Interview: Spy Boy Ricky Getteridge

Published on: September 21st, 2019

Spy Boy Ricky with David Montana, Monk Boudreaux, Big Chief Hatchet and a member of Keep N It Real at Jazz Fest 2012 [Photo by Sally Young]

Spy Boy Ricky with David Montana, Monk Boudreaux, Big Chief Hatchet and a member of Keep N It Real at Jazz Fest 2012 [Photo by Sally Young]
Spy Boy Ricky with David Montana, Monk Boudreaux, Big Chief Hatchet and a member of Keep N It Real at Jazz Fest 2012 [Photo by Sally Young]

This week on Takin' It To The Streets, Action Jackson sits down with Spy Boy Ricky Getteridge. They discuss coming up at 2008 Marigny St. (home of the Monogram Hunters in the 1960s), his first time masking with the Yellow Pocahontas under Big Chief Tootie Montana, the different materials used to create suits in the 1960s and ‘70s (spangles, bells), trouble with the police on St. Joseph’s Night back in the day, the growing popularity of the Baby Dolls, and much more. Hear it all at the player below:

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