Playlist for July 23, 2009 from 11:00AM - 2:00PM
Current New Orleans Time: Sat, 3:22pm
Playlist Date & Time: 7/23/2009 11:00AM - 2:00PM
Program: New Orleans Music Show with Sherwood Collins
Playlist Tracks
Dr.Michael White "King of the Second Line" Blue Crescent Basin Street Records 2008 vocals by Greg Stafford on this track |
New Orleans Moonshiners "Petite Fleur" New Orleans Moonshiners indie 2008 |
New Orleans Nightcrawlers "8th Ward Strut" Slither Slice Threadhead Records 2009 Critics and the general public are unanimous in their kudos for this new release. |
Earl King "No City Like New Orleans" Big 'Ol Box of Records Shout Factory 2004 |
Jeremy Davenport "We'll Dance 'Til Dawn" We'll Dance 'Til Dawn Basin Street Records 2009 Mr. Davenport's music is debonair, delightful and sometimes just a bit kooky. |
Swanson "Crescent City Morning" Pieces of the City indie none This CD is now available at the link provided. |
Dave Bartholomew "Shrimp and Gumbo" The Big Beat of David Bartholomew Crescent City Soul 2002 This song harkens back to the time when a multitude of traveling merchants sang out lists of their merchandise while on their routes through the streets of New Orleans. |
Professor Longhair "Tipitina" Big 'Ol Box of New Orleans Shout Factory 2004 |
Dr. John "Iko Iko" Big 'Ol Box of New Orleans Shout Factory 2004 You can hear the unique voice of Shirley Goodman (of Shirley and Lee) singing in the background on the fadeout. |
James Booker "On the Sunny Side of the Street" Junco Partner Rykodisk 1976 |
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford "Morning Star" 30 New Orleans Classics Bayou Records none James "Sugarboy" Crawford was the composer of "Iko Iko" - only he recorded it as "Jock-a-mo". |
Art Neville "Zing Zing" Art Neville:His Specialty Recordings 56-58 Specialty 1992 "Zing Zing" was the flip side of "Cha Dooky-Doo". |
Art Neville "Arabian Love Call" Art Neville:His Specialty Recordings 56-58 Specialty 1992 |
The New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra "Under A Mellow Arabian Moon" Burning Sands Camelback Records 2003 This release received rave reviews when it came out - from a multitude of sources (from National Public Radio for one). It's the only band I've ever seen that includes a theramin player. You can catch this quite large orchestra of accomplished musicians yearly at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, at Cabrini Park in New Orleans every Mothers' Day, and occasionally at clubs like Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro in New Orleans. |
The Pfister Sisters "Puttin' It On" Puttin' It On Mambo Goddess Records 2008 THis most recent of the Pfister Sisters' CDs features each vocalist singing a song solo, as well as their trademark close harmonies on the other tunes. |
Louis Prima "St. Louis Blues" Collectors' Series Columbia 1991 |
Bobby Marchan "I Miss You So" The Very Best of Bobby Marchan Collectables 1999 On this song Bobby manages to pull off a duet with himself, with his usual panache. The multi-talented entertainer was at one time the lead vocalist with Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns. Later in life, he hosted a popular, New Orleans club version of "The Gong Show" that I've heard was absolutely hilarious. |
Ernie K-Doe "I Cried My Last Tear" Absolutely The Best Hitfile 2001 |
The Preservation Hall Brass Band "Complicated Life" Made In New Orleans Preservation Hall Records 2006 This release is a CD and DVD set. |
Irma Thomas "Time Is On My Side" Time Is On My Side Liberty Records 1996 Yes, this is the lady who inspired the Rolling Stones early on. |
Benny Spellman "Fortune Teller" The Allen Toussaint Touch RPM Records 2000 Benny Spellman, the deep voice on Ernie K-Doe's "Mother-in-Law, as well as the singer of "Poison Ivy" and "Lipstick Traces" was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame on August 2, 2009. A few days earlier, fellow musician Deacon John Moore and LA Music hall of Fame Director Mike visited Mr. Spellman. The link is to the video of this earlier visit in his honor. |
Benny Spellman "Lipstick Traces" The Allen Toussaint Touch RPM Records 2000 |
Aaron Neville "Forever More" New Orleans Will Rise Again Night Train Records 2005 |
Aaron Neville "Waiting at the Station" The Allen Toussaint Touch RPM Records 2000 |
Deacon John's Jump Blues "Going Back To New Orleans" Music From The Film Vetter Communications 2003 Deacon John Moore played guitar on many of the recording sessions produced by Allen Toussaint in the 1960s, including Benny Spellman's recordings. |
John Boutte and Paul Sanchez "Stew Called New Orleans" Stew Called New Orleans Threadhead 2009 |
Leroy Jones "Sweeter Than a Summer Breeze" Sweeter Than A Summer Breeze indie 2009 Some have called this new release Leroy's best to date. |
Leroy Jones and Katja Toivola "Montego Bounce" Leroy Jones and Katja Toivola Spirit of New Orleans 2008 This tune is a Katja Toivola composition. |
New Orleans Jazz Vipers "Gettin' Some Fun Out Of Life" Hope You're Comin' Back indie 2006 |
Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu (Parts 1 and 2)" Having A Good Time West Side Records 1997 |
Truck Stop Honeymoon "Mardi Gras in Kansas" Great Big Family Squirrel Records 2008 |
The Freddy Fred Show "Puddin' Man" Puddin' Man (EP) Notthat Records 2009 This is pre-release sampler EP. |
Cowboy Mouth "Voodoo Shop" The Rebirth (WWOZ CD #25) Friends Of WWOZ 2006 |
Porter, Batiste, Stoltz "Funky Miracle/Sing A Simple Song/Rainey Day Women" Moodoo HighSteppin' Productions 2008 In case you didn't know, this band is A/K/A PBS. |
The Explosions "Hip Drop Part 1" Funky Funky New Orleans, Vol.3 Funky Delacacies 2003 This is an Eddie Bo production from the 1970s. |
The Neville Brothers "Hey Pocky A-Way" New Orleans Party Classics Time-Life 2004 |
Donald Harrison "Shallow Water" 504 and Then Some (WWOZ CD #28) Friends Of WWOZ 2008 |
Wardell Quezergue & His Slammin' Big Band, featuring Bernard "Bunchy" Johnson "El Pavo" Maestropiece Louisiana Red Hot Records 2000 |
Dave Bartholomew Orchestra "Blues in the Night Part 1" New Orleans House Party Lafitte 1963 |
Louis Jordan "Daddy-O" Jivin' With Jordan Proper 2002 |
Germaine Bazzle "Route 66" Standing Ovation AFO Recorded live. |
Johnny Adams, George French and Germaine Bazzle "Blues Medley: "Every Day I Have the Blues"/"Stormy Monday"/"Not Trustworthy" Mood Indigo Rounder 1996 |
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