If you happen to be heading down to New Orleans (I'm jealous). Here's a who's who of what's what...
Posted by Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune February 19, 2009
The final five days of the Carnival season offer a bounty of live music second only to Jazz Fest week. In addition to a beefed-up club schedule, the weekend calendar includes free outdoor concerts and scores of musical marching organizations roaming the streets.
Here's your guide to the music of Mardi Gras:
Morning 40 Federation plays its final show Feb. 20 at One Eyed Jacks.Friday, Feb. 20
In what is being billed as its "last show ever, " the Morning 40 Federation -- an unruly rock 'n' roll and saxophone celebration of alcohol and down-but-not-out New Orleans -- tears up One Eyed Jacks for one last time; D'Lyricist is also on the bill. Drummer Russell Batiste & Friends and bassist George Porter Jr. funk up the Balcony Music Club at the corner of Decatur and Esplanade. Following an early set by Hot Club of New Orleans, trombone collective Bonerama kicks brass at d.b.a. Better Than Ezra ignites a two-night stand at the House of Blues with new drummer Michael Jerome; Jake Smith opens both nights.
Hear The Radiators plus the Honey Island Swamp Band at Tipitina's. Check out percussionist Bill Summers' Latin Project at Snug Harbor. Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes groove at the Mid-City Lanes. Thanks to the sponsorship of MillerCoors and Jameson, all shows this weekend at the Howlin' Wolf are free; the first one is the Rebirth and Soul Rebels brass bands around midnight tonight, after the parade. Catch The Revealers' Reggae Carnival Party at the Banks Street Bar & Grill in Mid-City. EyeHateGod and Haarp rock The Bar in Metairie. Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis is at Donna's Bar & Grill.
The Andrews Family Band and mynameisjohnmichael team up at the Blue Nile. Sista Otis is on stage early at Cafe Negril, followed by Higher Heights. Rockabilly combo Johnny J & the Hitmen play at the Clever Wine Bar on Orleans Avenue. Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots are at Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar. Juice funks up Le Bon Temps Roule. The Marc Stone Band is at the Old Point Bar. The Parish of the House of Blues hosts the Mardi Gras Hayride featuring Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue and Country Fried.
GalacticSaturday, Feb. 21
Endymion's free annual pre-parade Samedi Gras Festival on the Orleans Avenue neutral ground features the Chee Weez, the Bucktown All Stars, the Topcats and Rockin' Dopsie Jr. The Rebirth Brass Band and Papa Grows Funk team up for a free midnight show at the Howlin' Wolf. John Boutte sings early at d.b.a., followed by Grammy-nominated contemporary Cajun band the Pine Leaf Boys. Clarinetist Evan Christopher holds court at Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar. The brassy Bonerama is at the Mid-City Lanes. Spend an evening with James Hall at the Circle Bar.
The Banks Street Bar hosts the Mid-City Endymion Music Festival with Juice, Irene Sage, West Bank Mike and more. Guitarist Papa Mali hits Le Bon Temps Roule at 11, followed by Gravy around 2:30 a.m. Modern rock band And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, touring in support of its new "The Century of Self" album, rocks One Eyed Jacks. Trumpeter Marlon Jordan is at Donna's.
Galactic is at Tipitina's with Corey Henry and Andrew Baham plus Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes. The Old Point Bar on Algiers Point presents the Delfeayo Marsalis Jazz Jam Session at 5, followed by Johnny J & the Hitmen. The Soul Rebels Brass Band hits the Balcony Music Club. Shane Theriot and the Larry Sieberth All Stars are at Snug Harbor, followed by a free midnight show by the Mario Abney Quintet.
Hear Kermit Ruffins and the Afromotive at the Blue Nile. Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots close out Cafe Negril on Frenchmen Street. Better Than Ezra is back at the House of Blues. The Hi-Ho Lounge hosts the Not-So-Super Super Hero Costume Party with Rotary Downs, Fleur de Tease, Brian Coogan, Simon Lott, Anthony Cuccia, Justin Peake and more.
