Allen Toussaint And Davell Crawford,The Princes Of New Orleans, Rocked Prospect Park

Allen Toussaint playing in Prospect Park

Davell Crawford on piano

Davell Crawford on keyboard

Saturday evening could nnot have been more beautiful for a concert in Prospect Park. The second evening of music in the 2010 Celebrate Brooklyn season at the park's band shell, featured two of New Orleans' giants, Allen Toussaint and Dawell Crawford.

Allen Toussaint, started the evening off***. With just his piano to accompany him, he entertained the crowd with many of the songs from his long carreer producing and arranging music for the Neville Brothers, the Rolling Stones and Elvis Castello.

Dawell Crawford with his incredible band came on next. The Piano Prince Of New Orleans was electrifying. By the third song, the crowd was on its feet, dancing to his infectious mix of blues,

jazz and gospel.

Great music, great evening. Hope you were there!

*** A reader corrected me. Apparently Dawell Crawford came out first, followed by Allen Toussaint. Crawford then came out again after Toussaint.

I came slightly late and must have missed Crawford's first set.

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Take Me To Prospect Park... To See David Byrne

David Byrne in Prospect Park

What a fantastic night!
Every minute of the concert given by David Byrne last night was a pure pleasure.
Entertaining a huge crowd on a Monday evening, the ever-stylish Byrne was as amazing as ever.
For one and a half hours, he captivated the audience, brought them to their feet and then asked him to come back for two encores.
What a showman. He still got the moves and his music is as edgy as ever.
The concert was part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival in the park. In a statement, Byrne said:

" We all know that Brooklyn has been the explosively creative borough in the tri-state area for quite some time, so it only made sense to acknowledge that by doing a show at the celebrate Brooklyn! festival. Given the cost of concert tickets these days, the poor hedge fund guys and investment bankers can no longer afford them. So made sense to do a free show, as the tour has been going incredibly well and we can afford it."

Well, I am neither a hedge fund guy, nor an investment banker. Just a blogger. So I appreciated this concert even more.

I hope everybody had a chance to attend last night, because frankly, opportunities like these should not be missed.
Glad I didn't.



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