Episode 56: 15,000 Seconds of Live Radio

http://www.offbeat.com/news/video-washboard-lissa-nervous-duane/

This came up in my facebook memories <3. Anyways, special extended edition last Thursday as we were covering for Steve Williams’ show 9-11pm as well. Thank you to all you new friends and old ones for tuning in, tuning up, hanging out, etc., many thanks to Sharappa for all these videos and Natasha for the photons! The GoFundMe page to produce a live Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes album from the last season can be found here at gofundme.com/mmbrh ; please consider chipping in! (Or sharing with your social mediaites.) Half the proceeds will go to WHIV 102.3 FM New Orleans, the other half to the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic in honor of Washboard Lissa.

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Episode 55: Hair in the Chair (+ help fund the CD!!)

Almost halfway to fundraising goal, and playlist from last Thursday’s show! Thanks to all the musicians and lurkers who hung out, and to my Annie and Dan (my aunt & uncle in from Massachusetts!) for hangin’ with all us crazies 🙂

If you like what you hear, please considering chipping in to help make our live album! All proceeds go to good causes: 50% to WHIV 102.3 FM, and 50% to the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic! Big thanks to all who have chipped in so far; every little bit helps!

Visit the GoFundMe link here to support the Musicians’ Clinic, badass community radio, and New Orleans music!

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Episode 44: Sqrrlz & Grrlz!

Following the raging success of last week’s “Fishes n B!tches” fish fry, Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes brings you “Sqrrlz & Grrlz”, a Michael-Darby-homecooked squirrel stew (or something) on-air extravaganza, complete with alligator meat from Red DeVecca and a frozen rabbit/possum from Lou. Come for the sqrrlz, stay for the grrlz. (Or vice versa.) Tune in for the sizzle.

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Episode #43: Fishes ‘n’ B!tches! (The September Buffa’s After-Party)

Fiiiiishes n Biiiitches!!! (aka Incest Fest ’17) Thank you to all the musicians who played and extra big thanks to Michael Darby for catching/cleaning/cooking all dat fish. Check out Stacey’s rockin’ “Hair on the Air” mohawk ‘do on Rose Cangelosi’s rockin’ head!

Also, thanks to Natasha Sanchez for hosting the pre-party(/party-party) at Buffa’s, Shawn for running boards, Stacey for taking pics, and everyone else who hung out: Amy Wingrave, Peter Huganir, Pizza Mike, Lumino Perseid, Lynn Drury, Smitti Supab, Corey Collins, Greg, Becca, Laaaaaurel, David Dunau, and my best and most clever friend, Liam DeFazio.

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Episode #3: Nervous Chatter & the Sheiks of Arabi

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Ok! After wading through the carnage of Sunday night’s installment of Musician, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes, this was our playlist, approximately. (The second half of the program mostly consisted of people frantically yelling at me to find songs I’d never heard of, me cursing out various electronic devices, everybody staying properly hydrated, and all of us getting distracted by the best [i.e. dirtiest] stories once we were off-air. Ah, would that the FCC would take a holiday…)

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