Allen Toussaint - Soul Sister | Soul Sunday

Описание: The producer, songwriter, arranger, and eventually top-billed performer Allen Toussaint was the youngest of three children born to Clarence Toussaint, a trumpet-playing railroad worker, and his spouse, Naomi Neville. The family lived in Gert Town, a New Orleans neighborhood known for factories and musicians like Buddy Bolden. Young Allen learned piano, absorbing Professor Longhair’s barrelhouse style. At 17 he joined a cadre of club musicians, leading to his first LP, which included “Java,” an instrumental covered in 1962 by Nashville piano picker Floyd Cramer and a funkier 1964 take by NOLA trumpeter Al Hirt that made the Top 10. Toussaint took to studio life even as a U.S. Army draftee (1963-65), he was punching the clock. After the Army, he made auto-body work his day job while writing and producing classics like “I Like It Like That,” “Fortune Teller,” “Ride Your Pony,” and “Workin’ In The Coal Mine.” His clients were musical royalty—Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, Dr. John, and Fats Domino, among others—and the band he worked with, Art Neville and the Sounds, evolved into The Meters. His charts for LPs by The Band led that group to have him arrange horns for its legendary Last Waltz farewell show. His song “Southern Nights” became a standard. In 1987, jukebox musical Staggerlee, featuring Toussaint songs, ran for 150 performances in New York. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina washed away nearly all he owned. Relocating to New York City, he spent years there performing before returning home to contribute mightily to New Orleans’ efforts to rebuild its musical culture. He collaborated with Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Bonnie Raitt, and Paul Simon. His final LP, American Tunes, was named for a Simon song. Allen Toussaint died of a heart attack while on tour in Madrid, Spain. He was 77. – Michael Dolan

Allen Toussaint - Soul Sister
Single Released in 1972 on Warner Records
Album: Life, Love and Faith
Album Released June 15, 1972 on Warner Records

Written By:

Allen Toussaint

Produced By:

Allen Toussaint

Performed By:

Allen Toussaint - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, harmonica, arrangements
George Plummer, Leo Nocentelli, Vincent Toussaint - guitar
George Porter Jr. - bass
Walter Payton - acoustic bass
Joe Lambert, Joseph Modeliste - drums
Alfred Roberts, Squirrel - congas
Alvin Thomas, Gary Brown - saxophone
Francis Rousselle - trumpet
Clyde Kerr, Jr. - trumpet, trombone

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