Allen Toussaint

Every Man Has A Woman (1984), Spike, (1989), and The River In Reverse (2006).

Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint.
Photo by Chris Granger/Times-Picayune.

Songwriter on:

A Certain Girl All These Things Freedom For The Stallion Fortune Teller Get Out Of My Life, Woman I Cried My Last Tear Nearer To You On Your Way Down Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) Riverboat

Ruler Of My Heart Shoo-Ra Tears, Tears And More Tears The Greatest Love What Do You Want The Girl To Do? Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further? Wonder Woman Working In The Coal Mine Yes We Can Can

Co-songwriter (with Elvis Costello) on:

Broken Promise Land   (2006, The River In Reverse)

International Echo   (2006, The River In Reverse)

Six-Fingered Man   (2006, The River In Reverse)

The Sharpest Thorn   (2006, The River In Reverse)

Where Is The Love   (2006, The River In Reverse) (iTunes bonus track)

Co-songwriter (with Elvis Costello and Roy Byrd) on:

Ascension Day   (2006, The River In Reverse)

Producer on:

Walking On Thin Ice   (1984, Every Man Has A Woman)

Piano on:

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror   (1989, Spike)

Piano, backing vocals on:

The River In Reverse   (2006)

Hot As A Pistol, Keen As A Blade   (2007)

Performed with Elvis Costello:

2005-2006 2005-09-17, New York, NY 2005-09-20, New York, NY 2006-02-08, Grammy Awards 2006-02-11, Woodstock, NY 2006-02-20, New York, NY 2006-03-13, New York, NY 2006-04-30, New Orleans, LA 2006-05-01, Chicago, IL

2006-05-02, Toronto, ON 2006-05-05, New York, NY 2006-05-22, London, England 2006-05-24, Berlin, Germany 2006-05-26, Later With Jools Holland 2006-05-31, Tokyo, Japan 2006-06-01, Tokyo, Japan

2006 US Tour 2006-06-06, Late Show With David Letterman 2006-06-10, Green Bay, WI 2006-06-11, Highland Park, IL 2006-06-13, Ann Arbor, MI 2006-06-15, Vienna, VA 2006-06-17, Manchester, TN 2006-06-18, Los Angeles, CA 2006-06-19, Talk Of The Nation 2006-06-20, Oakland, CA 2006-06-21, Saratoga, CA 2006-06-22, Jacksonville, OR 2006-06-24, Aspen, CO 2006-06-25, Woodinville, WA 2006-06-26, Vancouver, BC 2006-06-28, Saint Paul, MN

2006-06-29, Milwaukee, WI 2006-06-30, Columbus, OH 2006-07-03, Montreal, QC 2006-07-04, Montreal, QC 2006-07-05, Hyannis, MA 2006-07-07, Niagara Falls, ON 2006-07-08, Niagara Falls, ON 2006-07-10, New York, NY 2006-07-11, Late Night With Conan O'Brien 2006-07-11, New York, NY 2006-07-12, Boston, MA 2006-07-14, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 2006-07-17, Atlanta, GA 2006-07-18, New Orleans, LA

2006-2007 2006-09-07, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2006-11-12, New York, NY

2007-05-18, Washington, DC 2007-05-19, Philadelphia, PA

2007 European Tour 2007-07-05, Liverpool, England 2007-07-07, London, England 2007-07-10, Athens, Greece 2007-07-13, Madrid, Spain 2007-07-14, Malaga, Spain 2007-07-15, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2007-07-17, Ghent, Belgium 2007-07-19, Molde, Norway

2007-07-21, Pori, Finland 2007-07-23, Rättvik, Sweden 2007-07-25, Lucerne, Switzerland 2007-07-26, Lyon, France 2007-07-28, Calella de Palafrugell, Spain 2007-07-29, San Sebastián, Spain 2007-07-31, Loulé, Portugal

2008-2015 2008-04-08, Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... 2008-04-27, New Orleans, LA 2008-06-09, New York, NY 2008-07-20, Whistler, BC 2009-05-19, New York, NY 2009-05-21, New York, NY

2009-05-24, New York, NY 2009-06-13, Manchester, TN 2009-09-24, Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... 2010-04-29, New Orleans, LA 2013-04-30, New Orleans, LA 2015-03-12, New Orleans, LA

Internal links

• Quiet About It: A Tribute To Jesse Winchester
• Rolling Stone, December 3, 2015
• Hot As A Pistol, Keen As A Blade

External links

• AllMusic  •  Wikipedia
• Rockhall.com  •  Discogs