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Friday, December 31. 2010

Dr. John and Davell Crawford

These two NOLA piano-men did a few duets at the festive event I went to a couple of weeks ago. Yes, including Iko Iko and Let The Good Times Roll. Good to see Dr. John - hadn't seen him perform in many years, but I always enjoyed that cranky SOB. Found this duet on Youtube:




 

Posted by Bird Dog in Music, Our Essays at 15:10 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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That's one thing about New Orleans I miss - the music scene. Even the street performers are professional sounding.

Sounds like a great time.
#1 Tom Francis on 2010-12-31 15:07 (Reply)
Hi Tom,
I also miss the music, but I miss the food at least as much!
#1.1 mudbug on 2010-12-31 15:58 (Reply)
Oh man tell me about it. I loved the food.
#1.1.1 Tom Francis on 2010-12-31 16:48 (Reply)
Tom and mudbug: do you also miss the cesspool levels of corruption in Nwalins?

Granted, the food and music are good.
#2 Gringo on 2010-12-31 16:07 (Reply)
Heh - funny story. I was sitting in line at the auto emissions/safety inspection site in New Orleans when this Caddy screeched around the cornor and rear ended me.

Turns out it was Vick Schiro who was Mayor for ten or so years right before Moon Landrieu. Really nice guy - took care of everything including introducing me to the Sheriff at the time who gave me a carry permit and swore me in as a Reserve Deputy Sherrif. :>)

Interestingly enough, Schiro was Mayor when Hurricane Betsy went through New Orleans and, as usual, the Lower Ninth Ward flooded. He handled it with skill and no small amount of chutzpah. The guy was an avowed segregationist, but he honestly didn't treat his black citizens any different from the white ones - he just thought they should be equal but seperate. Did a lot for the city too - hell, the Michaud NASA facility was his, the Saints, Superdome was approved during his tenure, the I-10 interchange - he accomplished a lot.

Never paid much attention to the corruption though - I was working for Texaco at the time and spent a lot of time offshore.
#2.1 Tom Francis on 2010-12-31 16:47 (Reply)
Gringo, I miss the politics only for its entertainment value. What else can you say about a candidate for Governor (Edwin Edwards - now in prison) who said the only way he would be defeated was to be "caught in bed with a dead woman or a live boy"? He was accurate, of course. I only wish I had a bumper sticker from the Edwards-Duke race: "Vote for the crook It's important".

I do not miss the corruption. A great city has been spoiled by corruption almost everywhere - politicians, schools, cops... Speaking of schools, they were among the worst in the nation, but one day a school bureaucrat woke up and decided that they just couldn't have school named after a slave owner (George Washington). With great economy (of all kinds, especially thought) they named it after George Washington Carver. That way, they just needed to add "Carver" to the end of the name! Never mind that they just renamed the school for a man who was named for a slave owner. I guess the second derivative was alright!
#2.2 mudbug on 2010-12-31 18:52 (Reply)
Bird Dog:

You a 'Yat?

Wondering...

Tom Francis: Vic Schiro... Heh! I was a boy in Lakeview during Hurricane Betsy, and I remember hearing Vic Schiro on the radio during the storm make his famous "Don't believe any unfounded rumors unless they come from me" statement. But yes, he did a lot for the city. (The I-10 "expressway" was DeLesseps Morrisson, BTW)

Happy New Year, Maggie's Farm! I miss New England!
#3 clifford on 2011-01-02 00:54 (Reply)

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