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| 2 Meet the Boys on the Battlefront | |
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| 4 Hey Mama (Wild Tchoupitoulas) | |
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shortly before the Meters went their separate ways, they agreed to make an album fronted by Art Neville's uncle George Landry - "Big Chief Jolly" of the Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indian tribe. Nobody had ever recorded a full set of Mardi Gras chants before.In addition to the Meters, all four of the future Neville Brothers sang backing vocals on the LP, and all the key members of the tribe w...
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it's time to go back to the first full LP of Mardi Gras Indian music released, which was incidentally the first LP on which all four Neville Brothers performed together, along with the remaining members of the Meters. The songs were all credited to the writing skills of George Landry aka Big Chief Jolly (although in some cases this was a trifle generous, as many of the chants and melodies are u...
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"Meet the boys on the battlefront Meet the boys on the battlefront Meet the boys on the battlefront 'cause the Wild Tchoupitoulas gonna stomp some rump!"A reggae flavored battle song. Tchoupitoulas is pronounced "Chop-e-too-las".
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The Wild Tchoupitoulas is a New Orleans Indian tribe, a masqueing society, that works throughout the year on elaborate feathered costumes, and comes out for Mardi Gras to parade and perform. That's the genteel way to describe them.They're also a street gang that battles and sings, if you listen to their lyrics. "Brother John" laments the passing of one of the tribe members in battle and praises...
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