Farewell to the 'Barefootin' man

Yet another New Orleans original has passed away. This time it's the 'Barefootin'' man, Robert Parker, who has died aged 89. Robert's 1966 hit, produced by Wardell Quezerque on the NOLA label, gave Robert brief worldwide fame, but he had been active in the New Orleans music scene as a sax player for many years before that, playing with Professor Longhair on 'Mardi Gras in New Orleans' in 1949. Solo records included the instrumental 'All Night Long' in 1958, but it was his Nola records that really took off. Excellent follow ups in the 'Barefootin'' mode included 'Let's Go Baby 'Where The Action Is' and 'The Scratch', all produced by Quezerque. Robert was a fairly regular performer at Jazzfest, where I saw him several times (most recently in 2013 when he appeared with Frankie Ford, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry and Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson), and also starred at the Ponderosa Stomp (see photo of him in 2011).
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Another musician to have died is Americana singer/songwriter David Olney, aged 71, who passed away while performing on stage in Miami. It seems he was half way through his third song when he stopped, apologised and look down. It took some time for the audience to realise that he was dead.
Hylda Sims, who played with the City Ramblers Skiffle Group in the 1950s, has also died at the age of 87. As well as recording folk music Hylda was a poet and hosted the Poetry Cafe in London for many years. She appeared in a Tales From The Woods show and was interviewed recently for the TFTW magazine.