Some Travelin’ Music along the bright Mississippi
I heard this the other night on the radio and reached immediately for a pencil and a scrap of paper so I could scribble down the title. It’s just so damn … New Orleans. Of course, with the great Allen Toussaint at the helm, you’d expect that, but still. The tempo, the horns, the clarinet … It’s a perfect distillation of a distinctive sound, bright and happy with an melancholy undertone (I sound like a damn oenephile).
Anyway, take a moment to just listen. It’ll get you in a good mood for the weekend.
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Bosch
March 25th, 2011
4:00 pm
Well you know Jay, according to some, those New Orleans folks are trashy.
Bosch
March 25th, 2011
4:00 pm
Oooooooo. Firsties for the whole weekend!!!
Mick
March 25th, 2011
4:04 pm
Heading to key largo, here’s one for the road-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLjbMBpGDA
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
4:07 pm
oenephile? I thought Friday was non political and here you go, bringing up the Republicans…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FnpaWQJO0
Nice pick, Jay, and good for a needed attitude adjustmente today for me!
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
4:10 pm
Mick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru2tsT32pHA&feature=related
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
4:20 pm
“…where American music was born…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qLr3pl_UmU&feature=related
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
4:22 pm
Bosch
Are not!
Kamchak
March 25th, 2011
4:24 pm
Dealing with leftover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbI2VZF9K8
Bosch
March 25th, 2011
4:30 pm
josef,
You just made me snort. Okay, I’ll condede, but this is kind of fun…..so in that case….ARE TOO!!!
Bosch
March 25th, 2011
4:35 pm
Hehehehehehe, josef, you think I’d give up that easy, huh?
Bosch
March 25th, 2011
4:43 pm
This just caught my eye as funny, so I thought I’d share since its Friday — in the article about the whale calves:
20 new calves among right whales in Georgia – Only 350 of the endangered animals are thought to exist
http://www.ajc.com/news/20-new-calves-among-885751.html?cxtype=rss_news
The number of calves born each year has varied widely in the last 20 years. Only one calf was documented in 2000, but the next year researchers spotted 31, said Tricia Naessig, right whale survey coordinator for the EcoHealth Alliance.
So, my observation is this:
Between 2000-2001, those right whales were BUSY!!
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
March 25th, 2011
4:46 pm
Rev. Mr. Black
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0lYDkAfViw&feature=related
Normal
March 25th, 2011
4:51 pm
Bosch,
Just dropped in to say I saw the video…OMG! I’m still laughing…
SOUTHERN ATL
March 25th, 2011
4:54 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjX1vFk384s&feature=fvwrel
getalife
March 25th, 2011
4:55 pm
For those fighting for freedom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog
And:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPE9uSFFxrI
Normal
March 25th, 2011
4:57 pm
Don’t know much about Mississippi music either, but I like this guy(don’t know where he’s from)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ny5ajCn0xw
WOW
March 25th, 2011
4:59 pm
josef
Hey yo, how it be? Have some Wilco!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3tWXQbTpbM
SOUTHERN ATL
March 25th, 2011
4:59 pm
Normal, that is a nice choice!
Bosch
March 25th, 2011
5:00 pm
NORMAL!!! I told you so!!! You need to share with the grandkids this weekend.
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
5:00 pm
So oenephile is a high-falutin’ name for a wino?
Can’t go wrong with Mr. Toussaint.
Rest in peace, Pinetop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlM2Qr9TZQ
WOW
March 25th, 2011
5:03 pm
Speaking of famous people from Mississippi. Here’s the greatest guy to ever come out of that state.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBmAPYkPeYU
SOUTHERN ATL
March 25th, 2011
5:07 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCArcxpz2gA
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
I’m liable to give WOW a run for his money tonight…that Nwalins bunch are coming in tomorrow for a get together and we’ll be having the real deal live and uncensored! What will the neighbors think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yMYfxTqX4&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
WOW
Ever heard this one? Raw emotion in song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwdhmf7JSw
godless heathen
March 25th, 2011
5:21 pm
Substitute Muammar Qaddafi for Saddam Hussein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvIv4pCDVnk
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
5:21 pm
I wouldn’t even try to go for the best of Mississippi…pick your genre…may not have a good rep in many an area, but hey, when it comes to music? And that ain’t just a native son talking…
Southern…
Great pick!
Soothsayer
March 25th, 2011
5:21 pm
Here’s one of Nawlins sons with a song you no doubt heard if you saw the movie “Anger Management.” (It came right at the end.) I loved it so much I immediately searched for the Youtube.
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
5:23 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRrXZP8b0I
SOUTHERN ATL
March 25th, 2011
5:27 pm
josef not sure if he is from Mississippi but I like the song…It is a feel good song that makes you want to go out and have a good time!!
