There is no end to Allen Toussaint’s influence. He worked with Lee Dorsey throughout most of his career in different roles, producer, arranger, songwriter whilst Dorsey slipped in and out of his car repair business. Dorsey served in the US Navy in World War II, was a prize fighter and a nightclub singer but over […]
Continuing with the legacy left by the recently departed Allen Toussaint, In The Right Place was one of two album’s that Toussaint produced for Mac Rebennack aka The Night Tripper, aka Dr. John (The other was Desitively Bonnaroo from 1974). In The Right Place was released on Atco in 1973 and became Dr. John’s most successful album, […]
From 1969-1976 Allen Toussaint produced six albums for The Meters, the first four with his business partner Marshall E. Sehorn – The Meters 1969, Look-Ka Py Py 1970, Struttin’ 1970 and Cabbage Alley 1972. The next three, Rejuvenation 1974, Fire On The Bayou 1975 and Trick Bag 1976 were produced by Toussaint and The Meters themselves, […]
Allen Toussaint left today, closed the door, now it’s time for you to open the door to his music because he is vital and shaped something special that a lot of the Rock world seems to have missed. His most well known song from outside the genre is Working In The Coal Mine. It was a […]
A short instrumental with a funky beat and a clean riffing guitar, bubbling organ and prodding, exploring bass rifling through the draws in your head. The guitar line pure as snow and the organ a secret stew. But it’s the drums that has you pushing your limbs out in all directions – you have no […]