June 1999
BackTalk
- Bo Diddley
This past May 14th, the Mississippi-born, Chicago-bred rocker marked his 49th year in the music business: it's been that long since…
Bluesworthy
- Cray Brings A Little Bit of Memphis to Tip's
When Robert Cray first arrived on the scene in the early '80s, he was thought of, rightfully, as a blues wunderkind,…
Bookmark
- The Dolls' Saga and Death As Art
When critics write the history of punk, they inevitable name the late '60s and early '70s forerunners TheVerlvetsStoogesMC5andDolls in one breath,…
Chassez De Faim
- Fine Dining In High Style
This column now turns its attention to some of the new arrivals and grand improvements in the New Orleans fine dining…
Cover Story
- Astral Project
What's behind Astral Project? What's behind the longest standing, most consistently innovative and compelling modern jazz band in New Orleans? Over…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Man, Am I Ever Gassed to Be on This Gig!
As someone whose first journalistic experiences were with the underground magazines of the 1960s, it is a remarkable privilege to edit…
Features
- 100: The 100 Essential Louisiana CDs, Part 9
In late 1997, the Offbeat staff began developing the list of the 100 Essential Louisiana CDs. Our goal was to pick… - No More Honey in the Horn: Al Hirt 1922-1999
A riot of colors swirled around the parade start area next to the Gospel Tent of the final day of Jazzfest… - The Revealers: Reggae and then Some
As trombones and trumpets blare through the House of Blues, someone shouts "Work it girl!" as Theresa's grandmother second lines to… - Squeezing Out Sparks at Jazzfest 30
This year's festival featured the best weather and the most fun in memory, a nonstop II-day house party thrown by an…
Feedback
- Folks Scramble Jazz Classics
Egg Yolk Jubilee paid the price for their artistic vision: $800. That's how much it cost the avant garde Dixieland band…
Grapevine
- LMNOP to Move? Levon Helm's Club Closes Red Hot Record Acquisition
By most accounts, the third annual Louisiana Music-New Orleans Pride (LMNOP) conference was a great success and beneficial to its many…
Letters
- Letters June 1999
Vic 'N Natly Go Too Far? My 16-month old daughter is starting to absorb cartoons. Soon she will be old enough…
Mojo Mouth
- "Cultural Cleansing"…Distribution Battle Won…Too Many Clubs? Studio Biz…A New OffBeat Editor
We’ve got another big battle of New Orleans to win, one that, if lost, could change the complexion of the city’s…
Pass A Good Time
- Early Summer Festivals
School's out and the summer heat is in, and New Orleans goes with the flow by slowing its pace. There are…
Straight, No Chaser
- N.O. Jazz Tops Charts, Fest Highlights & New Ellis Marsalis CD
The big news at press time is that, as of May 15th, five New Orleans artists have records in the top…
Street
- Salt & Pepa…Houston's 3G's…Silver Lining's "Backstage Pass"
New Orleans is quickly becoming the premiere music mecca of the south with acts like Salt & Pepa hitting New Orleans'…
Swamp Gas
- Landreth links with Hiatt
Sonny Landreth, singer/songwriter/slide guitarist, is about to link up with some old running buddies— John Hiatt & the Goners —for a…
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
- Billy Diamond
Producer Dave Bartholomew and label owner Lew Chudd are often given the lion's share of the credit for helping make Fats…
Reviews
- Joe Krown Organ Combo, Down & Dirty (STR Digital)
Round these parts, is known for three things: his stints with the legendary Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and local hepcats Amy and… - B.G., Chopper City in the Ghetto (Cash Money)
B.G.'s Chopper City in the Ghetto is Cash Money's latest in their series of funny, sometimes brutal, and always explicit tales… - Big Bill Morganfield, Rising Son (Blind Pig)
Big Bill's got no compunctions about trading on his father's name — that is the son of Muddy Waters, and he… - Vinyl, Vinyl / Live at Sweetwater (Four Corner Records/ Tam Jam Music)
Vinyl, a young, energetic group of funk-masters hailing from California, seem to be taking the Bay Area by storm. Vinyl's self-titled… - The Neville Brothers, Valence Street (Columbia)
The Brothers' latest release displays their ever-expanding diversity. If you're strictly expecting a large serving of the traditional Neville band sound… - Krosfyah, Hot Zone (Kalingo Recodings)
This is a repeat of the party witnessed two years ago at Tipitinas Uptown. These guys are still making you want… - Kipori "Baby Wolf" Woods, Blues Man from Down South (Independent)
Kipori Woods grew up in New Orleans under the tutelage of his grandfather, the late "Luscious" 'Lloyd Lambert-a bass guitarist who… - Rusty Zinn, Confessin' (Black Top)
What I'd like to do here is talk about production. Most roots CDs are recorded with all the digital bells and… - Amadee Castenell, Sax Dreams (NYNO)
For his second CD on the New York-based NYNO label, St. Aug alumni Amadee Castenel assembled half a dozen of New… - Terrance Simien, Positively Beadhead (Tone-Cool)
Just as Clifton Chenier blended the sounds of his day to give birth to the crying baby of zydeco, similarly in… - Lenny McDaniel, The Blues Side (Café Au Lait Music)
Lenny McDaniel's fourth CD is urban music to the nth degree: slick (but not overly so), clean, streamlined, and filled with… - Leeroy Thomas with Special Guest Leo Thomas, I'm A Bad Sucka For Ya (Bad Weather)
Last summer the father-son, dressed-to-the-nines zydeco tandem Leo and Leeroy Thomas had hopes of being the first z-band to release consecutive… - Duke Ellington, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition (RCA Victor)
Duke Ellington couldn't have asked for a better birthday present than this. In commemoration of the legendary jazz composer's 100th birthday,… - Hadda Brooks, I've Got News For You (Virgin/Pointblank)
"I saw you last night ... but you weren't with her," Hadda Brooks informed a tuxedo-clad newlywed sitting next to his… - Keith Frank, Live at Slim's Y-Ki-Ki (Shanachie)
This '98 Labor Day weekend gig, Frank's first live recording, is zydeco heaven. Frank's Soileau Zydeco Band is known for four… - Various Artists, Get You A Healin' (Independent)
Get You a Healin' is one topic-oriented benefit album that doesn't trip over its own shoes making its point. Dozens of… - Various Artists, Eddie Bo's Funky Funky New Orleans/Senator Jones' Funky Funky New Orleans/ Jazzy Funky New Orleans (Funky Delicacies)
This latest batch from Funky Delicacies (Night Train Record's sister label) appears to have been assembled from my 45 collection. Like…
