Harold Raymond Battiste, Jr. (born October 28, 1931, in New Orleans), is an American music composer, arranger, performer and teacher. He attended New
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Allen Toussaint created a monster of sorts when he wrote Mother-In-Law for Ernie K-Doe. When K-Doe recorded his signature song, Benny Spellman was ask
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With only three Billboard Top 10 hits (Elvis had thirty-eight and Fats Domino eleven), he already had two failed marriages when at twenty-two he marri
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He got his first guitar at thirteen and within a year, James Burton was a member of the Louisiana Hayride staff band. At fifteen, he joined Dale Hawki
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Watching film clips of jazz legend Louis Armstrong mopping the sweat from his brow with a white silk handkerchief, one would never guess he spent his
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Born in Abbeville and raised in nearby Kaplan, Sammy Kershaw’s father died when he was only eleven. To support his family, Sammy worked odd jobs duri
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At the first Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans in 2002, New Orleans songwriter, pianist, and record producer, Allen Toussaint, was looking over merchandi
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When it started out in Baton Rouge as the Jeff Pollard Band in 1975, there was little indication that it would lead to an African tour with Gatemouth
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Allen Toussaint (Jan. 14, 1938–November 10, 2015) created a monster of sorts when he wrote Mother-In-Law for Ernie K-Doe. When K-Doe recorded his sign
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It was in December 1959 that Alvin Lee Johnson (born June 20, 1939) entered Cosimo Matassa’s recording studio. He emerged from the studio on
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