Editing Professor Longhair (section)

== In popular culture ==
His song "[[Tipitina]]" was covered by [[Hugh Laurie]] on the 2011 CD album ''[[Let Them Talk (Hugh Laurie album)|Let Them Talk]]''. Laurie is a long-time fan, having used Longhair's "Go to the Mardi Gras" as the theme for the pilot episode of ''[[A Bit of Fry & Laurie]]''. Laurie used to perform these two songs regularly during his world concert tours of 2011–2014 with The Copper Bottom Band, and in March 2013 paid tribute to Professor Longhair in a special concert on board {{RMS|Queen Mary}}.<ref>see [https://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2013/08/hugh_laurie_salutes_professor.html Hugh Laurie salutes Professor Longhair in PBS special 'Live on the Queen Mary], an article (which includes an interview with Laurie of his long time hero), published on August 3, 2013, in [[Nola]] website (retrieved September 11, 2018). That concert was recorded and featured as a PBS special (later on also distributed as a DVD set) under the title: "Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary" (a clear homage to the seminal live album recorded by Fess at the very same place in March 1975)</ref><ref>When Paul McCartney [https://shop.paulmccartney.com/collections/professor-longhair reissued a remastered version] of the ''Professor Lonhair: Live on the Queen Mary'' album in April 2019, it was Hugh Laurie who was asked to write its foreword. For the full text of that "fascinating and emotional foreword", in which Laurie refers to the ongoing connection and influence Fess has had on his life, including some of the aforementioned anecdotes, see [[The Big Issue]] article "[https://www.bigissue.com/culture/read-hugh-lauries-tribute-to-professor-longhair-and-live-on-the-queen-mary/ Read Hugh Laurie's tribute to Professor Longhair and 'Live on the Queen Mary']{{-"}} of April 5, 2019 (retrieved May 23, 2019)</ref>

The New Orleans music venue [[Tipitina's]] is named after one of Longhair's signature songs, and was created specifically as a venue for Longhair to perform in his aged years. A bust of Professor Longhair, sculpted by bluesman [[Coco Robicheaux]], greets visitors upon entering the venue.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201640/http://www.tipitinas.com/history-music Tipitina's history original web page], as reflected in the [[Internet Archive]] (retrieved October 13, 2018)</ref>