Matt Vaughan-Black, aka Mr. The Turk, and Ron Rona, aka Ronnie Numbers, of New Orleans Bingo! Show Sunday, Feb. 22
James Hall closes out the night at the Big Top on Clio Street just off St. Charles Avenue. The Bingo! Show takes over One Eyed Jacks. Tipitina's presents the Third Annual Bacchus Blowout with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue featuring Juvenile plus the Soul Rebels Brass Band. The all-star Midnight Disturbers brass band and Big Sam's Funky Nation hit the Blue Nile. The Palmetto Bug Stompers play early at d.b.a., followed by Papa Grows Funk with special guest Big Chief Monk Boudreaux on vocals and percussion.
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk does a free midnight show at the Howlin' Wolf. The House of Blues Gospel Brunch features the Zulu Ensemble; on Sunday night, guitarist Derek Trucks headlines. Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue do the early set at the Balcony Music Club, followed by the Rebirth Brass Band and Snarky Puppy.
Galactic drummer Stanton Moore powers his own trio at Snug Harbor. See Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes plus the Joe Krown Trio with Russell Batiste and Walter "Wolfman" Washington at the Maple Leaf. Long-running punkabilly band Dash Rip Rock presides over its Sundi Gras Extravaganza at Carrollton Station. Hear Mardi Gras Indians at 11 a.m. at Le Bon Temps Roule, followed by the Soul Rebels at 11 p.m. Soul Project reunites at the Banks Street Bar.
John Mooney does his weekly solo acoustic set at Chickie Wah Wah at 5. Harmonica man Smoky Greenwell & the Blues Gnus hold down their Sunday slot at Cafe Negril. Rik Slave & the Phantoms rock the Circle Bar. Experience trombonist Rick Trolsen & the New Orleans Po'Boys at Dos Jefes.
BoneramaMonday, Feb. 23
On Lundi Gras, the party kicks into high gear. Cowboy Mouth headlines a free, all-ages afternoon concert outside Ernst Cafe in the 600 block of South Peters Street in the Warehouse District; Bonerama opens. George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners' 11th annual Lundi Gras Extravaganza at the Howlin' Wolf is free; the Hot 8 Brass Band is also on the bill. Papa Grows Funk is at the Maple Leaf. Lucinda Williams is at the House of Blues. Quintron and Miss Pussycat share a bill with Andrew WK and the Super Nice Brothers at One Eyed Jacks.
Tipitina's presents Galactic with Corey Henry plus Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles and DJ Quickie Mart. d.b.a. presents a night of hoodoo blues-funk guitar with Papa Mali, Cedric Burnside and Lightning Malcolm. The New Orleans Moonshiners do hot jazz at Donna's.
Grayson Capps & the Stumpknockers rock Le Bon Temps Roule. It's "Lundifest" with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue plus Juvenile at Republic New Orleans. The Marc Stone Band plays early at the Balcony Music Club, followed by the Irene Sage Band. The Soul Rebels Brass Band and Dr. Gonzeaux are in session at the Blue Nile. The Revealers play a 4 p.m. set at Cafe Negril, followed by the weekly New Orleans Super Jam. Keyboardist Joe Krown's Trio is at Dos Jefes. Kim Carson & Friends do an afternoon set at Kerry Irish Pub, followed by Rites of Passage.
Rebirth Brass BandMardi Gras, Feb. 24
The final push. Frenchmen Street is its own party on Fat Tuesday, but lending a hand are the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars at d.b.a. in the afternoon and Higher Heights at Cafe Negril. The Banks Street Bar hosts the Mardi Gras Reggae Party with The Uppressors. Starting at 3 p.m., catch Bobby Cure's Poppa Stoppa Oldies Band at the Beach House in Metairie. DJ Alison Fensterstock and DJ Lefty Parker spin all day at One Eyed Jacks. Popular cover band Four Unplugged does a noon set at the Columbia Street Tap Room in Covington. Check out the Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra around 3 at the Hi-Ho Lounge. And the Rebirth Brass Band closes out the night at the Maple Leaf.
Irvin MayfieldWednesday, Feb. 25
Not surprisingly, Ash Wednesday is relatively quiet. Pianist Bob Andrews is at Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar. It's Swing Night with Johnny J & the Hitmen featuring saxophonist Derek Huston at the Mid-City Lanes. Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield is at Snug Harbor with the NOJO Jam.
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