Offbeat Cover for August, 2008

August 2008 Contents

Cover Story

Dr. Michael White: Out of the Woods

Features

I Write the Songs

New Orleans Trumpeters: Choice of Kings

Satchmo on YouTube

BackTalk

Dr. John

OffBeat Eats

Dining Out: Stop 9 Refueling Station

The Brews News

Fresh

A Little Bit of Myself in Japan

Fat Tuesday in a Parallel Universe

Get Happy

Moving Time

Nights in White Linen

Simply the Best?

Swenson Wins Press Club Award

Toussaint Guests on new Hunter CD

Obituaries

Obituary: Hayward “Chuck” Carbo (1926 – 2008)

Reviews

007, You Only Drop Once (Independent)

Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/EMI)

Amanda Henkel, Amanda Henkel (Desire Street)

Andre Williams and the New Orleans Hellhounds, Can You Deal With It? (Bloodshot)

Astral Project, Blue Streak (Astral Project)

Brass Bed, Midnight Matinee (Independent)

Bun B, II Trill (Rap-a-Lot)

Charles Lloyd Quartet, Rabo de Nube (ECM)

Charmer, The Perfect Café (Stevenson Productions)

Chris Kenner, Land of 1,000 Dances (Collectors Choice)

Dennis Wilson, Pacific Ocean Blue (Sony/Legacy)

George Long, Katrina Days: Life in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina (Xlibris)/Yoshio and Keiko Toyama, The Holy Land: New Orleans, The Saint: Louis Armstrong (Touseisha)

Hacienda Brothers, Arizona Motel (Proper)

Irma Thomas, Simply Grand (Rounder)

Johnny J & the Hitmen, Louisiana Rockabilly (Blue Viper)

Jon Cleary, Mo Hippa (FHQ)

Liese’s Living Room, Hope So…(Independent)

Lil Malcolm and the House Rockers, He’s Back (MTE)

Love Psychedelico, This is Love Psychedelico (Hacktone)

Red Beans and Rice Revue, Wanna Dance? (MTE)

Sarah Jayde, Cajun and Texas Swing (Sharecropper)

Seva Venet, Mens Working (Jazzology)

The Baseball Project, Vol.1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails (Yep Roc)

The Diplomats of Sound, The Diplomats of Sound featuring the Diplomettes (Pravda)

The Radiators, Wild & Free (Radz)

Various Artists, Eccentric Soul: The Tragar and Note Labels (Numero Group)

Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis, Two Men with the Blues (Blue Note)

Mojo Mouth

Random Thoughts on a Hot Summer Day

Live Wire

Good Enough for Good Times, Tipitina’s, June 27, 2008

Tom Waits, Saenger Theatre, Mobile, Alabama, July 2, 2008

Letters

August 2008 Letters