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Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair, was a New Orleans blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the heyday of early rhythm and blues, and in the resurgence of interest in traditional jazz after the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The music journalist Tony Russell, in his book The Blues – From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "The vivacious rhumba-rhythmed piano blues and choked singing typical of Fess were too weird to sell millions of records; he had to be content with siring musical offspring who were simple enough to manage that, like Fats Domino or Huey "Piano" Smith. But he is also acknowledged as a father figure by subtler players like Allen Toussaint and Dr. John."
Professor Longhair was born on December 19, 1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. His distinctive style was the result of learning to play piano on an instrument that was missing some keys.
Fourth track from Live On The Queen Mary LP (1978 One Way Records) NO ONE CAN MESS WITH THE FESS!!
From the 1970's PBS series "Soundstage"
Someone was asking about the painting. That is a painting of the corner of St. Claude and Dumaine circa 1895.
Label: Zensor – Zensor ZS 36 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Germany Released: 1987 Genre: Funk / Soul, Blues Style: Louisiana Blues, Delta Blues A1 No Buts And No Maybes 0:00 A2 Gone So Long 2:12 A3 She Walk Right In 6:52 A4 Thank You Pretty Baby 9:47 A5 501 Boogie 13:43 A6 Tipitina 15:58 A7 Gonna Leave This Town 20:23 A8 Cabbagehead 23:07 B1 Hey Little Girl 26:59 B2 Big Chief 30:53 B3 Cherry Pie 34:10 B4 Junco Partner 38:36 B5 Every Day I Have The Blues 41:39 B6 "G" Jam 46:02 B7 Dr. Professor Longhair 48:18
Outtake from Stevenson Palfi's movie "Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together."
1St Show 1-Intro 2-Doing It 3-Instrumental 4-Stag-O-Lee 5-Instrumental 6-Every Day I Have The Blues 7-Bald Head 8-Hey Now Baby 9-Bye Bye Baby 2Nd Show 10-Doing It 11-Instrumental 12-Tipitina 13-Mess Around 14-Bright Lights Big City 15-Stag-O-Lee 16-Hey Now Baby 17-? 18-Bald Head 19-Doing It
DR. JOHN: 1.Walk Right In 0:00. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR: 2.Shake Rattle & Roll 1:20/ 3.Tripatina 5:00/ 4.Whole Lotta Lovin' 8:40/ 5. Everyday I Have The Blues 11:20. EARL KING: 6.Mama & Papa 15:10/ 7.Those Lonely, Lonely Nights 19:05. The METERS: 8.Looka Py Py 22:40/ 9.Jungle Man 25:50. Dr. John: 10.Call A Doctor 29:50/ 11.Qualified 32:30/ 12.Quitters Never Win 38:00/ 13.Such A Night 42:15/ 14.Right Place 46:20. Finale-EARL KING-END JAM: 14.Big Chief 50:10 DR. JOHN & PROF. LONGHAIR-METERS--EARL KING-Night Trippers/ SOUNDSTAGE 1974 "NEW ORLEANS SWAMP" DVDR130122
Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair, was a New Orleans blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the heyday of early rhythm and blues, and in the resurgence of interest in traditional jazz after the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The music journalist Tony Russell, in his book The Blues – From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "The vivacious rhumba-rhythmed piano blues and choked singing typical of Fess were too weird to sell millions of records; he had to be content with siring musical offspring who were simple enough to manage that, like Fats Domino or Huey "Piano" Smith. But he is also acknowledged as a father figure by subtler players like Allen Toussaint and Dr. John."
Professor Longhair was born on December 19, 1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. His distinctive style was the result of learning to play piano on an instrument that was missing some keys.
Baby let me hold your hand
Please let me hold your hand
'Cause if you hold my hand
Maybe you'll understand
I wanna be your lovin' man.
Please don't turn me down
Please don't turn me down
'Cause if you turn me down
You make me feel like a clown
I just wanna be around