Dr John with Allen Toussaint performing near Argyll Hotel Glasgow.
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Bringing together two undisputed giants of New Orleans music, this mouth-watering double bill encapsulates over half a century of the Big Easy’s rich cultural history.
Appearing tonight with his longtime band The Lower 911, Dr John recently released what’s been widely greeted as his finest album in 20 years, City That Care Forgot, a brilliantly seething stew of swamp blues, voodoo funk and searing soul, eloquently fuelled by outrage at New Orleans’ continuing post-Katrina plight.
Although better known as a hugely influential hitmaker for other artists – including Lee Dorsey, Otis Redding, Bonnie Raitt and our own Frankie Miller, among umpteen others – Allen Toussaint makes a rare live appearance here singing his own material, accompanied by the peerless piano-playing learned from his legendary mentor, Professor Longhair. With a relationship dating back at least to Dr John’s smash-hit 1973 album In the Right Place, which Toussaint produced, both artists will perform individually as well as teaming up for a few numbers.
Appearing tonight with his longtime band The Lower 911, Dr John recently released what’s been widely greeted as his finest album in 20 years, City That Care Forgot, a brilliantly seething stew of swamp blues, voodoo funk and searing soul, eloquently fuelled by outrage at New Orleans’ continuing post-Katrina plight.
Although better known as a hugely influential hitmaker for other artists – including Lee Dorsey, Otis Redding, Bonnie Raitt and our own Frankie Miller, among umpteen others – Allen Toussaint makes a rare live appearance here singing his own material, accompanied by the peerless piano-playing learned from his legendary mentor, Professor Longhair. With a relationship dating back at least to Dr John’s smash-hit 1973 album In the Right Place, which Toussaint produced, both artists will perform individually as well as teaming up for a few numbers.
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