Jefferson
March 25th, 2011
5:27 pm
Cajon anyone ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFHYe4YzQMM
Normal
March 25th, 2011
5:29 pm
Soothsayer,
I loved the way he bounced when he sang…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNZvI3KSKEg&feature=related
WOW
March 25th, 2011
5:32 pm
“Ever heard this one? Raw emotion in song.”
Of course!
“I’m liable to give WOW a run for his money tonight”
Probably, Bookman has limited me to 15 posts per column. Maybe he’ll show some mercy on for Friday music.
Normal
March 25th, 2011
5:33 pm
but, but, it says New Orlans, ain’t it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfxoM6trtZE
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
5:36 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MntF61BvFc
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
5:41 pm
jefferson…
Cajon? Ici un Cajun AVEC cajones…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ms3JlCt0w
SOUTHERN ATL
March 25th, 2011
5:43 pm
Zydeco Dance…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LviqzRgW2gg
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
5:43 pm
He’s not from New Orleans but this is from his New Orleans period, before he became a brand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL9wwqlYexQ
Kamchak
March 25th, 2011
5:46 pm
Iko Iko
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
5:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tnLYz-6yko
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
March 25th, 2011
5:52 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMHyovwX7JM
Doggone/GA
March 25th, 2011
5:53 pm
Josef – I thought you’d get a kick out of this. Heard a report today about the Libyan “situation” and some American official said we didn’t know yet who the KOSHER rebels were there!
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
5:53 pm
well, since Unmentionable’s Louisiana lot’ll be there tomorrow…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHEuSGGmX-c
AmVet
March 25th, 2011
6:00 pm
Reminiscent of Alvin Lee or maybe the Great Fatsby…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCvCxb-6I6Y
Normal
March 25th, 2011
6:04 pm
Time for a break, just like me…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOlaPBfmNa0&feature=related
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
March 25th, 2011
6:06 pm
Don’t ask me why ……… but I like him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpyhl85MYmU&feature=related
Normal
March 25th, 2011
6:08 pm
“When the power of love overcomes the love of ower we will have peace…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa-q-ztyZZw
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
6:08 pm
K’Chak
Was looking for a good Iko and the one you found is really great! Thanks!
Hillbilly
Was scouting around for a Connick…great choice!
Doggone
Normal
March 25th, 2011
6:10 pm
Scout,
here’s another Joe for ya…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AirBbS4R7Z0&feature=related
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
6:12 pm
Hillbilly
Buffet…he’s from the Coast and things French are still much a part of the world view…music, especially…
Normal
March 25th, 2011
6:14 pm
Well y’all,
All of me gang is here now, it’s time to start grillin’…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBsPZV14I-k
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
6:17 pm
normal
@ 6:10
One of my favs….
And this day’s coming…homesick…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R77HvjjaC3c&feature=related
Paul
March 25th, 2011
6:29 pm
Just stopped by to wish everyone a pleasant weekend, so
Pleasant weekend, all!
(Carl Hiassen’s latest book’s a winner)
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
6:42 pm
Howdy, gang. I’ll try to come up with some on-theme selections later, but have been meaning to play this one for a while for personal reasons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoVneXqkqQI
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
6:47 pm
If the Bruin is around, here’s a boogie woogie for him…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VZPjM2eWvk
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
6:49 pm
For josef:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zen4pcsFWHw&feature=related
P.S Give Stevie break on this one–”And you see your Romany” just doesn’t have the same ring.
WOW
March 25th, 2011
6:49 pm
Obama spoke for almost ten minutes with ESPN about his NCAA picks, but we’re not even going to get a five-minute speech from him about why we are sending our finest into harm’s way in Libya.”
-Rush
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
6:51 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTJBGDp8A9U
WOW
March 25th, 2011
6:52 pm
COME TO GEORGIA!!!!!!!!
Caterpillar CEO’s letter talks of leaving Illinois
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/article_3c23590c-572a-11e0-afc0-001cc4c002e0.html
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
6:59 pm
A nice little NO tribute from Sting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZW3YDmievI&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:02 pm
A song by Mac McAnally, another of those Mississippi wordsmiths. Pretty heady lyrics for a 19 year old. (His age when he wrote it).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6-Z5E5a1dY
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
7:05 pm
WOW
Hint…say it with music….it’s Friday…
Brother Bruno…
She can. She is. Nicks is the Romanichal spelling of the surname…
And there are even gitanes cajuns…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvXGJ8eP1B0&feature=related
WOW
March 25th, 2011
7:07 pm
“Hint…say it with music….it’s Friday…”
COME TO GEORGIA!!!!!!!!
