Issue Articles
Harold Battiste Recovers
“I’m coming along pretty good,” says Harold Battiste, the legendary jazz musician, record label founder and teacher, speaking from his room at Touro Infirmary. Battiste suffered a stroke on May 21; since early June, he’s been in rehabilitation at Touro, and is scheduled to go home by mid-July.
Jimmy’s Celebrates Its First 15 Years
It’s been 15 years since Jimmy Anselmo purchased the pool hall at 8200 Willow Street, booted out the regular clientele—which mostly consisted of patients from a methadone clinic up the street—and opened Jimmy’s Music Club. Originally, Anselmo intended for the joint to focus on jazz, but he quickly decided he’d do better with more popular styles of music. For his first weekend, he booked Lil’ Queenie and the Percolators and a new musical alliance called the Neville Brothers.
Interview with Dr. John
Twenty years have elapsed since Mac Rebennack set aside the extravagances of his “Dr. John” character to record the acclaimed Gumbo album, a relatively low-key homage to New Orleans R&B that included such pillars as “Iko Iko” and Professor Longhair’s “Tipitina.”
Celebrating 30 Years: Dr. John Interview, 1992
OffBeat Magazine is celebrating 30 years and reached that milestone with our November 2017 issue. To mark the anniversary, over the next 12 months OffBeat will re-publish excerpts from features […]
Alex Chilton Lets Them Scream
OffBeat Magazine is celebrating 30 years and will reach that milestone with our November 2017 edition. To mark the anniversary, over the next 12 months OffBeat will re-publish excerpts from […]
Dash Rip Rock: Still Smokin’
The scene: a hotel room in St. Louis the night before Thanksgiving. Dash Rip Rock’s new, fresh-faced young drummer, Kyle Melancon, is kicking back on a rare night off. He […]
One Wedding and A Funeral
The Marriage of Ernie K-Doe and the Funeral of Record Ron “This is history being made again,” said Ernie K-Doe as he was about to get his second mother-in-law. […]
