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Jazz Fest Notebook Dump, day 4
It’s Friday morning, and for the first time this fest, there are closers I want to see. With Stevie Wonder, Terence Blanchard with the LPO, the tribute to Clifton Chenier […]
Ponderosa Stomp Notebook Dump, Night 2
A good night at the Ponderosa Stomp. I heard from a few sources that I missed a classic Stomp moment with opening band, the Green Fuz. Their great moment, the […]
Ponderosa Stomp Notebook Dump, Night 1
This is a short post because I only saw the Wardell Quezergue section with Tony Owens, Jean Knight, Tammy Lynn, Mac Rebennack and more. Before Tammy Lynn, Nick Spitzer introduced […]
Inside the Food Booths
Food writer Todd A. Price passed me this story from New Orleans City Business on some of the costs of running a Jazz Fest food booth.
Louisiana 1927
Geoffrey Himes’ recent piece on Randy Newman’s “Louisiana 1927” appeared Sunday in the New York Times. The idea that it has become “Stagger Lee”-like in its ability to re-employed and […]
In the Mail
Periodically, CDs and such arrive that can’t be ignored, but for all the wrong reasons. Today a CD arrived from MASS, which is short for “Music, Architecture, Sight & Sound). […]
Jazz Fest Notebook Dump, Day 3
Sunday started with the low point of this year’s fest (aside from the rain): the Zac Brown Band, whose “Toes” promised an hour of Jimmy Buffett-like coastal rock free from […]
Jazz Fest Notebook Dump, day 2
Note: Yesterday I said I thought the version of “Bon Temps Roulet” performed by T Bone Burnett was by Clifton Chenier. I’m told it was originally by Clarence Garlow. So […]
Jazz Fest Notebook Dump, day 1
Jazz Fest started at the Figs, the all-female Lafayette string band, who wore great, retro, summer dresses. I saw them at the Ogden a few months back, where they played […]
Jazz Fest: Plant/Krauss preview
At the Bruce Springsteen set two years ago, a coupld of guys standing near me couldn’t believe that he wasn’t going to do his own songs, and even though the […]
