Ep. 17: Rivers, roads, railroad tracks, travelling, good driving tunes, etc. Thanks to Eric Ess, Shawn Williams, and the voices in their heads for sharing their songs, musings, upcoming album information, fond thoughts about Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant, and bitter conclusions about life. (For more information on the New Orleans Swingers Convention, visit Shawn’s new “music” website, shawnwilliamsmusic.com)
Tonight’s guest Washboard Lissa Driscoll performing with Nervous Duane in a video we did (99% of the cred: Noé Pierre) a year or two back for OffBeat Magazine. Tune in tonight 9-11 pm on 102.3 WHIV FM! As this warnt enough we’ll be joined as well by Jonathan Fedash, Judy Hill of the Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar and more! An hour of Mardi Gras music/reminiscences followed by an hour of god-knows-what. (But it will be acoustic and relatively clean.)”
Photo: Jamie Lynn Vessels
Tonight on Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes, Singer-Songwriter Night, pt. deux!
Featuring Kenny Claiborne, Jon Hatchett, Andre Lovett, Tasche De La Rocha, and Jamie Lynn Vessels playing some live tunes, telling us a little about their work, and generally having a grand old time at 102.3 WHIV FM’s studio. We’ll also spin a few tunes from other local and local-ish singer-songwriters. Tune in 9-11pm! whivfm.org. (Holler if you’re in the hood, I have king cake )
Inter-parish Carnival fiesta, from St. Bernard to the Treme! Playlist below.
Big thanks to the Vanilla Gorilla and the Suntan Superman aka Frank andBoom of the Old Arabi Bar, their pal Jacob, Pizza Mike, and Big Chief Kevin Goodman for agreeing to be part of this madcap variety show (Reynard Green was detained at work on account of some sports, but we’ll get him back soon), Vanessa Niemann aka Gal Holiday and Lynn Drury for swooping in unexpectedly and adding to the merriment, Wade Burnham for always providing killer getaway music (The Super Sounds of Sunday, 11p-1a every week, folks), and Jim Smith (current title-holder for most on-air mentions in the category of undersung New Orleans musicalheroes) with the lovely Angelo for graciously hosting the after-party.
Video Noe Cugny and I did for OffBeat back in the day!
Without a doubt one of the most…eclectic… (& awesome) playlists I’ve run. General hilarity, a pizza party, and going wherever the musical spirits moved us with Sarah McDiggum, Alyssa McDiggum, Salvatore Geloso, and Pizza Mike. For all of our tomfoolery and Right Said Fred though, these guys are killer musicianers & human beans. (None are asses, all have asses.) Go see em at the Spotted Cat, & beyond!
Photo: Shawn Williams
A bunch of local singer-songwriters come into the studio and play their tunes live! Playlist below.
Where is this playlist?!! I have memories of it. It was annotated with favorite lyrics. Such as-
MMBRH #9: Mix Tapes Greatest Hits, a playlist by Laura DeFazio on Spotify
Preeminent Lower Decatur (and everywhere) bartender/jack-of-all-trades Curtis comes in and discuss Frenchmen Pre-K, etc and helps “spin” some tunes. Looking back on 2016, “guilty pleasures” we are (theoretically) embarrassed about liking (#shameless), local picks, and more…
