R.I.P. Allen Toussaint

[hubird]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ldpOBWKAE

[wayne]

An awesome life lived. Think I'll play the piano a bit today, and pay my respect that way

[hubird]

I always liked the New Orleans music style and rhythm, like with the Meters and Dr. John.
But that was years after he established his style already in the 50ties and early 60ties.
I didn't realize at the time that the early stones and beatles covered his songs already.


more background info in this nice docu, like the influence on him (and Fats Domino) by Professor Longhair's piano playing style:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLMI5Oag1nY

[wayne]

Fess kicked all that off for sure. Still one of my fave yootoob is Tipitina from Italian tv

[hubird]

nice