In honor of French Quarter Fest, this month’s playlist celebrates the French Quarter. Draw your own conclusions about why the classic-rock canon is so good for Quarter songs.

Led Zeppelin, “Royal Orleans”

https://youtu.be/FdEKSDG6l9Q

We all know plenty of people who’ve booked themselves into this hotel specifically because of the Zep classic, but they’d better not get into the same misadventures described in the lyric. Robert Plant’s advice—“When I step out, str...