Talking New Orleans Music

Crescent City Musicians Talk about Their Lives, Their Music, and Their City

Burt Feintuch

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781496803627
• eBook ISBN: 9781496803634
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music Biographies

In New Orleans, music screams. It honks. It blats. It wails. It purrs. It messes with time. It messes with pitch. It messes with your feet. It messes with your head. One musician leads to another; traditions overlap, intertwine, nourish each other; and everyone seems to know everyone else. From traditional jazz through rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll to sissy bounce, in second-line parades, from the streets to clubs and festivals, the music seems unending. In Talking New Orleans Music, author Burt Feintuch has pursued a decades-long fascination with the music of this singular city. Thinking about the devastation—not only material but also cultural—caused by the levees breaking in 2005, he began a series of conversations with master New Orleans musicians, talking about their lives, the cultural contexts of their music, their experiences during and after Katrina, and their city. Photographer Gary Samson joined him, adding a compelling visual dimension to the book. Here you will find intimate and revealing interviews with eleven of the city's most celebrated musicians and culture-bearers—Soul Queen Irma Thomas, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Charmaine Neville, John Boutté, Dr. Michael White, Deacon John Moore, Cajun bandleader Bruce Daigrepont, Zion Harmonizer Brazella Briscoe, producer Scott Billington, as well as Christie Jourdain and Janine Waters of the Original Pinettes, New Orleans's only all-woman brass band. Feintuch's interviews and Samson's sixty-five color photographs create a powerful portrait of an American place like no other and its worlds of music.

INDEX

The index that appeared in the print version of this title was intentionally removed from the eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

Abney, Mario

Abshire, Nathan

Adams, Johnny: album production; collaboration; singing style

Adams, Justin

After Dark

After the Rain

Aigrepont

“Ain’t No City”

Albert, Wilbert “Junkyard Dog”

All Fools Band

Allen, Janet M.

Allen, Mike

Allen Toussaint and the Flamingos

Alligator Records

American Bandstand

American Federation of Musicians

Ancelet, Barry

Andrews, Glen David

Andrews, Troy. See also Trombone Shorty

Andy Griffith

Angel Heart

“Annie Had a Baby”

Apache Hunters

Apollo Theater

Ardoin, Bois Sec

Armbruster, Steve

Armstrong, Louis

Armstrong Park

Arnold, Wilbert

Art Neville and the Hawkettes

Austin City Limits

“Ayiti Cheri”

Baby Dolls

Baker, Anita

Balfa, Dewey

Bamboula’s

Banister, Irving “Honey”

Barbarin, Lucien

Barbarin, Paul

Barbecue Swingers

“Barefootin’”

Barker, Danny: band participation; collaborations; influence on New Orleans music; influence on other musicians; music releases

Barker, Louisa “Blu Lu”

Barnes, Bruce Sunpie

Barrass, Mike

Bartholomew, Dave

Basin Street Records

Batiste, Antoine

Batiste, Russell

Battiste, Harold

Bayou Barn

Bayou Pon Pon

Bazzle, Germaine

Beatles, The

BeauSoleil

“Because”

Bechet, Sidney

Before the Storm

Berkowitz, Steve

Berry, Chuck

Big Easy, The

Billington, Scott; acquisitions; album production; awards; collaborations; music industry; musical start; New Orleans culture; post-Katrina

Black, James

Black Hawk

Blade, Brian

Bland, Bobby Blue

Blue Crescent

Bo, Eddie

Bolden, Buddy

Bone Men

Booker, James

Boston Blues Society

Boudreaux, J’Wan

Boudreaux, Monk

“Bourbon Street”

“Bourbon Street Parade, The”

Bouree

Bourgeois, Ronnie

Boutté, John; band participation; early life; music business; musical start; post-Katrina; vocals; work on Treme

Bowie, Howard

Brady, Erika

brass bands

Bringing in the Sheaves

Briscoe, Brazella: band participation; collaborations; family/childhood; gospel music; post-Katrina; travel

Brooks, Detroit

Brooks, Juanita

Broussard, Tim

Brown, Clarence Gatemouth

Brown, James

Brown, Leon “Kid Chocolate”

Brown, Roy

Brown, Ruth

Bruce Daigrepont Band

Brunious, Wendell

Bullet’s Sports Bar: Jones performance; Original Pinettes Brass Band performance; Ruffins performance

Burke, Solomon

Burkhammer, Jim

Bury the Hatchett

“Bushie Man, The”

Butler, Henry

By & By: New Orleans Gospel at the Crossroads

Byrd, Henry R...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Dr. Michael White
• Charmaine Neville
• Walter “Wolfman” Washington
• Bruce Daigrepont
• Irma Thomas
• Brazella Briscoe
• John Boutté
• Christie Jourdain
• Deacon John Moore
• Scott Billington
• A Note on Mardi Gras Indians and Their Music
• Some New Orleans Music Resources
• Acknowledgments
• Index