Caterpillar CEO’s letter talks of leaving Illinois
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thls_tMuFkc
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:11 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3XcCIrk3Fs&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:15 pm
I’ve played this one several times before but I never get tired of it……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGAFOz5GA8I
@@
March 25th, 2011
7:18 pm
I’d put up some Paul Wine Jones and Jimmy Lee Williams, but they’re hard to come by.
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QzcTT3E6pE&feature=related
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
7:19 pm
WOW
That’s the ticket!
Bruno
And in keeping with the news of the day…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6jwvS0mHwo
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:22 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKJvs1qzb5E
WOW
March 25th, 2011
7:23 pm
josef, just for you, buddy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhXJcfczNIc
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ImSGzNgS3U
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
7:29 pm
Hillbilly
@ 7:15
Never can get enough of that one…Toussaint
Thanks for the Le Roux…
And like you, everytime we go to Louisiana of a Friday…this one is mine…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQvl6bG940I
…sassy style.that’ll drive you crazy…
…thin and brown, and downright lazy…
…a flair for life and love and laughter…
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:33 pm
josef
Never understood why LeRoux didn’t have a lot more success than they did. The chops were there.
Now for something completely different. Tasty guitar work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNSygqogpls
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
March 25th, 2011
7:34 pm
WOW:
I guess we should start calling him the “Coach in Chief”.
It’s more fitting as he knows a whole lot more about basketball than being president of this “non-extraordinary” country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj9k5tpf_Pk
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
7:36 pm
WOW
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
7:40 pm
Scout
Back atcha…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIbp5C-5WXM
WOW
March 25th, 2011
7:40 pm
“I guess we should start calling him the “Coach in Chief”.”
Why, he sucks at playing sports.
“loved that movie!”
The book is better but yes, the movie was fantastic.
RB from Gwinnett
March 25th, 2011
7:42 pm
I’m headed to New Orleans next week for the first time. Looking forward to the food a bit more than the music, but am always impressed with a talented musician regardless of the genre.
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:43 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcmQe8fTU7w
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
7:44 pm
josef–some smokin’ Django @ 7:19.
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:50 pm
A lot of performers are cruising at age 70 and who can blame them. Not this guy, he’s still doing quality work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKPntD86Lws
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
7:53 pm
WOW
Agreed on the book….
RB
Have a great time! And the food? Just follow your nose…
RB from Gwinnett
March 25th, 2011
7:56 pm
Here’s a little New Orleans for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSG10Vm-mjg
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
7:58 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_AgRzg0_jo
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
8:03 pm
Hillbilly
That man is amazing! And the folks he’s recorded with…every name you can thing of just about…but that gospel album flat blew me away…
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
8:06 pm
josef
Yeah I think that last album may be the best thing he’s ever done and that’s saying a lot.
Here’s the writer’s version of a pretty well known song. It’s a little different than the hit version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKk3Q8CgNCE
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
8:10 pm
BRUNO
Even if I may have posted it before to you…whatcha think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DIIYxY1w4Y
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
8:12 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfN-aNU6_is&feature=related
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
8:17 pm
Some great numbers tonight, HD. Loved “Undercover Blues”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFP4Hwrl244&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
8:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q5Yxqn5FVo&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
8:21 pm
Bruno
I’m feeling a tad eclectic tonight.
josef nix
March 25th, 2011
8:24 pm
BRUNO
Incidentally, that 8:10 is NOT Gogol Bordello, but an Argentine Romany group…
This is the one with Gogol Bordello…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbDbBal53ig
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
8:24 pm
josef–Overall I liked the Madonna number, it had a nice rhythm.
stands for decibels
March 25th, 2011
8:26 pm
evenin’.
How I feel after stumbling in to some of Jay’s comments threads gone stoopit…
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
8:34 pm
For a nice little treat, press #4 “Katrina”. These guys are out of North GA near Jasper.
http://www.myspace.com/stopdropandrollband/music
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
8:34 pm
sfd
That song has a similar intro progression to this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaTkHCSGn1k
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
8:41 pm
#1 is great also, “Blue Line Train”–Destination: Sorrow and Pain
http://www.myspace.com/stopdropandrollband/music
Normal
March 25th, 2011
8:43 pm
Josef,
A little change of pace…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKkMvBvyqvE
Bruno
March 25th, 2011
8:44 pm
sfd–As a strange coincidence, I was thinking about Husker Du just yesterday.
stands for decibels
March 25th, 2011
8:46 pm
HD, now you’re going to make me play “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” with Husker Du and Derek & the Dominoes…
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 25th, 2011
8:47 pm
For any serious music fans, there was a documentary movie about Tom Dowd, that’s very interesting to watch. He was a fascinating man. It’s worth watching, if you ever get the chance.
http://thelanguageofmusic.com/INDEX.HTM#