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[[File:Allentoussaint.jpg | 200px | right | thumb |Allen Toussaint]] [[Category:Influences on Morrissey - Music]] == Relevance == Morrissey suggests via [[Mention::Autobiography]] that Allen was going to be involved with "The Thoughts Of Jack The Ripper" - the working title for [[Mention::Jack The Ripper]]: <blockquote> "Nigel quickly arranges for a studio session in New Orleans with the revered Allen Toussaint. Worn out, the band arrives at the studio where Allen will record the song The thoughts of Jack the Ripper, a ludicrously lost gem in Nigel’s view, yet not the catchiest of titles. I slip into the studio and watch the band warm up. I say hello to Allen, who looks at me and then looks away. The band are rough to the point of bad – having been pushed around America like a debilitated Bay City Rollers, and Allen Toussaint looks concerned. I am now embarrassed by the sound coming through the speakers, of which Allen says to his engineer ‘What have I let myself in for?’ I overhear the comment and I catch the engineer’s reply to Allen, which is a silent sssh in my direction, as if to say to Allen, ‘Steady, he can hear you.’ Without fuss or calamity I rise and exit into the balmy air of New Orleans. Boz follows me. ‘So, what do you want me to do?’ he says. ‘El-vest has left the building,’ I say, not remotely funny. It isn’t a question of vanity or ego, but occasionally there is simply no point." </blockquote>
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