YouTube du Jour: Ernie K-Doe

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jH77Cw7MXo&feature=view_all&list=PLF8FAE48F1FEA87A9&index=2[/youtube] Ten years ago today, Ernie K-Doe died. Here’s footage of K-Doe in 1982, singing a high-intensity version of “Tain’t it the Truth” for folklorist Alan Lomax’s documentary camera.

Ernie K-Doe, Absolutely the Best (Fuel 2000)

Masters of Louisiana Music: Ernest Kador, Jr. aka Ernie K-Doe

Ernie K-Doe (b. Ernest Kador, Jr.) Born: February 22, 1936 New Orleans, LA Died: July 5, 2001 New Orleans, LA In this month’s installment of OffBeat’s “Masters of Louisiana Music” […]

Ernie K-Doe, White Boy, Black Boy/Children of the World (Big K Records)

Ernie K-Doe Is Back

Ernie K-Doe Is Back

Ernie K-Doe, The Best of Ernie K-Doe (Mardi Gras Records)

A Pioneer: Ernie K-Doe

The Life & Times of Ronnie Barron, Lloyd Price & Ernie K-Doe

BackTalk: Ernie K-Doe

Unlike so many knowledgeable New Orleans natives, this writer never had the pleasure of seeing Ernie K-Doe in his prime, but in the early ’60swhen he was cutting a succession […]

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