Crawfish Fiesta is an album recorded in 1979 by Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair was a New Orleans blues singer and pianist...

 during his revival period only months before his death in January 1980, and released in 1980 by Alligator Records

Alligator Records

Alligator Records is a Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971.Iglauer started the label with his own savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, declined to record...

. It features a tight band (three horns and a guitar) and Dr. John

Dr. John

Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...

  as guest guitarist. The album was recorded at the SeaSaint Studios in New Orleans, and won the first W.C. Handy Blues Album of the Year award in 1980.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Roy Byrd; except where indicated

1. "Big Chief
   Big Chief
   "Big Chief" is a song composed by Earl King in the early 1960s. It became a hit in New Orleans for Professor Longhair in 1964, featuring a whistled first chorus in a rollicking blues piano style and subsequent lyrics written in a Creole patois . The tune became popular in New Orleans, frequently...
   
   " (Earl King
   Earl King
   This article is about the musical artist. For the Earl King convicted of murdering a ship's officer, see Earl King, Ernest Ramsay, and Frank Conner...
   
   , Wardell Quezergue
   Wardell Quezergue
   Wardell Quezergue was an American music arranger, producer and bandleader, known among New Orleans musicians as the “Creole Beethoven”. Wardell was born into a musical family with his father, Sidney Quezergue Sr., being a guitar player. Wardell was the second youngest of three brothers: Sidney...
   
   ) – 3:13
2. "Her Mind is Gone" – 4:23
3. "Something on Your Mind" – 4:10
4. "You're Driving Me Crazy" – 2:34
5. "Red Beans" – 4:09
6. "Willie Fugal's Blues" – 2:03
7. "It's My Fault Darling" – 4:54
8. "In the Wee Wee Hours" – 3:23
9. "Cry to Me" (Bert Russell) – 3:35
10. "Bald Head" – 2:58
11. "Whole Lotta Lovin'" (Dave Bartholomew
    Dave Bartholomew
    Dave Bartholomew is a musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century...
    
    , Fats Domino
    Fats Domino
    Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr. is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Creole was his first language....
    
    ) – 3:46
12. "Crawfish Fiesta" – 3:10

Personnel

• Professor Longhair - vocals, piano
• Dr. John
  Dr. John
  Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...
  
   - guitar
• Tony Dagradi - tenor saxophone, horn arrangements
• Andy Kaslow - tenor saxophone, horn arrangements
• Jim Moore - baritone saxophone
• Alfred "Uganda" Roberts - conga
• Johnny Vidacovich - drums
• David Lee Watson - bass
• Mac Rebennack - Assistant Producer

External links

• [ Crawfish Festival album tracks at Allmusic.com]