#432 Allen Toussaint & 20 Feet from Stardom

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4.3 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Allen Toussaint is a singer, songwriter, producer and all around legend. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer joins us this week to talk about his 60+ year career in music and how New Orleans is in everything he does. Jim and Greg also talk with Morgan Neville, the now Oscar winning director of "20 Feet from Stardom."

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0:00.0	What do you love about music?
0:07.0	To begin with,
0:08.0	everything. Everything. Putting on a great show is the most important thing you can do. One great rock show can change the world. Ellen Toussaint has written some of the most indelible songs in pop music history helping
0:39.8	expand the musical legacy of his native New Orleans.
0:43.2	I'm Greg Kott.
0:44.3	And I'm Jim Deregatus.
0:45.7	Alan Tucson joins us for a very special interview
0:48.2	and a performance at Our Grand Piano.
0:50.8	We also talk with the director of the now Oscar winning documentary 20
0:54.3	feet from stardom. That's all coming up on sound opinions. This is sound
1:01.0	opinions and Greg I know we've been looking forward to this show Alan Tucson musical legend sitting with us in the studio special for both of us, but especially you you've grown up tinkling the Irish your whole career. What was it like having this guy?
1:13.0	Sitting eight feet away from a musical master at the piano that was a special treat.
1:18.0	He's some of the greatest songs in New Orleans music history written by this guy and here he is demonstrating them for us but first we've got some music news. I'm happy because I'm free because his eye is on the sparrow.
1:48.4	And I know he watches me.
1:55.0	That is the incredible Darlene Love, singing her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards. What a moment! We're on the
2:05.2	phone with Morgan Neville, the director of the film 20 feet from stardom, which
2:09.7	tells the up until now untold stories of some of the music industry's best
2:14.0	backing singers including love. Morgan welcome to sound opinions.
2:18.1	Thanks for having me. Now did you know Darlene was going to do that was that part of them I mean you know it's a
2:24.8	jump to even think you're going to win it's an honor just to be nominated and
2:28.0	then there you are and she's singing well you stand beside her I knew she
2:32.2	wanted to sing and you know they scare you when you
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