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Artist:
Professor Longhair
Title:
The London Concert: 30th Anniversary Edition

Tracks:
Mess Around
Hey Now Baby
Whole Lot Of Loving
Go To The Mardi Gras
Baldhead
Tipitina
Big Chief
Everyday I Have The Blues
Hey Little Girl
Lovely Lady
Medley: She Walked Right In; Shake Rattle And Roll; Sick And Tired
Rockin’ Pneumonia
Rockin’ With ‘Fess
P.I. Boogie.



Details:
For most of his life Henry 'Professor Longhair' Byrd (1918-1980) was unknown to the great wide world, despite being immensely influencial in his home city of New Orleans and recording quite a few subsequently revered discs during the 1950s, including one national R&B hit. The many artists who have acknowledged their debt to 'Fess include Fats Domino, Huey 'Piano' Smith, Allen Toussaint, James Booker, Art Neville and Dr John.After a decade of grinding poverty, his show-stopping appearance at the 2nd New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1971 heralded a major upswing in his profile and he performed and recorded regularly for the rest of the decade. His one and only trip to Britain was in 1978, when blues-enthusiast and promoter John Stedman put him on at the New London Theatre and recorded the historic concert for his newly founded JSP Records. This anniversary reissue is just as compelling today as it was at the time, reminding us just what a fluid and rollicking good time entertainer 'Fess was, and serving as a tribute to 30 years of JSP Records.

Label: Jsp

This item was added to our catalog on Monday 01 September, 2008