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Bobby Freeman, the San Francisco Bay Area’s first bona fide rock’n’roll star, died 23 January 2017 of natural causes. Ace’s Alec Palao remembers the hitmaker famous for ‘Do You Wanna Dance’ and ‘C’mon & Swim’ as one of rock’s true gentlemen.

Harold Battiste, the warm, articulate New Orleans record man, died on June 19 in his hometown after a long illness, at age 83.

1993

Harold Battiste’s productions ran the gamut from ‘I Got You Babe’ by Sonny and Cher to Dr John’s “Gris Gris” LP. It was the latter aspect of Battiste’s talents that he brought to the label we licensed his New Orleans-based AFO (All For One) Records. This was deep, deep Crescent City, with early and many previously unreleased sides from Mac Rebennack, Dr John, Prince La La, Nookie Boy and soul chanteuse Tammi Lynn. The series title, “Gumbo Stew”, was as apt as could be. We also issued a jazz piano album by Ellis Marsalis, father of Wynton.