Allen Toussaint
March 11, 2014 at 11:55 PM by Dr. Drang
Although I don’t listen every show, I always check out what Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis are doing on the Sound Opinions podcast because they produce gems several times a year. Last week’s show had a fun interview with Cynthia Robinson and Jerry Martini of Sly & the Family Stone,
Even if you don’t know his name, you definitely know his music, especially the covers.
I think the Yardbirds did the first cover of this one, but I’m partial to Warren Zevon’s.
Somehow, when Devo lip syncs, you don’t mind.
The Who did “Fortune Teller,” but I prefer the faster Stones version
A classic song of the 60s, and possibly the greatest album cover ever.
Until I heard the interview, I didn’t know Toussaint wrote “Java”—I didn’t even know it was a song. I thought of it more as a natural phenomenon, a sound created when the Earth coalesced.
Toussaint’s didn’t write either of these last two songs, but he did produce them, and I couldn’t stop myself from including them here. They’re so 70s. First, Dr. John.
And finally, the even more sedately dressed LaBelle.
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da.
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You know: Cynthia and Jerry got a message that says “All the squares go home!” ↩