James Booker Medly: Tico Tico & Papa Was a Rascal
James Booker Medly: Tico Tico & Papa Was a Rascal – Its been written that if you ask anybody who is not from New Orleans who is the greatest pianist from the Big Easy, you will hear names like Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint, Fats Domino, Dr. John and Harry Connick Jr. Ask anybody from New Orleans who is the best pianist and they’ll tell you 9 out of 10 times, James Booker. I remember seeing him at Jazz Fest a lot but I only got to the Maple Leaf Bar just once to see this genius. As you can see by the picture, it was an intimate setting holding no more than 200 people if that much. Admission was never more than .00 or .00 back then. Anyways……….. Booker starts this medley sort of slow but hold on when you get to about the 3 minute mark. No way anyone can “learn to play” like this. As with most geniuses, Booker had his demons and eventually, they caught up with him This amazing talent died on November 8, 1983, while seated in a wheelchair, waiting to be seen at the emergency room at New Orleans Charity Hospital. He was just 43 years old. The cause of death was renal failure. His death was mourned by music lovers, but was unsurprising to those who were aware of his life-long history of serious drug abuse and chronic alcoholism.
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