Huey "Piano" Smith, one of the hitmakers of early rock'n'roll and major contributor to the infectious New Orleans R&B sound, died at 89 in Baton Rouge

[basquebromance]

RIP to Huey "Piano" Smith, legend of R&B who helped shape the sound of rock & roll. Dr. John performed this Huey "Piano" Smith medley on his Gumbo album

New Orleans rock ’n’ roll pioneer Huey 'Piano' Smith has died

Fusing infectious grooves with comic lyrics, Huey “Piano” Smith created late 1950s rock ’n’ roll classics with New Orleans flair.

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[Baron Von Murderpaws]

The REAL music makers of legendary sounds are pretty much gone. The few that remain are close to being gone.
Sad that new music makers can't take from the masters of classical, jazz, original rock n roll, and even opera and stage song writers......
they have to degrade the entire industry with their filth, hypocrisy, and ripping off other peoples music and sounds.

Woe be to us.

The one last remaining REAL jazz station here in the DFW area was "remanaged" into a pop music station in 2020. Now, the only place I can find any (free) jazz music is on Youtube.