Doobie Brothers Toulouse Street

I love this Doobie Brothers song although I was hard pressed to interpret the lyrics into video almost resulting in no video. Instead, I chose to use the Storyville era of New Orleans which flourished for 20 years between 1898 and 1917.

Patrick Simmons is undoubtedly my favorite song writer for the Doobies. His compositions were essentially deep album cuts or B-Sides to Johnston's (and later, Michael McDonald's) radio-friendly singles.

The movie, Pretty Baby starring Brooke Shields (Violet) was made which depicts the Storyville history and I included one "parlor" picture from the movie.

At the turn into the 20th century, the undisputed center of good times in the Big Easy was literally carved out of the New Orleans landscape by Alderman Sidney Story. Storyville - as it came to be known, was the citys experimental "red light " district for legalized prostitution.

Toulouse Street
Patrick Simmons

Im walkin in shadows, I cannot see
Faces, they smile when I fall or flee
Doors without windows all shuttered tight again I just might pass this way again
I just might pass this way again
I just might pass this way
I just might pass this way again

The night she is hot, Creole girls they sing
My heart, it is pounding, my ears they ring
The spell has been cast down in New Orleans again

I just might pass this way again
I just might pass this way again
I just might pass this way
I just might pass this way again

Locked in a room down in New Orleans
My blood is a flowin fast
Locked in a room down in New Orleans
My blood is a flowin fast

The night she is hot, Creole girls they sing
My heart, it is pounding, my ears they ring
The spell has been cast down in New Orleans
My blood is a flowin fast

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Doobie
• Brothers
• Toulouse
• Street

[ramitupursnout]

WOW. This just gets better with age as radio continues to dissapoint me.

Pat Simmons has to be one of the most underated musicians in the world.

[kelseyleannemusic]

this tune is utterly captivating

[desertsun100]

what a classic ! beautiful

[BlackwaterBill]

Played this tune on my guitar in an empty train station for hours. It lives on in me.

[haarmann91]

love simmons songwriting,so non doobies

[Kristianajoy1]

I love this, so glad your video is back.

[Reactiv12]

Interesting video....well made. Very interesting subject material - the brothels, madames, and prostitutes of old New Orleans.  Very relevant to the song.

[riffmon]

I just might pass this way again.SOOOOO SAWEEEET!!!

[batmangler]

Such a wonderful video; it is so beautiful and matches the song so perfectly! I'm so glad I found this again!

[hateangie]

INCREDIBLE SONG......INCREDIBLE VIDEO!!

[Db60Dc19]

Great song. One of my favs. Nice job

[Kristianajoy1]

I love this video. I heard the song for the first time today, and loved it so looked for it on youtube. What a fantastic job you did! Very moving and cool.