September 1999
BackTalk
- BackTalk with B.B. King
Mention the blues to the average person on the street and inevitably, the name B.B. King is the first image to…
Bluesworthy
- Grown Folks' Business: WODT Triumphant After Two Years
For the hardcore music enthusiast, there's sometimes nothing as strangely sad as the death of a format. And for a lot…
Chassez De Faim
Cover Story
- George Porter, Jr.: Here Comes the Meter Man
George Porter, Jr. is one of the most influential rhythm and blues players from the post-1950s generation of musicians that engineered…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Cajun, Not Crossover
"I don't have any gold records on my wall, but I'm proud of my music," said one of New Orleans' underrated…
Features
- Jack Kerouac and the New Orleans Beat Tradition
With the exception of disco, there may not be a major musical movement in the second half of the Twentieth Century… - Ruben Blades
- 10 Years Ago in OffBeat: September
- Queen Ida and Al Rapone: Back on the Bayou Again
- OffBeat Tracks: Wardell Quezergue
Feedback
- Motorway Cruising
The local artists formerly known as Tin Star got an unexpected boost when a British band with the same name started…
Letters
- Letters September 1999
Disturbing Ordinary Sensibilities I am friend of many of the people who play music in Jackson Square and in other areas…
Mojo Mouth
- Nothing's Changed That Much... R&B Soon Gone?... 'Bye To Lo
It's amazing, what you find when you go through your old files. Recently, I went through every file I had in…
Obituaries
Pass A Good Time
Rhythm Method
- Adonis Rose
Drummer Adonis Rose, born in 1975 in New Orleans, is at the vanguard of the city's modern jazz scene, performing in…
Sauce Piquante
- Zydeco Avec Ton Computer: User-Friendly South Louisiana
Well, we all knew it was bound to happen eventually. These days we can do nearly everything on our personal computers,…
Straight, No Chaser
- New Venue: Sweet Lorraine's
There's much for jazz fans in New Orleans to look forward to in September. Not only is there the highly anticipated…
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
TCB
- Mermen
“Never sleep you might miss something” – from ''A Modest History of the Fabulous Mermaid Lounge" CD For nearly 70 years,…
Reviews
- Furry Lewis with Bukka White and Gus Cannon, On The Road Again (Adelphi/Genes)
- Debbie Davies featuring Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon, Tales from the Austin Motel (Shanachie)
- Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, Live at the Rynborn (M.C. Records)
- Doug Kershaw, Diggy Diggy Lo (Susie Q Records)
- Tom Waits, Mule Variations (Epitaph)
- Toumani Diabate and Ballaka Sissoko, New Ancient Stings (Hannibal/Carthage)
- Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate, Kulanjan (Hannibal/Carthage)
- Beth Patterson, Hybrid Vigor (Independent)
- Louis Prima, Beepin' and Boppin' (Hip-O)
- Louis Prima, Say It With A Slap (Buddha)
- Fred Neil, The Many Sides of Fred Neil (Collector's Choice)
- Murphy Richard, Doin' The Zydeco (Zydeco Hound Records)
- Thomas "Big Hat" Fields, Louisiana Zydeco Man (Maison de Soul)
- Various Artists, Zydeco Madness: Gaga for Ya-Ya (Winter and Winter)
- Jack Kerouac and the New Orleans Beat Tradition
- Randy Newman, Bad Love (Dreamworks)
- Rod Bernard, A Louisiana Tradition (CSP Records)
- DeeZ NuTz, They Call Us DeeZ NuTz (DNZ Productions)
- Louisiana Pollywogs, Louisiana Songs for Kids (GNO, Inc.)
- Victor Goines, To Those We Love So Dearly (Rosemary Joseph)
- Chris Vincent, Long Blue Night (Front Porch Blues)
- Starbelly, Starbelly (Cassette Demo) (Independent)
- Egg Yolk Jubilee Music Band, The Champions of Breakfast (Independent)
The Egg Yolk Jubilee Music Band burst onto the New Orleans scene two years ago with a concept so perfectly sensible… - King Thunder, Lambert's Folly (Independent)
- The Inbred Bipeds, The Coonass Strikes Back (Inbred Ministries)
- Urbosleeks, Near the Water (8th Street Records)
- Dr. John, Medical School: The Early Sessions of Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (Music Club)
- Dr. John, The Crazy Cajun Recordings (Edsel)
- Duke Robillard, New Blues For Modern Man (Shanachie)
- Various Artists, The Excello Stroy: Vol 1-4 1952-75 (Hip-O)
- Marilee, Here Being Your Mirror (RowYourOwnBoat Music)
- Marilee, Marrily, Marilee, Merrily (RowYourOwnBoat Music)
- Davell Crawford, Born with the Funk (Mardi Gras)
- Fred Weaver, Present Dusk (Ace in the Hole)
- The Lynne Arriale Trio, Melody (TCB Music)
- Various Artists, N.O.-Fi: A Live Documentation of New Orleans Garage/Surf/Punk (Turducken)
- The Sex Offenders, The Sex Offenders (Recess Records)
- The Grumpies, Who Ate Stinky? (Recess Records)
- FYP, Incomplete Crap-Volume 2 (Recess Records)
- Jay McShann, Still Jumpin' the Blues (Stony Plain)
- Liquidrone, Factory (Strike! Records)
- Leroy Jones, City of Sounds (Louisiana Red Hot)
- Andi Hoffman and B-Goes, Basil For Nino (BTW)
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Buck Jump (Mammoth)
- Los Calientes del Son, A Mi Pueblo (CTD)
- Charlie Musselwhite, Continental Drifter (Pointblank)
- Jr. Melancon and the Come Down Playboys, Havin' Fun (Acadiana)
- The Cajun All Stars, Chez Les Cajuns (Narada)
- Savoir Faire avec Paul Daigle, Savoir Faire avec Paul Daigle (Swallow)
- Fred Charlie, Through the Years (Acadiana)
Six years ago, Fred Charlie acquired Raceland musician Pott Folse's recording equipment to record his own songs. In between, the Acadiana… - Courtney Granger, Un Bal Chez Balfa (Rounder)
- Larry Hamilton, Love Is? (LJH)
- Various Artists, Kings of Cajun: 15 Stomps from the Swamp (Music Club)
- Various Artists, Alan and John A Lonax: The Classic Louisiana Recordings, Cajun and Creole Music 1934-37 Volume I &II (Rounder)
- James Booker, King of the New Orleans Keyboard (JSP Records)
- Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Big Train (Sony)
- J.B. Hutto and the New Hawks, Rock With Me Tonight (Bullseye Blues Basics)
- Johnny Copeland, Honky Tonkin' (Bullseye Blue Basics)
- Robert Jr. Lockwood, Just The Blues (Bullseye Blues Basics)
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Okie Dokie Stomp (Bullseye Blues Basics)
- Motorway, Motorway (Independent)
