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Jackie J. Green Sr., Big Chief of the Red, White and Blue Mardi Gras Indian tribe, passed away on May 21, 2014, at his home in New Orleans, LA.
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The late Junior Murvin (d. 2013) performs his 1976 international smash
"Police and Thieves" live on the UK TV show Later With Jools Holland in 2004.
Famously covered by the Clash, "Police and Thieves" is the title track from
one of the greatest roots reggae albums recorded,...
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2013 Blues & BBQ Festival headliner and Monroe, Lousiana native Mighty Sam
McClain rips up Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" in this 6:47 clip from an
Extended Play Sessions episode. The full show will air in Boston and New
England on May 31 on WBIN-TV Boston; hopefully it wi...
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Whether you’re doing the Mississippi Slow Drag or the New Orleans Shuffle,
you’re in the right place. During the program, we’ll be exploring music
from the 1920s, when Blues and Jazz were musically closer with Luke
Winslow-King, and then continue on into the 30s and 40s whe...
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The late, great Luther Allison thaws out Cold War Europe with a smoldering
74-minute set of classic guitar-based Chicago blues. Makes for great holiday
weekend viewing.
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Brush up on your Norwegian if you want to follow with the stage
announcements... Otherwise, 58:03 of pure Soul satisfaction.
Filmed in Norway on April 7, 1967 during the allstar Stax/Volt Revue. The
performances happen at the following times:
1:05 Booker T & The MGs
5:30 ...
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For your hump day viewing pleasure, here's the late New Orleans R&B legend
Eddie Bo at Le Divan du Monde ('The Divan of the World') in Paris, October
2007, doing "Mustang Sally", a song made famous by Wilson Pickett in the
mid-1960s. The clip inlcudes a long sax solo by Red...
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The Lower 9th Ward Village has been a hub of volunteer activity and
neighborhood building since federal levee failures in the wake of Hurricane
Katrina devastated its home neighborhood in 2005. Now a series of
unfortunate circumstances has put the future of this vital neig...
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