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The Blind Boys of Alabama and Allen Toussaint

The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama and Allen Toussaint UNITED STATES LOS ANGELES  •  Royce Hall  •  Ongoing   One of the most extraordinary and admired traditional gospel groups and the musical laureate of New Orleans in concert together. The Blind Boys of Alabama is still creating new music 70 years after its founding at the Talladega Institute for the Blind, finding the core of songs by Tom Waits, Prince and others. As a composer, producer and musician, Toussaint was behind “Mother-in-Law,” “Workin’ In a Coal Mine,” “Lady Marmalade” and dozens of other hits, as well as an acclaimed collaboration with Elvis Costello, “The River in Reverse,” recorded after Hurricane Katrina. On his new album “The Bright Mississippi,” his elegantly spirited piano playing honors Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and other New Orleans legends. The Blind Boys of Alabama Website Detailed schedule information: 8:00 pm Contact: Royce Hall University of California at Los Angeles North side of campus at Royce Drive (between Westwood Blvd. and Hilgard Ave.)  Los Angeles Tel: (1) 310 825 21 01 email this item to a friend