New Orleans is the well that America draws its music legacy from. The depth of NOLA's contribution to American music is more than just historical. The city has music coursing through it today, and if you are from there or have visited, you know this.Mardi Gras, of course, is an important part of NOLA culture. Mardi Gras is all about parades, many parades. One of the long time participants in th...
Here, to follow on from my previous post and its response, are the Wild Magnolias themselves, from their 1999 album "Life Is A Carnival", recorded shortly before Monk Boudreaux' acrimonious departure from the line-up.While researching this, I learned that not only did the Wild Magnolias guitarist Snooks Eaglin die last Wednesday, but that Antoinette K-Doe, widow of Ernie, and proprietrix of the...
For this Funky Friday, I have travelled to New Orleans in 1999, and my Tardis has locked in upon the Wild Magnolias, as they release their "Life Is A Carnival" CD.The Wild Magnolias history is fairly well documented here - deriving from a tribe of Mardi Gras Indians, they have been stalwarts of the New Orleans scene since the ealy 1970s, and have cut four great albums since their debut "They Ca...
Following on from my Gaturs post last Friday, here are the Turbinton Brothers (Willie and Earl) backing Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias, on one of the finest funk albums of the 1970s
Travelling back to New Orleans in Spring 1974, where this must have been about the 425th version of this old standard, but definitely the most greasily funk-filled, courtesy of Wilson "Willie Tee" Turbinton on keyboards (he also arranged the session), and his brother Earl on sax, plus Snooks Eaglin on the guitar
