Carnival season is here and it’s time to stock your music player accordingly. Here’s 10 of our favorite Mardi Gras songs, some obvious and some obscure. We’ve left off the three most obvious ones: Professor Longhair’s “Big Chief,” Al Johnson’s “Carnival Time” and the Meters’ “Hey Pocky Way” since you've heard ’em already.

The Hawkettes, “Mardi Gras Mambo”

Individually and collectively, the Neville Brothers have been behind some of the greatest Mardi Gras songs, none greater than th...