longhair

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Mr. Smith’s syncopated keyboard style reflected the influence of his early idol, Professor Longhair, who combined boogie-woogie with habanera and rumba rhythms.

From Washington Post

I would wake in the night and picture that dead, longhair girl spider-crawling from a wall across the floor.

From Washington Post

Three years later, he started his professional career when Professor Longhair, a singer and pianist, hired him as a last-minute replacement for the 1950 Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

From Seattle Times

“We loved the music from New Orleans, you know like Professor Longhair, Dr. John, and all this kind of second line brass band music,” Mr. Yeager said.

From New York Times

She found herself drawn to the music of artists such as Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, even as she was told: “Rock-and-roll is blasphemy, Ellen, play a hymn.”

From Washington Post