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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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!
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!
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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.
wild tchopitoulas!
BRASS BANDS! got a friend who kept saying "god I hope the soul rebels saved their instruments"
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
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
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Not sure, but I'd like to know as well.
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.
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...
Ann Alford
Abraham
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!
sir satchmo
the hot fives and sevens are the shit.
gabe
Easily my favorite comp.
David Robinson - I'm a Carpenter
K in Canada.
Whoa that's dope with the 'Can I be Your Squeeze' guitar riff.
DJ Ferrari
senator jones
buddy bolden
los muchos
baby dodds