ROBERT PARKER - BAREFOOTIN’ VIDEO FOOTAGE

TAKEN OFF THE!!!! BEAT VOLUME 4 SHOW 16 (1966) BORN IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA IN 1930, HE BEGAN HIS MUSICAL CAREER AS A SAX PLAYER FOR PROFESSOR LONGHAIR IN 1949. HE ALSO PLAYED BEHIND EARL KING, FATS DOMINO, ERNIE K-DOE, IRMA THOMAS, JOE TEX, EDDIE BO, FRANKIE FORD AND HUEY ’PIANO’ SMITH. HE FIRST RECORDED HIS FIRST SINGLE JUNE TEENB/W LAWDY MISS CLAWDY FOR ACE IN 1958 AND HAD A REGIONAL HIT WITH AN INSTRUMENTAL ALL NIGHT LONG PARTS 1&2 FOR THE RON LABEL IN 1959. OVER THE YEARS HE WAXED SIDES FOR IMPERIAL