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N.O. Music Appreciation....

batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
edited September 2005 in Strut Central
Ive been waiting for someone to start this.New Orleans artists we love. C'mon give it up y'all.THE METERS.......................i cant post visuals right now but ill add mo later.

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  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Ive been waiting for someone to start this.
    New Orleans artists we love. C'mon give it up y'all.

    THE METERS.......................


    i cant post visuals right now but ill add mo later.

    I am listening to Allen Toussaint's Life, Love & Faith, and 'Victims of the Darkness' almost makes me want to cry, it's so on point for what continues to happen to the NOLA citizens. Picked up his "Southern Nights" LP this weekend, and it's almost as good as LL&F, which is quite an achievment.

    God Bless all the NOLA musicians who have provided an incalcuable blessing to this country and the world with their gift. Irreplaceable.
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    (trying to avoid the obvious ones)

    wild tchopitoulas!

    BRASS BANDS! got a friend who kept saying "god I hope the soul rebels saved their instruments"
  • NiteKrawler45NiteKrawler45 1,062 Posts


    THE METERS.......................



    Eddie Bo and his crew + all related labels and aliases

    Salt

    Ernie and the Top Notes

    Anthony Butler & The Invaders

    Gaturs......Gatur Bait seriously rules

    Soul Powers

  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Allen Toussaint
    Eddie Bo
    Irma Thomas
    Diamond Joe
    Warren Lee
    Meters
    Lee Dorsey
    Willie Harper
    Earl King
    Dr. John
    Eldridge Holmes
    Wallace Johnson
    Bennie Spellman
    Curley Moore
    Chris Kenner
    Mary Jane Hooper
    Oliver Morgan
    Robert Parker
    Gentelman June Gardner
    Professor Longhair
    Tommy Ridgley
    Betty Harris
    Huey Piano Smith
    Bobby Marchan
    Aaron Neville
    Art Neville
    Cyril Neville
    Bo Jr.
    Explosions
    Skip Easterling
    Lee Bates
    James Rivers
    Deacon John Moore
    Raymond Lewis
    Jimmy Hicks
    Porgy & The Polka Dots
    Anthony Butler & The Invaders
    Fantoms

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts


    I Irma Thomas!
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    NO LIMIT
  • meatyogremeatyogre 2,080 Posts
    did anyone ever reveal what record that was Vinylstalker found?????
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Isnt BIG MIKE from NO
  • NiteKrawler45NiteKrawler45 1,062 Posts
    did anyone ever reveal what record that was Vinylstalker found?????

    Not sure, but I'd like to know as well.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    although not NOLA, but from a little further north in LA is my man:

    Slim Harpo
    not only did he have the swamp groove on lock with his hits, he could also bring the funk, check "Got my finger on your trigger" on excello...

    shit, even in 2005, NOLA is killing it with their denim jacket, smokin' joints behind the gym guitar solo steez:

    Supagroup...their latest is easily the most rockin' and most fun record put out this year...They all made it out of NOLA safely, but lost a shitload of gear...supposed to put on a show with them sometime next month.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Clarence "Frogman" Henry ("I'm a lonely frog...I ain't got no home...")
    Joe Clay (N.O. rockabilly from the 50's)
    Royal Pendeltons (N.O. garage-rock from the 90's)

    Special thanks to F16 for not taking all the good ones!
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Clarence "Frogman" Henry ("I'm a lonely frog...I ain't got no home...")
    Joe Clay (N.O. rockabilly from the 50's)
    Royal Pendeltons (N.O. garage-rock from the 90's)

    Special thanks to F16 for not taking all the good ones!

    Oops...I forgot Johnny Adams...
  • grandpa_shiggrandpa_shig 5,799 Posts
    J A Z Z
  • NiteKrawler45NiteKrawler45 1,062 Posts
    Oh and:

    Ann Alford
    Abraham
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,471 Posts
    The first time I heard "Hook & Sling," it hit me almost as hard as hip-hop hit me the very first time I heard it. I couldn't believe how catchy, funky, and exuberant such a seemingly simple song could be. Just a drum pattern that simply could not be denied (how the hell did James Black lay down such a crazy beat and still manage to swing like a motherfucker?), a little guitar lick, that heavy tambourine shaking, and Eddie's vocals that I didn't really understand at first but that were the icing on the cake, the final piece of a puzzle that made a song that straight-up insisted that you dance, right now! It was like everything that was fun and joyful about music distilled down to its purest form. A grand total of about four minutes of pure aural pleasure.

    I wasn't so savvy about Ultimate Breaks & Beats at the time, nor was I too up on the comp/reissue game. Had I been, I probably would've heard the song a lot earlier. But I don't know if it would've been the same. You know how on the Stakes Is High album they have all those people talking about "The first time I heard Criminal Minded, I was..."? The way "Hook & Sling" got me and the style of music it introduced me to, I thought it would be remembered along those same lines. "The first time I heard 'Hook & Sling,' I was..."

    ...damn near having an out-of-body experience. You ready? Yeeeaaaaaaaah!
  • secondlinesecondline 64 Posts
    don't forget the top dog...



    sir satchmo

    the hot fives and sevens are the shit.

    gabe
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    I celebrate his entire catalog..........



  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts


    Easily my favorite comp.
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    It's allabout this tune for me

    David Robinson - I'm a Carpenter

    K in Canada.
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts

    Whoa that's dope with the 'Can I be Your Squeeze' guitar riff.

    DJ Ferrari
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    smokey johnson
    senator jones
    buddy bolden
    los muchos
    baby dodds
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