Happy Birthday in the great beyond to Professor Longhair, born Henry Byrd, 12/19/1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, he learned to play piano on a rig missing a few keys. OG Blues man, also a principal in the resurgence of NOLA sounds in the 1970s, Influenced everybody. #ProfLonghair #RockHonorRoll

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Happy Birthday in the great beyond to Professor Longhair, born Henry Byrd, 12/19/1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, he learned to play piano on a rig missing a few keys. OG Blues man, also a principal in the resurgence of NOLA sounds in the 1970s, Influenced everybody. #ProfLonghair #RockHonorRoll