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They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.
Allen Toussaint
Born: January 14, 1938
Died: November 10, 2015 (aged 77)
Bio: Allen Toussaint was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer, who was an influential figure in New Orleans R&B from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular music’s great backroom figures.
Known for:
- American Tunes
- The Bright Mississippi (2009)
- Southern Nights (1975)
- Life, Love and Faith (1972)
- The River in Reverse (2006)







