Offbeat Cover for August, 1995

August 1995 Contents

Cover Story

Frankie Ford: Ooh-Wee Baby!

Features

Burnversion

The Royal Pendletons

Weedeater

White Buffalo Day

BackTalk

Doc Cheatham

Obituaries

Percy Humphrey (1905-1995)

Dis 'n' Dat

Tipitina’s on the Block but Still Open; Cutting Edge Conference to Open August 30th

Bluesworthy

Larry Garner Becomes Full-Time Bluesman; The Continuing Adventures of “Smokey” Logg

Crescent City Bounce

Our Columnist Visits the White Buffalo; New Eddie Bo, Davell Crawford Discs

Dirty Rice

Festival Season Hits High Gear; The Founding of Action Cadienne; Wayne Toups’ New Disc

Eye Music

Dan Piersol’s New Orleans Gestalt and Angel Binnie’s Body Art

Fat City

Rating the Rabbit and Fish at Gabrielle’s and the Pasta Bar at Semolina’s

Feedback

New Recordings by Nut, Of Human Bondage; the Faubourg Center Hosts Underground Music

Film & Video Bits

Summer Viewing: The Bridges of Madison County, Braveheart and Smoke

Plugged In

Pondering the Future of Tipitina’s and the Merits of New Music from New Orleans; the Radiators’ and Neville Brothers’ Home Pages

Street

It’s Drama Time for Black Menace; Lil’ Prede Boy Hopes to Go from Rags to Riches

Strictly Jazz

City Trumpets New Louis Armstrong Stamp; Essence Fest in Review

Reviews

Bob Marley and the Wailers, Natural Mystic (Tuff Gong)

Chris Isaak, Forever Blue (Sire)

Chris Thomas, 21st Century Blues…From Da ‘Hood (Private Music)

Larry Garner, You Need to Live A Little (Verve)

Olympia Brass Band, New Orleans Jazz Preservation (Mardi Gras)

Raymond Anthony Myles, A Taste of Heaven (Honey Darling)

Ruthless Juveniles, Hard As the F**k, Pt. II (MoBo Joe)

Todd Westbrook, By the Quarter Moon’s Light (Westco)

UNLV, Mac, Melph, Calio (Cash Money)

Live Wire

Bad Brains, Tipitina’s, July 17, 1995