Allen Toussaint
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The world lost a musical giant when Allen Toussaint died this week
Some thoughts on New Orleans music legend, Allen Toussaint, who passed away last night (Nov. 9).
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In the late 1990s, Levon Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer. The radiation treatments reduced his once powerful voice to a mere rasp. Unable to make any money touring or…
If I were Allen Toussaint, I’d have taken a decade’s hiatus from making solo records, too. While the great New Orleans pianistÁ¢€”right up there on the city’s piano Mount Rushmore…