Somehow, don't ask me exactly how it happened, I seem to have reached the grand old age of 57. Last time I checked, I could've sw... -
55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far. Belting out 'Powderfinger' and 'Mr Soul' during a Nei... -
Bob Dylan was on truly great form at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013 ( here ) and in 2015, at the same venue, the great man is still in fine f... -
Last week came the shocking news that David Johansen has been privately battling stage 4 cancer for a decade and a brain tumour for the past...
2 comments:
Great man. RIP.
Kind of spooky, but I listened to the River in Reverse, went to bed and woke up to my clock radio telling me he had died. Hadn't listened to that album for years.
Post a Comment