Allen Toussaint passed away yesterday. At least he went out the way any musician would prefer.
Allen Toussaint, the versatile producer, songwriter, pianist and singer who was a fixture of New Orleans R&B, died after appearing in concert in Madrid on Monday night. He was 77.
He’s written more great music than I can list here. This, thanks to a cover by Little Feat, may be his most familiar. (Bonus: he’s backed by The Meters.)
Get The Picture 
One of the greats. RIP
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“Versatile,” indeed. I suppose “R&B” is the right category if categorize one must, but he sure was covered by musicians in multiple genres–jazz, rock, country, pop, etc.
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First best version of this song. It is gloriously trippy.
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Great player and musician. Got to see him one time. One hell of a show.
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It’s that piano…. no one sounded like him
Just listened to River In Reverse last week. Sad to hear about this.
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