Offbeat Cover for June, 2004

June 2004 Contents

Cover Story

Life Sentence: An Interview with Philip Frazier of ReBirth Brass Band

Features

Cosimo Matassa: The King of New Orleans Recording Engineers

Heady Metal

Jazz Fest 2004 Redux

Just Who Is Earl Turner Anyway?

BackTalk

Fats Domino

Alt NO

Bombs Away!

Feed Me Something, Mister

Crepe Expectations

Hidden Charms

Allen Collay’s “Last Chance”

Jazzin'

Battiste For All

St. Rock

Not So Li’l Abner

Urban Legends

Truth Universal

Reviews

Aaron Foret & Duane Schurb, Two Generations of Swamp Pop (HLE Records)

Antifluff Superstar, Spirit Play (Daddy’s Tutti Music)

Ben Kweller, On My Way (ATO Records)

Bob Dylan, Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Columbia/Legacy)

Bourbon Cowboys, Straight Shot (Independent)

Clifton Chenier, Sings The Blues (Arhoolie Records)

Dave Douglas, Strange Liberation (Bluebird)

Feufollet, Tout Un Beau Soir (Feufollet Records)

Glorybee, GYB: The First Power (Independent)

Grayson Capps, Grayson Capps (Independent)

James Cotton, Baby Don’t You Tear My Clothes (Telarc)

James and Troy Andrews, 12 & Shorty (Keep Swingin’ Records)

Jay Chevalier and the Louisiana Long Shots, The Rocking Country Sides (Hydra Records)

Joseph P. Larkin, Songs of Freedom and Joy (Also-Ran Records)

Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys, Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys (Acadiana Records)

Lee Quick, Do You Think? (Independent)

Lenny McDaniel, Faith Is in the Heart (Cafe’ Au Lait Music)

Lisa Lynn, Ten Cents A Dance (Independent)

Pleasure Club, The Fugitive Kind (Purified Records/Brash)

R. Scully, R. Scully (Rock Collectibles)

ReBirth Brass Band, ReBirth for Life (Tipitina’s Records)

Rebirth Brass Band, Ultimate ReBirth Brass Band (Mardi Gras Records)

Rick Trolsen, Gringo Do Choro (Lort Records)

Rockpile, Seconds of Pleasure (Columbia/Legacy)

Ron Sexsmith, Retriever (Nettwerk Records)

Sansone, Krown & Fohl, Sansone, Krown, & Fohl (ShortStack Records)

Shane Henry, Deliverance (Shanachie)

Sondre Lerche, Two Way Monologue (Astralwerks)

The Radiators, Earth vs. The Radiators: The First 25 (Image)

Tierney Sutton, Dancing in the Dark (Telarc)

Various Artists, Cajun Champs (Arhoolie Records)

Various Artists, Creole Bred: A Tribute to Creole & Zydeco (Vanguard Records)

Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)

Zigaboo Modeliste, I’m on the Right Track (JZM Records)

Mojo Mouth

What’s The Jazz Fest Gonna Do?

Live Wire

Al Green and Bobby “Blue” Bland, Saenger Theatre, April 29, 2004

Clumsy Love Story

David Bowie, Saenger Theatre, April 30, 2004

French Quarter Fest: Fun for Free

Gentilly Groove Masters, Big Easy Travel Plaza, April 20, 2004

Micheal Franti Is A Babe!

Orchestra Baobab, House of Blues, April 19, 2004

Ponderosa Stomp: The Real Thing

Rudy Ray Moore, Third Annual Ponderosa Stomp, Mid-City Lanes, April 27, 2004

The Darkness, House of Blues, April 9, 2004

Letters

Letters June 2004