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November 10, 2015

Allen Toussaint: Melodies in Heaven

Allen Toussaint’s elegance and humility informed the beauty of all his music. Look no further than his recent cover of the late Jesse Winchester’s “I Wave Bye Bye” available on “Quiet About It,” from Jimmy Buffett’s Mailboat Records label. I refrain from posting archived stories, but this one is almost 10  years to the day of his passing. From the Sun-Times. Sail on Allen. Nov. 20, 2005— Allen Toussaint has taken New Orleans music all over the world.

He wrote New Orleans R&B classics such as Ernie K. Doe’s “Mother-in-Law,” LeeDorsey’s “Working in a Coal Mine” and “Southern [...]

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