Occapella!, by Jon Cleary

Occapella!

by Jon Cleary

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1.	Let's Get Low Down 03:27	buy track
2.	Occapella 02:39	buy track
3.	Poor Boy Got To Move 03:42	buy track
4.	Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky 03:16	buy track
5.	Southern Nights 04:01	buy track
6.	Viva La Money 02:57	buy track
7.	Wrong Number 02:40	buy track
8.	Popcorn Pop Pop 02:15	buy track
9.	What Do You Want The Girl To Do 03:14	buy track
10.	When The Party's Over 03:12	buy track
11.	I'm Gone 02:46	buy track
12.	Fortune Teller 02:54	buy track

about

Playing R&B down here without referencing Allen Toussaint would be like trying to speak English without using the alphabet. I've played his tunes on so many gigs over the years with Ernie K-Doe, Jessie Hill and Snooks, amongst others, that when asked, "If you were to interpret the songs of another songwriter, who would it be?" Allen Toussaint seemed the obvious choice.

A few months back I started messing with an acappella version of "Occapella" just for fun and it wound up turning into a whole album. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it!

- Jon Cleary, Funk Headquarters, New Orleans, 2012

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released March 4, 2022

All songs recorded and performed by Jon Cleary with help from:

The Absolute Monster Gentlemen (Jellybean, Big D, Cornell Williams): vocals on Popcorn, Pop Pop, Occapella, Wrong Number

The Philthy Phew (James Singleton, Terence Higgins): Let's Get Low Down

Walter "Wolfman" Washington: Vocals on "Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky"

Dr. John: Guitar and Vocals on "Let's Get Low Down"

Bonnie Raitt: Vocals on "Let's Get Low Down"

Thanks to the other Philthy Phunkateers: Matt Perrine and Doug Belote

Recorded at Funk Headquarters, New Orleans
Produced by Jon Cleary
Co-produced by John Porter
Engineered by Jon Cleary, John Porter, and Michael Dorsey

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Jon Cleary New Orleans, Louisiana

Jon Cleary is a GRAMMY winning British-born American funk and R&B musician based in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he has studied the musical culture and life of New Orleans for 35 years.

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