The Gospel According to New Orleans" is a collection of Iconic New Orleans musicians, commemorates their role in the evolution of the eccentric culture and music Tradition of New Orleans. All depicted in this series are musical and cultural icons who make, or live on through, their significant contributions to the uniqueness of what composes the spirit of New Orleans. They exemplify the joie de vivre that runs through all aspects of life here in all of its diversity. Professor Longhair (fess), Henry Roland Byrd, is considered by many to be the founding father of New Orleans R&B. Fess was so down-and-out at one point his long career that he was reduced to sweeping floors in the record shop. However, a booking at the fledging 1971 Jazz & Heritage Festival put him on the comeback trail and that marvelous comeback testifies to the resiliency of this legend.