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Hear Allen Toussaint Play "Yes We Can Can" on Mountain Stage

Allen Toussaint on Mountain Stage
Brian Blauser
Allen Toussaint on Mountain Stage

Allen Toussaint - "Yes You Can Can" - Live from Mountain Stage

Allen Toussaint on Mountain Stage
Credit Brian Blauser
Allen Toussaint on Mountain Stage

Singer, Songwriter and pianist Allen Toussaint is not only a New Orleans institution, but he's had his hands in many of the most popular tunes in the American songbook. As host Larry Groce says in his introduction, "If there's any song that's really cool and you don't know who wrote it, chances are, it was Allen Toussaint." He performs many of his best-known numbers during this week's broadcast, including the funk classic "Yes We Can Can," which became the Pointer Sisters' first hit single.

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Josh Saul