Allen Toussaint

The 19 annual Crawfish Festival is this weekend.

New Orleans songwriting legend Allen Toussaint is Sunday's headliner.

'The Toussaint catalog numbers over six hundred songs--some written under his mother's maiden name, Naomi Neville. It includes such rock and soul classics as Southern Nights, Working in the Coal Mine, Lipstick Traces, Ruler of my Heart (Pain in My Heart), Ride Your Pony, I Like It Like That, Mother-In-Law, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Fortune Teller, Freedom for the Stallion, and summing up the Toussaint musical philosophy, Everything I Do Gunna Be Funky and Yes We Can, Can.

The variety of artists who have recorded Toussaint songs further attests to the ubiquitousness of his music: the Pointer Sisters, Boz Scaggs, the Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Manhattan Transfer, Ringo Starr, Gladys Knight & the Pips, B.J. Thomas, Esther Phillips, the Band, Otis Redding, Little Feat, Three Dog Night, Maria Muldaur, José Feliciano, Jerry Garcia Band, Devo, Robert Palmer, Sam & Dave, Johnny Winter, the Judds and countless others.'



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Howlin' Wolf

1964


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Sweet Georgia Brown

JOE VENUTI (swingin' on violin)

Milan
Sept 2,1974


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Cold War Kids

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SRV

El Mocambo Club, Toronto
1983


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Calexico

great cover of the Love song 'Alone Again Or'


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Mule Groooove

Saenger Theatre
New Orleans, Louisiana
3 May 2003

Gov't Mule with
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Paul Jackson Jr.
Bernie Worrell

performing the Herbie Hancock classic Chameleon!


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My Morning Jacket

SNL 5/10/08


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we don't sing...but we dance just as good as we want

Archie Bell & The Drells 1968


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Rolling Thunder

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Scarlet

It's just one of those days...when I NEED to hear the good ol' GD

Capitol Theater
Passaic, NJ
April 27th, 1977

and sorry about Donna


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Beware of Darkness

Concert for George
29 November 2002


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Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move...

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Campbell Brothers---Sacred Steel

I wept tears of joy watching this.

Happy Sunday!


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GBV

pure pop


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Stone Free

Paris 1967


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Daniel Lanois & Brian Blade

South by Southwest 3/2008
Austin, Tx


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Portishead

WARNING: May Make You Woozy

ive never taken Quaaludes but I'd imagine its kinda like that


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Emmylou

1995

Bass: Daryl Johnson
Drums: Brady Blade
Guitar: Daniel Lanois


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So What?

April 2, 1959

Miles Davis (trumpet)
John Coltrane (tenor sax)
Wynton Kelly (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Jimmy Cobb (drums)
Frank Rehak (trombone)
Jimmy Cleveland(trombone)
Bill Elton (trombone)

Happy Sunday


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Son Volt

One of my favorite bands from the 1990's in their original lineup.
Their album TRACE is one of my desert island discs fo'sho'.


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Yakety Axe

Chet Atkins

the theme song from what TV show?


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FOTD

Letterman 1993


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Hayes Carll

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Wes Montgomery

who needs a pick when you've got a THUMB!


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Glitter and Doom

Tom Waits Summer Tour Press Conference

too funny


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Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys

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Final Sunday...

and the Nevilles are back to close the festival tonight

here they are with John Hiatt and Herbie Hancock

todays cubes

the night tripper

today's cubes


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Goodnight Rose

Maya's request...


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