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Episode 54: GoFundThisLiveCD!

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Launched the gofundme for the Musicians, Mentors, & Barroom Heroes Highlights (& Low-Lifes…) album, which is in the works as we “speak”! Thank you so much to everyone who’s kicked in, youse rock. Click here to contribute! All album proceeds will go to WHIV 102.3 FM and the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. Plus, you’ll get to hear live tunes/shenanigans from the past year of music and madcappery!

Several of the magicians who will appear on the album played live on last week’s show, we spun a bunch of local recorded tracks, we drank some seriously basic drinks (O’Doul’s out of a mug, vodka cran…) …a good time was had by all. Thank you to Rose for these photos I klepto’d 🙂

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Episode 50: THE LAST STRAW (Season Finale)

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Oh lawd!

Finally getting the playlist and pictures up from our season finale a week ago. What a night! We ran from 8pm to almost 1:30am and had over 50 guests in the studio, and various others tuning in from near and far. There were several newcomers (including my best&most-clever frand Brady, the notorious “Whalevo Rob”, and Jim Smith of Checkpoint Charlie’s Acoustic Open Mic), a bunch of old-comers, one dog, one child, a lot of delicious food, a lot of gas station food, Hair-on-the-Air (victim: me), Amber bringing a SPOCK candle (!!!) and Patrick Cooper announcing he was going to play “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” seconds after I’d cued up that album on my laptop.

We heard tons of local tunes (mostly live, a few …un-live? dead? undead? ) in the company of an ever-charmingly-diverse crew dear friends, sworn enemies, and neighbors. Our pals at United Bakery Records came in to announce the fabulous shows they’re putting together this holiday season, and we even got a surprise visit at the very end from our illustrious leader, MarkAlain Dery! (emojis) It’s been a great year, and I’ll miss y’all like the dickens. See ya on the flip side! Semi-accurate playlist etc. below… there was a rough draft, then people started shouting requests… you know how it is.

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Episode #23: Robinson’s Dirty Mouth

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MM&BRH #23! Belated (tis the season…) playlist from last Sunday, in which Timothy Robertson, David Brouillette, Jamie Vessels and I wax lyrical about Checkpoint Charlie’s ad nauseum (have you seen Randy Mack’s movie “Laundry Day” yet??), they introduce me to a bunch of amazing and/or hilarious music and a dog named Kora, we eat beef jerky, Peter shows up, etc.

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Episode #14: N.O. Dead Air Songwriter Night No. 2

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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  )

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