"DOWN HOME" #213 Thursday, May 2, 2002 Hosted by Chuck Taggart, email chuck (at) downhome (dot) org Visit The Gumbo Pages

SONNY LANDRETH - Spider-Gris [LEVEE TOWN/Sugar Hill] DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Jazz Fest in New Orleans [NEW ORLEANS BIG BEAT/ Landslide Records] The new (since 1998) anthem of Jazzfest. CLARENCE "FROGMAN" HENRY - Ain't Got No Home [WWOZ ON CD: THE SOUNDS OF NEW ORLEANS, VOL. 10/WWOZ] Recorded live at Jazzfest, 4/28/1998, an amazingly energetic version, and you'd never know any time passed since he originally recorded this in 1956. EDDIE BO - Check Mr. Popeye [WWOZ ON CD: THE SOUNDS OF NEW ORLEANS, VOL. 3/WWOZ] Recorded live at Jazzfest, Congo Square, 4/29/1994. EARL KING - Well'O Well'O Well'O Baby [EARL'S PEARLS: THE VERY BEST OF EARL KING/West Side] Originally released in 1957. THE RED STICK RAMBLERS - Alabama Jubilee [THE RED STICK RAMBLERS/ LouisianaRadio.com Records] BANU GIBSON and the NEW ORLEANS HOT JAZZ - There's Honey on the Moon Tonight [YOU DON'T KNOW MY MIND/Swing Out] THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND - (I Wish I Could) Shimmy Like My Sister Kate [SONGS OF NEW ORLEANS/Preservation Hall] DR. MICHAEL WHITE - St. Philip Street Breakdown [SONGS OF GEORGE LEWIS/Basin Street] THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA - Amazing Grace [SPIRIT OF THE CENTURY/RealWorld] Sung to the tune of "House of the Rising Sun" ... whoo! The Gospel Tent is gonna be *crowded* when they perform. RAYMOND MYLES AND THE R.A.M.S. CHOIR - Jesus Is The Baddest Man In Town [HEAVEN IS THE PLACE/NYNO] He's not appearing this weekend, unfortunately; he was murdered a few years ago. He's sadly missed, and was one of the top Gospel Tent performers. THE WILD MAGNOLIAS - Life is a Carnival [LIFE IS A CARNIVAL/Metro Blue] SNOOKS EAGLIN - Skinny Minnie [SOUL'S EDGE/Black Top] PAPA WEMBA - Le Voyageur [LE VOYAGEUR/EarthBeat!] CYRIL NEVILLE - New Orleans Cookin' [NEW ORLEANS COOKIN'/Louisiana Red Hot] FREDY OMAR CON SU BANDA - Linda Flor del Paraiso [DESDE NUEVA ORLEANS/ Louisiana Red Hot] STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS - La crève de faim (Starvation Two-Step) [HAPPYTOWN/Rounder] THE HACKBERRY RAMBLERS - Un Piastre Ici, Un Piastre Là-Bas (A Dollar Here, A Dollar There) The oldest existing Cajun group, founded in 1930 and still with two of its founding members, including Luderin Darbone, fiddler and singer on this tune, age 89. FEUFOLLET - Fier d'être un Cadien (Proud to be a Cajun) [BELLE LOUISIANE/Feufollet Records] One of the youngest Cajun bands, with none of their membership over 17; they've been at it for years already, this being their second album ... and they're amazing. THE SAVOY-DOUCET CAJUN BAND - La Bonne Vie (The Good Life) [SAM'S BIG ROOSTER/Arhoolie] Music by Marc, lyrics by Ann, lead fiddle by their son Joel, second twin fiddle by Mike. Great, great stuff. COREY HARRIS & HENRY BUTLER - Down Home Livin' [vü-dü menz/ Alligator] JOHN MOONEY - No [GONE TO HELL/Blind Pig] THE NEVILLE BROTHERS - Tell It Like It Is [NEVILLE-IZATION!/Demon] JOHN BOUTTÉ - Sisters [AT THE FOOT OF CANAL STREET/Boutté Works]

 

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