When a Reluctant Songwriting Star Found Refuge on a New York Stage
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. “He really preferred to stay in the studio and never be the focal point. Slowly, in front of star-studded crowds that included the rockers Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt and Boz Scaggs, Toussaint reinvented himself.“All of a sudden, that idea that Allen was a brilliant songwriter but not a performer — that changed,” said Bill Bragin, then the talent booker for the 180-seat club.
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTWhen a Reluctant Songwriting Star Found Refuge on a New York StageA reissue chronicles the Joe’s Pub performances of Allen Toussaint, who wrote “Working in the Coal Mine” and other hits, after Hurricane Katrina forced him out of New Orleans.Listen · 7:08 min Share full article“He really preferred to stay in the studio and never be the focal point,” Clarence Reginald Toussaint said of his father.
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