Allen Toussaint album: The Bright Mississippi

I just did a search. Allen was on Austin City Limits.

Phil,

SQ is sound quality and I think it's one of the better sounding releases in recent memmory.

Toussaint has had an almost unbelieveable depth of r'n'r impact. Very early on, he had a hit with "Workin' In a Coal Mine" and wrote Ernie K-Doe's hit "Mother In Law". Shortly thereafter, he produced all the records by "The Showmen", including "It Will Stand" one of the earlier r'n'r anthems and an early example of morphing doo-wop style vocal music into r'n'r, ala The Beach Boys.

In the '70's/'80's he released an awesome array of pop/funk records, the best known of which is propbably "Southern Nights". (His 2 cd Warner Bros Years retrospective is tremendous.) He was also a major influence on Lowell George of Little Feat and really schooled a lot of white folk on the basics of funk.

Bright Mississippi is great, but it's really far afield from Toussaint's historical sweet spot, so loving this record (as I do) doesn't guarantee that you'll dig the earlier stuff. But, OTH, you just might.

Marty

Chazro I just got HBO GO today but, based on your recommendation, I may watch it from the beginning.

Thanks Don s, ACL is on my list

the great Lowell George (RIP)

will look into the WB 2 CD Marty

glad I posted thanks guys!

This was the Sterophile "Recording of the Month" for July 2009. This is a great recording and you can read the review at www.stereophile.com.

Phil, the episode I cited is the season 1 finale (there's been 2 seasons so far). By all means, I strongly recommend starting at the beginning. Treme deals with post-Katrina New Orleans. It's beautiful and unique televison, made more so due to the primary focus being on the New Orleans music scene. Be prepared for a ton of great music!!