Holice P. Woods Studio, Detroit -
Sunday, April 13, 2008 @ 3:00-4:00 pm [20-0816]
An Allen Toussaint Special
My friend Phil Demetrion in Paris sent me an incredible radio program by Harry Shearer where he spent almost an hour talking with the great Allen Toussaint about his life in music in New Orleans and even got Toussaint to offer a few keyboard illustrations. I excerpted about half an hour of Harry’s program and mixed it with recordings produced and often written by Allen Toussaint, including Toussaint himself, Chris Kenner, Al Hirt, Jessie Hill, Ernie K-Doe, the Stokes, Lee Dorsey, the Meters and Dr. John, plus a fine reading of “Lipstick Traces” by Snooks Eaglin, Toussaint’s teen-age bandmate in a New Orleans band called the Flamingos.
Playlist #196
[01] Opening Music: Allen Toussaint: Brickyard Blues
[02] Harry Shearer & Allen Toussaint Opening Comments
[03] Chris Kenner: I Like It Like That
[04] Allen Toussaint Comments
[05] Allen Toussaint: Poor Boy Got to Move
[06] Allen Toussaint Comments
[07] Al Hirt: Java
[08] Allen Toussaint Comments re: Professor Longhair
[09] Jessie Hill: Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo
[10] Allen Toussaint Comments re: First hit records
[11] Ernie K-Doe: Mother in Law
[12] Allen Toussaint Comments
[13] The Stokes: Whipped Cream
[14] Lee Dorsey: Ride Your Pony
[15] Allen Toussaint Comments re: Lee Dorsey
[16] Lee Dorsey: Yes We Can Can
[17] Allen Toussaint Comments re: The Meters
[18] The Meters: Fiyo on the Bayou
[19] Harry Shearer & Allen Toussaint Closing Comments
[20] Snooks Eaglin: Lipstick Traces
[21] Closing Music: Dr. John: Right Place Wrong Time
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Allen Toussaint Interview conducted & recorded by Harry Shearer
Program produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Mastered by Henk Botwinik
Posted by Larry Hayden
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden
Special thanks to Hollywood & to Phil Demtrion
© 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.
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