Occapella (CD)

1. Let's Get Low Down

2. Occapella

3. Poor Boy Got To Move

4. Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky

5. Southern Nights

6. Viva La Money

7. Wrong Number

8. Popcorn Pop Pop

9. What Do You Want The Girl To Do

10. When The Party's Over

11. I'm Gone

12. Fortune Teller

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

credits

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