Radiators see decades of NOLA changesSC: I read where you called your music “Fish Head” music. Could you explain the concept behind this term?
EV: You know, we wanna be together for around 30,000 years and became a new geologic era on the planet and call it the “Era of the Fish Head Band” or the “The Radiocraphine Period” of life on the planet, but we’re gonna have to see. Trying to go for the geologic thing is kinda ambitious. Maybe that answer was a cock-eyed spirit of what Fish Head is all about. I’m the main writer, and I concocted something for you right there. That’s what Fish Head is all about: an imaginative play.
Wetlands Festival just one facet of Houma guitarist's Tab Benoit commitment to coastal restoration
Is Mother Nature for or against Tab Benoit?
For years, the Houma guitarist's Voice of the Wetlands organization has advocated for the restoration of Louisiana's coast. To promote the cause, Benoit and his all-star band performed during the recent Democratic and Republican national conventions -- just as Hurricane Gustav slammed his hometown.
For an encore, the lingering effects of Hurricane Ike nearly scuttled this weekend's Voice of the Wetlands Festival, Benoit's annual party with a purpose in Houma.
Rocktober: Get Out And Vote! George Porter Jr.Is this election different than past elections, why or why not?
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What is the relationship between music and politics - and how, if at all, has this relationship affected your music?
I for one see no relationship between my music and politics, and it has not affected my music in any way.
If you could speak directly to all American voters, what would you say?
I would say this is your right to vote, use it for the betterment of man, women & child.
Home of the Groove's "Goodbye, George Davis" 
"Hold On, Help Is On the Way" (Davis/Tyler/Parker)
G. Davis & R. Tyler, Parlo 102, 1966
"Hold On, Help Is On the Way" has long been on my short list of favorite instrumentals from New Orleans - not funk, just a classy, intensely hip mover and groover. I'd even venture to say it's one of the great R&B instrumentals, period. On it,George Davisgets a chance to let his guitar chops run free, at least for a little over two minutes of concentrated bliss. In the 1960s, his signature licks and solos graced a number of New Orleans records - the most well-known of which was Robert Parker's"Barefootin'". But, this virtuoso single is his only known solo outing from the old days. He shied away from being the front man, not even using his full name on the record, and giving his partner and friend, Red Tyler, co-billing on the A-side, though Red only had a supporting role on sax. Still, it was really George's show.Devin Phillips' ‘Water’ steeped in rich New Orleans tradition
At its most baeorge porter, home of the groove, irvin mayfield, quintron and miss pussycat, radiators, susan cowsill, tab benoit, theresa andersson, voice of the wetlandssic, the title is reinforced by the cover art, which shows the New Orleans-born saxophonist standing in a seemingly limitless expanse of water representative, perhaps, of the floodwaters that covered much of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Take it to another level - the song is actually a 19th-century spiritual, and although Phillips' version is instrumental, he said some versions of the lyrics directed escaping slaves to the stations of the Underground Railway.
Take the historical connotations of the lyrics another step and there's a tie-in to Phillips' life after Katrina. Phillips didn't go north to escape slavery, but conditions in the flooded city caused him to leave New Orleans and rebuild his life in Portland, Ore. - thanks to the Portland Jazz Festival and Azumano Travel.
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZtDAa2joE&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnALgLULxOM&feature=related
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV8UrY8LM0o&feature=related
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