Offbeat Cover for February, 2002

February 2002 Contents

Cover Story

For Pete’s Sake

Features

2001 Best of the Beat Award Winners

A Coconut’s Tale: Cracking the Case of Zulu’s Most Prized Throw

Best of the Beat Heartbeat Award: Harold Battiste

Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Business Award: Eddie Shuler

Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education Award: Ellis Marsalis

Charlie Miller: Offbeat/WWOZ Sideman of the Year Award

Dave Bartholomew: Offbeat/WWOZ Living Legend Award

Knock-Knock-Knockin’ on Grammy’s Door

Masters of Louisiana Music: Jessie Hill

BackTalk

James “Sugar Boy” Crawford

Obituaries

Obituary: Eddie Shuler

Dis 'n' Dat

Great Scott!

Bayou Boogie

Too Many Farewells

Bluesworthy

The World’s Oldest Teenager Dies

Feed Me Something, Mister

Beyond The Boil

St. Rock

Proud To Call It Mary

Straight, No Chaser

Ricky’s Return

Talkin' 'bout New Orleans

The King of Swamp Pop

Reviews

Adam’s Attic, Adam’s Attic (Independent)

Ahmad Jamal, Olympia 2000 (Birdology/Dreyfus Jazz)

Amy Allison, Sad Girl (Diesel Only)

Betty Winn and the One A-Chord Gospel Singers, Shout Hallelujah (Independent)

Brotherhood of Groove, Pocket Full of Funk (Independent)

Chuck E. Weiss, Old Souls And Wolf Tickets (Rykodisc)

Dan Klarskov & the Honeydrippers, The Blues Is A Feeling (Clearwood Records)

Dash, Sonic Boom (Write On)

Deff Generation, Medicine (Endangered Species/Louisiana Red Hot Records)

Gov’t Mule, The Deep End, Vol. 1 (ATO Records)

Hadacol, All In Your Head (Slewfoot)

Joe Stampley, Somewhere Under the Rainbow (Critter Records)

John McCutcheon, Supper’s On The Table. Everybody Come In (Rounder Heritage)

Josh Rouse, Under Cold Blue Stars (Rykodisc/Slow River)

Kristie Stremel, All I Really Want (Slewfoot)

Lazy Lester, Blues Stop Knockin’ (Antone’s Records)

Lesa Cormier/August Broussard and the Sundown Playboys, Les Memoire du Passe (Acadiana Records)

Madstone, The Wicked And Wounded (Independent)

Mike West, Oddities & Rarities (Binky Records)

Myself, Rebel Souljah (Joe Records)

Mystikal, Tarantula (Jive)

Supagroup, Rock & Roll Tried to Ruin My Life (Independent)

The Continental Drifters, Listen, Listen (Blue Rose)

The Foret Tradition, Lost in the Fifties (HLE Records)

The Josh Roseman Unit, Cherry (Velour)

The Mighty Hannibal, Hannibalism! (Norton)

The Nobles, Throw Me Somethin’ Mista! (Independent)

TiJonne Reyes, Finally (Blue Chip)

Truth Universal, Plantation Graffiti: The Naked Truth Dressed to Kill (Independent)

Various Artists, Blues and Gospel from the Bandera, Laredo and Jerico Road Labels of Chicago (Ace)

Various Artists, Knock Out Ska (Heartbeat)

Various Artists, Ultimate Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras Records)

Various Artists, West Coast Mardi Gras Party (Globe Records)

Various Artists, White Bucks To Stetson Hats: Rockabilly and Country Roots from the Bandera Label (Ace)

Mojo Mouth

Are You Are One of The Musically Elite?

Live Wire

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians featuring Brian Stoltz, House of Blues, January 5, 2002

Class Valedictorian

Jumpin’ with Deac

Letters

Letters February 2002