Playlist Date & Time: 1/17/2010 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Program: Blues in the Night with Jamie Dell'Apa

Who Dat?

Nah, we're not going to subject you to even a minute of the endless string of absolutely horrible Saints songs that flood my mail box or add to the saturation media coverage the NFL receives.  Our "Who Dats?" are all the obscure musicians in our midst.

The vast majority of tourists never experience a New Orleans juke joint much less a musical show unless it's in a Bourbon Street club or street buskers. No surprise here as public radio listeners know, to really enjoy life, or New Orleans, or culture anywhere, you've gotta push yourself.  Seek out the non-commercial world.  The good stuff doesn't come to you, you've gotta dig to find it.  

Tonight's inspiration comes from two shovel-less musical archeologists who are creating a audio documentary about the unadvertised blues and R&B musicians of New Orleans.  Folks like Little Freddie King, Ernie Vincent, Rico Watts - the musicians playing the corner bar for the folks in the local neighborhood.  The quality of these local shows is remarkable and would be enjoyed by anyone... willing to dig, to seek out, to push...

We will be joined by the producers of this audio documentary, our guests Barry Yeoman and Richard Zigler:

http://stillsingingtheblues.blogspot.com 

http://www.barryyeoman.com/ 

Musical Themes include:

1.  Joints - the corner pub for neighbors and friends.  Here in New Orleans the neighbors may be excellent singer and the joint is their concert stage.

2.  Bars - in the pre-internet world these places were where people desperately looked for romance.  Of course, there is so many obvious problems with this premise....

3.  The date with unlimited consumption capacity.

4.  Songs featuring a laugh track.  

Interstitial sound clips from:

Krusty the Clown, Fabio, Spinal Tap, Ray "C-ist" Nagin, Senator Welch, Homer Simpson, Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman from a city in Morocco, Uncle Fester, Art Carney, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Fred Flintstone, Gloria Swanson, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Frank Furter, Wallace Shawn, Wizard of Oz, Adam West in his best role as ..., Rocket J. Squirrel, and more... 

Box Score 

82 Selections over 150 minutes for an average of one per every two minutes. This is weak.  Only 50% of the radio sound barrier.   I must break the radio sound barrier of an average of one selection per minute for the entire show.

0-2 My radio sound barrier record. 

2 Prostitutes in front of my house at 3:30am.  Shouldn't there be more for an NFL home playoff game?

1.5 Caffeinated drinks before the show

3 Bathroom breaks during the show, making me a breeder reactor for liquid.

8 Customers in the cigar shop on my block.  Before this Saints game I had never never seen a single customer in that shop.

And lastly, I only took outdoor showers again last week.   

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