Offbeat Cover for November, 2006

November 2006 Contents

Cover Story

Morning 40 Federation On the Floor

Features

Classic Songs of Louisiana: “Morgus the Magnificent”

The Price of Parading

Voodoo Talk

BackTalk

Michael Ivans of the Flaming Lips

Fresh

A Little Help

Anders Comes Alive

Create a Disturbance

For Lovers Only

Giving the Drummer Some

Night of the Turkey

Road Tips with Suplecs

The Latin Connection

The Power of Preserverance

The Wrecking Ball

Obituaries

Obituary: Freddy Fender (1937-2006)

Reviews

Bookmark: Michael Gray, The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (Continuum)

Damien Youth, Phantoms of Fables (Zygote)

Donald Harrison, The Survivor (Nagel Heyer)

Esther Sparks, Esther and the Protesters (Independent)

Impulss, Impulss’ Beats and Lagniappe Social and Pleasure Club (Quarter Rat Musique)

James Westfall, Independent (Bionic)

Kira Viator and Bayou Beat, Sticking to My Roots (MTE)

Louis Ford, Just TRAD-itional (Independent)

Louis Prima and Sam Butera and the Witnesses/Pete Fountain, Live Jazz From Club 15 (Request)

Lynn Drury, All You Need (219)

Paul Sanchez, Between Friends (Independent)

Ronnie Earl, Heart and Soul (Shout! Factory)

Rotary Downs, Chained to the Chariot (Independent)

Smithfield Fair, Walking Through This World (Stevenson Productions)

Terrence Simien and the Zydeco Experience, Across the Parish Lines (AIM)

Truckstop Honeymoon, Delivery Boy (Squirrel)

Various Artists, Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal (Numero Group)

Various Artists, New Orleans Playground (Putumayo Kids)

Various Artists, Swamp Gold “”Country”" Volume 1 (Jin)

Various Artists, The Best of Swamp Pop Classics (Mardis Gras)

Vavavoom, Melomania (Independent)

Vin Bruce, Cajun Legend (Mardi Gras)

Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, Hard Years Blues (Independent)

Waylon Thibodeaux, Papa Thibodeaux (Rockin’ River)

We Landed on the Moon!, We Landed on the Moon! (Independent)

Zydeco Soiree: Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Bayou Road (Swampadellic)

Zydeco Soiree: Leon Chavis and the Zydeco Flames, The Heat Is On (Indepedent)

Mojo Mouth

At a Loss for Words?

Letters

November 2006 Letters