RIP Allen Toussaint

[Rothchild]

The man was a giant:

https://youtu.be/xV7F-JwTx_U?t=1m10s

From this interview he just sounded like a genuinely lovely person too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01yht93

RIP

[IslandPink]

I've seen his name on many LP's & know he was highly regarded . Did he work with Little Feat ?

[Rothchild]

I believe so, amongst a few other too...

Merry Clayton
Venetta Fields
Dr. John
The Meters
Irma Thomas
Joan Harmon
Deborah Paul
Sharon Neborn
John Mayall
Etta James
Bonnie Raitt
Rosemary Butler
Elvis Costello
Paul McCartney
The Band
Lee Dorsey
LaBelle

[struth]

Ive got one of his albums downstairs that I pulled out to listen too in near future.... must have been fate... RIP to Allen.

[SCIDB]

Hi,

Very sad news. I have many of his songs and productions in my collection.

He was a great musician.

RIP

He wrote this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Y4c0ofAT4


and this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOsaFEwIz1Q

and this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Ofyo24UZc

[rossman]

Such sad news.

Of his own records I have only heard his first album and think it is a great LP.

[Rothchild]

Dean, that Pointer Sisters version is amongst my very favourite records ever - did you check the first link in my initial post though, really nice version by the man himself.

There's also a Lee Dorsey version of the same song knocking about.

If you're a contemporary music fan you really need to know about this guy, as he was just an amazing contributor (definitely up there in the kinda Quincy Jones type league of achievement).

[SCIDB]

Dean, that Pointer Sisters version is amongst my very favourite records ever - did you check the first link in my initial post though, really nice version by the man himself.

There's also a Lee Dorsey version of the same song knocking about.

If you're a contemporary music fan you really need to know about this guy, as he was just an amazing contributor (definitely up there in the kinda Quincy Jones type league of achievement).

Hi Marc,

I didn't look at your first link so I missed that. I agree, he has made an amazing contribution to music. It is quite amazing the amount of times he pops up on great records either as a writer, musician, arranger or producer.

Here's some more of his stuff he wrote.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqwIpH6phJs

He produced this heavyweight.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_iC0MyIykM

A big favourite of mine.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeTW9m2BSvw

[Rothchild]

I didn't know his hand in this one either (until they played it on 6 music this morning)


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

And I didn't realise that The Meters are the backing band on it until I read this (which also has a alternative version by Boz Scaggs that's pretty good): http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/07/30/aaron-neville-allen-toussaint-hercules-1973/