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So I hear that David Simon, producer of HBO's The Wire (and writer of Homicide) had Rebirth and Kermit Ruffins come up to Baltimore and perform at his son's Bar Mitzvah. Simon's doing a New Orleans show as well.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 May 2007 05:27 (sixteen years ago) link
In a lot of ways, New Orleans is Baltimore but it can carry a tune. I thought Katrina was literally America having to pause for a moment and contemplate the other America that somehow, tragically, Americans forgot. It's like America looking across the chasm saying, "Oh, are you still here? Oh, and you're wet. And you're angry."
David Simon in an old Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11788752/interview_talking_with_the_creator_of_the_wire/2
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 May 2007 13:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Has anybody ever heard that brass band from Mobile called something like the "Bay State Brass Band?" Are they any good? For that matter, has anybody been to Mardi Gras in Mobile?
― novamax, Friday, 25 May 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Nope.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 26 May 2007 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Google tells me it's the Bay City Brass Band, the Bay state one is from Massachusetts. There's a little on Bay City here (with a list of top Mardi Gras songs): http://www.mardigrasdigest.com/Sec_music/music_page.html
I heard good things about the below:
ELDER BABB & THE MADISON BUMBLE BEES OF WINNSBORO (GOSPEL) A choir of 12 trombones, led by trombonist Elder Babb, plus a tuba, bari, drums and cymbals, raise a joyful noise in praise from this exciting ensemble of the United House of Praise for All People from South Carolina.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 26 May 2007 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw that trombone shout choir at Jazzfest, it was cool. Sounded just like the bands on this record: http://www.folkways.si.edu/search/AlbumDetails.aspx?ID=2649
― Jordan, Sunday, 27 May 2007 18:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Soul Rebels set up shop in H-Town:
http://www.houstonpress.com/2007-06-14/music/the-soul-rebels-brass-band-find-a-houston-home/print
― novamax, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
So I've been on a New Orleans reading jag too....I read Burns's Keeping the Beat on the Street. I thought it was okay, but a little too skewed toward the traditional end for my taste.
Non-brass band stuff here, but also finished Jed Horne's Desire Street. That's a pretty damn impressive piece of work. Reminded me of a season or two of the Wire in book form.
― novamax, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Been meaning to get and read that Burns book.
So Offbeat has Matt Perrine, sousaphonist for Bonerama and various other New Orleans rock and jazz outfits, on the cover. What do you folks know about him? I generally stick with the brass bands and stay away from folks that I think are associated with the jam band world, but maybe I need to just hear him and one of his groups and give him a shot.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 June 2007 11:53 (sixteen years ago) link
http://blog.nola.com/entertainment/2007/06/kermit_ruffins_performed_at_wh.html
Kermit Ruffins and the President...Should we be surprised what the Prez said:
I want to thank our Chef, Paul Prudhomme, from New Orleans, Louisiana -- one of the great chefs in America. Thanks for coming, Paul. (Applause.) I thank Tony Snow and his bunch of, well, mediocre musicians -- (laughter) -- no, great musicians. Beats Workin, thanks for coming. (Applause.) Kermit, come up here. Kermit, we're proud to have you.
MR. RUFFINS: Well, thanks for having us.
THE PRESIDENT: Kermit Ruffins and the Barbeque Swingers, right out of New Orleans, Louisiana. (Applause.)
MR. RUFFINS: Thank you. Thanks for having us. We're glad to be here.
THE PRESIDENT: Proud you're here. Thanks for coming. You all enjoy yourself. Make sure you pick up all the trash after it's over. (Laughter.)
God bless you, and may God bless America. Thanks for coming. (Applause)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 05:20 (sixteen years ago) link