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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Part V 401 - 500
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After the studio bloat of 1971's The Sun, Moon & Herbs, Gumbo is a tightly focused return to Rebennack's musical roots. His band is full of Louisiana legends (Harold Battiste, Lee Allen) plus lesser known but equally important 'Nawlins heroes: Ronnie Barron, Alvin Robinson, and a wonderful trombonist known simply as Streamline. Together, they rage through a dozen New Orleans classics, not only the work of Professor Longhair and Huey Smith, but also Earl King and Ray Charles, who lived in the Crescent City while leading the house band at the Dew Drop Inn. Many of these songs are closely ass
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Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
Release date: 28 June 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075678039829 UPC: 075678039829
Release date: 28 June 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075678039829 UPC: 075678039829
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