Archive | June, 2003
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June 2003 Contents

Cover Story

We All Love Earl King: A Personal Remembrance

Bunny Matthews

Features

2003 Redux, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

OffBeat Staff

Clubhouse: El Matador

OffBeat Staff

Masters of Louisiana Music: Earl Silas Johnson IV (Earl King)

Jeff Hannusch

Ponderosa Stomp 2003

Michael Hurtt

BackTalk

Quint Davis

Jan Ramsey

Dis 'n' Dat

A Fetish For Father

Bunny Matthews

Bayou Boogie

Poncho Chavis Carries on

Herman Fuselier

Blues Hound

David Egan’s Infinity of Ideas

John Swenson

Feed Me Something, Mister

Surprises in Barroom Dining

Ian McNulty

Jazzin'

Doug Bickel’s Personal Utopia

Geraldine Wyckoff

St. Rock

Jai Alai Seduces

Alex Rawls

Talkin' 'bout New Orleans

My House-A Movie Star, Part 2

Jeff Hannusch

Reviews

Albert King, More Big Blues (Ace)

Jeff Hannusch

Albert King, Talkin’ Blues (Thirsty Ear Records)

Robert Fontenot

Andrew Baham, Introducing…Andrew Baham (Gruve Entertainment)

Geraldine Wyckoff

Buck Provosty, Piety Street Sessions (Independent)

Robert Fontenot

Caitlin Cary, I’m Staying Out (Yep Roc Records)

Christopher Blagg

Daniel Lanois, Shine (Anti- Records)

H. Andrew Schwartz

Deacon John and Other Artists, Deacon John’s Jump Blues: Music from the Film/A Concert of Music from the Film “Deacon John’s Jump Blues” (VCC/Image Entertainment)

Jeff Hannusch

Drive-By Truckers, Decoration Day (New West)

Alex Rawls

Duke Robillard/Herb Ellis, More Conversations in Swing Guitar (Stony Plain Records)

Richard J. Skelly

Earl King, Street Parade (Fuel 2000)

Jeff Hannusch

Gene Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Everybody’s Dancin’ (Times Square Records)

Dan Willging

J.B. Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim & Friends, Live in ’63 (Fuel 2000)

Jeff Hannusch

Jason DeLeon and Cajun Blend, Never Too Tired To Dance (Lanor Records)

Dan Willging

Jessica Wiliams, All Alone (MaxxJazz)

Dean M. Shapiro

Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, True Stories (Telarc Blues)

Robert Fontenot

Joe Barry, Been Down That Muddy Road (Night Train)

Michael Hurtt

Joe Jackson Band, Volume 4 (Restless/Rykodisc)

Jeremy J. Deibel

Joe Krown, New Orleans Piano Rolls (STR Digital Records)

Robert Fontenot

Joe Simon and the Louisiana Cajuns, La Musique des Cajun Pour Toute Le Monde (Lanor Records)

Dan Willging

John Boutte, Jambalaya (Bose)

Geraldine Wyckoff

Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, Zydeco Icon (Soulwool Records)

Dan Willging

Lizz Wright, Salt (Verve)

Michael Dominici

Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears (Lost Highway)

Michael Dominici

Marcia Ball, So Many Rivers (Alligator)

Robert Fontenot

Panorama Jazz Band, Another Hot Night In February (Independent)

Geraldine Wyckoff

Patrick Weathers, The Queen of Tupelo (Louisiana Red Hot Records)

Dan Willging

Pierson, Parker, Janovitz, From a Window: Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney (Gallery Six Records)

Robert Fontenot

Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Are You Ready For An Organ Solo? (Three.One.G Records)

Bunny Matthews

Robert Belfour, Pushin’ My Luck (Fat Possum)

Robert Fontenot

Ronnie Earl, I Feel Like Goin’ On (Stony Plain Records)

Richard J. Skelly

Secret Black Society, Secret Black Society (Independent)

Robert Fontenot

The Black Keys, thickfreakness (Fat Possum)

Christopher Blagg

The Myrtles, Nowhere to Be Found (C Student Records)

Christopher Blagg

The Polyphonic Spree, The Beginning Stages of…The Polyphonic Spree (Good Records)

Christopher Blagg

The Romeos, Open Wide (Boo Ray Music)

James Bailey

Tin Men, Super Great Music for Modern Lovers (Corrugated Records)

A. Cohen

Various Artists, An Afro-Portuguese Odyssey (Putumayo World Music)

Dan Willging

Various Artists, Lonesome On’ry and Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings (Dualtone)

Christopher Blagg

Various Artists, The Early Jin Singles: Southland Rock ‘n’ Roll (Ace)

Michael Hurtt

Warren Storm, Dust My Blues! (St. George)

Michael Hurtt

Zion Trinity, Eyes on Zion (Independent)

Robert Fontenot

funky Meters, Fiyo at the Fillmore Volume 1 (Fuel 2000)

Robert Fontenot

Mojo Mouth

New Orleans City Limits

Jan Ramsey

Letters

Letters June 2003

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