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Snooks' Soul Train pulls out of Nawlins

msconduct — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:15:48 -0800

Snooks Eaglin has died. One of New Orleans' most authentic and underrated guitar players won't be making his jazz fest gig this year. Next time you have some red beans & rice, take a moment to remember the guy who some called the human jukebox.

There's Always One More Time

nola — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:36:17 -0800

September 14, 1998 "the Tan Canary" passes away. He started out as a gospel singer but went on to perform blues, soul, county, and jazz. In 1968 he covered the country standard "Release Me" and it became a hit. His audience grew, but stardom outside of his home in New Orleans was not to be his. Tom Surowicz pointed out in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Adams could sing sophisticated jazz. He could sing sentimental pop, or stirring gospel. He had precious few peers when tackling Southern deep-soul classics. And on the right night, with the right band, he all but owned the blues." I Won't Cry was his first hit 1959, and from the same site Part Of Me His song Hell Yes I Cheated is featured on an interesting compilation called More Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country Myspace

Wardell Quezergue: The Creole Beethoven

y2karl — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:10:43 -0800

Regarding the 'Creole Beethoven' Wardell Quezergue, composer, arranger, big band leader, master of Second Line funk, who brought us Earl King's Trick Bag, the Dixie Cups' Iko Iko and Chapel of Love, King FLoyd's Groove Me, Baby, Jean Knight's Mr. Big Stuff to name but a few--not to mention A Creole Mass--and who, later in life, survived Katrina, to become, among other things of late, according to Home of the Groove's Quezergue Onstage and Behind The Scenes, a street performer in the French Quarter. His is a name that ought not be forgotten. See also The Birth Of A Platinum Seller and Recording: Interviews » King Floyd's "Groove Me" And now a lagniappe of Quezergue arranged and conducted YouTubers: The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff Live 1972 Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff King Floyd - Groove Me The Clarence Gatemouth Brown Big Band - One O'Clock Jump The Clarence Gatemouth Brown Big Band - Caldonia The Clarence Gatemouth Brown Big Band - Take Me Back Baby The Clarence Gatemouth Brown Big Band - Jumpin The Blues

Hi, this is the Big O, Otis Redding....

tallthinone — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:35:53 -0800

O-T-I-S R-E-D-D-I-N-G died 40 years ago today at the age of 26.

y2karlTube - Simply Beautiful

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:56:06 -0800

Clarence Ashley - The Coo Coo
Skip James - Crow Jane
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
Son House - John the Revelator
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Close By
Houston Stackhouse & Joe Willie Wilkins - Cool Drink Of Water
Muddy Waters - Honey Bee
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys - Lone Star Rag
Mississipi John Hurt - You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
Maybelle & Sara Carter - Cannonball Blues
Al Green - Simply Beautiful
Enjoy. Note that, too, save for Mississippi John Hurt, there is more by each of the above artists linked on each clip's page.
The first is via FaheyGuitarPlayers, the rest were all in a day's surf. On dial-up, even.