Allen Toussaint - From A Whisper To A Scream

Allen Toussaint is a New Orleans legend. He wrote for years under the pseudonym Naomi Neville for people like Ernie K Doe, Lee Dorsey and Irma Thomas. He produced the Meters first records after having hired them to provide backing for his record company's late 60s releases. He also produced Lady Marmalade for Patti Labelle in 1975. Today, nearly 70 years old, he's living in New York while his New Orleans home is rebuilt following Hurricane Katrina. This album, released in 1970, was his first recorded under his own name. Both songs here are effortlessly brilliant and real growers - good friends that you might not have seen for years but with whom you can immediately relax and laugh over a beer.

Allen Toussaint - From A Whisper To A Scream
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