"Spring in New Orleans is something like nirvana for music lovers, as several eclectic festivals - one arguably among the country's biggest and best - offer untold hours' worth of great performances by artists from the Crescent City and beyond. Not to mention opportunities to savor the exotic cuisine, historic sites and unique culture that's home to the region..."
“Few bass players in the history of modern New Orleans music are as storied as George Porter Jr. During the course of a career spanning four decades, Porter has not only made a deep impression with his work in the Meters, but he’s notched sessions with artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Patti LaBelle, Robbie Robertson and Tori Amos. Early in his career, Porter worked with seminal New Orleans artists like Allen Toussaint, Earl King, Lee Dorsey, and Johnny Adams. Back in 1965, Porter joined on with the Meters, considered by many to be the ultimate fusion of rock, funk and R&B, and gained recognition as one of the scene’s elite bass players.”
"HOG's ongoing saga about the music from the Malaco/New Orleans nexus focuses on one of the songwriters who Quezergue used, Larry Hamilton. Also an impressive vocalist, he got an early start, joining the locally popular late 1960s soul-funk outfit, David Batiste and the Gladiators, as lead singer while still in high school.."
"With Aaron's return, two of the four Neville Brothers will reside in or near New Orleans. Aaron's oldest brother, Art Neville, is back in the family's old Uptown neighborhood. Cyril Neville moved to Austin, Texas, after Katrina. Saxophonist Charles Neville has lived in rural Massachusetts for more than a decade."
From the film "Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together": Tuts Washington (front), Professor Longhair (rear) and Allen Toussaint
"The genius of Quintron is his adeptness at conducting his one-man band. Throughout the show his hands were constantly moving, his left foot keeping the beat on a hi-hat while his right foot was used at one point to turn off the Drum Buddy. Even his mouth had a small microphone shoved into it for added sound distortion. Miss Pussycat is an essential part of the band, providing vocals, percussion, and cheerleading, but where she really shines is through her puppetry."
"Rather than focusing on specific repertoire, what I wanted to do is focus on the experience of coming to hear the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. That's something as New Orleaneans that is so important to us. It's so connected to our life here. It's connected to our culture."
"Our take on funk is very, very funky," the singer-keyboardist says, "and very nasty compared to most of the other funk bands now, and the ones that have come before us. We know that we're pretty funky. So I was just thinking of what's nasty and what's dirty, and there's nothing too much nastier and dirtier than a Dumpster."
"HOG's ongoing saga about the music from the Malaco/New Orleans nexus focuses on one of the songwriters who Quezergue used, Larry Hamilton. Also an impressive vocalist, he got an early start, joining the locally popular late 1960s soul-funk outfit, David Batiste and the Gladiators, as lead singer while still in high school.."
"Aaron Neville moving back to New Orleans area"
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