Happy Birthday, Allen Toussaint
If someone that had never visited the city asked me, “What is New Orleans like?”, there is only one song I would need to play, and the non-initiated would have their answer. Listening to Allen Toussaint‘s “Southern Nights” just sounds like New Orleans, whether you’ve been here or not.
The video above gets me every time I watch it, the way he waxes nostalgic about his boyhood. To listen to the original album version, see below.
Happy birthday, Mr. Toussaint.







PROPAGANDA New Orleans is multimedia for the people, by the people. Community, culture & commentary. Supporters of independent thought, creativity & local business. 
