I Never Harmed An Onion

The iconic singer-piano player Cousin Joe sustained a show business career for over 50 years, from singing on the sidewalks of New Orleans to the most esteemed concert halls of America and Europe. His final recording "Relaxing in New Orleans" was released on the local Great Southern label, on a run limited to vinyl that has long since disappeared. For "I Never Harmed an Onion," (NTI CD 7159) Tuff City has gone directly to the label's master tapes to double the size of the original album with almost a half hour more of unreleased material. The essential New Orleans literary publication Off-Beat called this album 'not only important as a historical document of Cousin Joe's playing and of New Orleans solo piano style from the mid 20th Century, but as a great collection of songs in and of themselves.' (April 2008)