RARE PROFESSOR LONGHAIR SHOW FOR PAUL MCCARTNEY GETS NEW ALBUM RELEASE

The live album by New Orleans blues giant Professor Longhair that was recorded at the release party for Paul McCartney and Wings’ Venus and Mars will be reissued on 5 April. Live On The Queen Mary will be available via Harvest/MPL on digital platforms, on CD and as a newly remastered 180 gram vinyl LP.

First released in 1978, the album was recorded on the cruise ship on 24 March 1975, while the vessel was docked in Long Beach, California. The recording is a prime example of the work of an artist whose influence in New Orleans music was felt by such fellow greats as Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint and Dr. John. Born Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd on 19 December 1918, “Fess” died on 30 January 1980.” 

The album will also be available as a deluxe limited Long Live Fess edition, which will feature the 180 gram LP, the double A-Side 7” single ‘Tipitina’/’Mess Around’ and more.