Offbeat Cover for July, 2009

July 2009 Contents

Cover Story

Back to the Future

Features

Alex McMurray: Train Whistles and Flies’ Wings

Masters of Louisiana Music: Huey “Piano” Smith

BackTalk

Gabriel Roth of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

OffBeat Eats

Dining Out: Walker’s Barbecue

Michael Pellera Hits the Spot at Jamila’s Cafe

The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Sunpie Barnes

Fresh

“Ah-Ha” Moments

Drifting into Mainstream

Jaurequi’s Legacy

Less Is More

Making Choices

Soul Alive

Summer on the Point

Telling Tales

Whose Fault Is It?

Reviews

Alex McMurray, How to Be A Cannonball (Threadhead)

Austin Pitre and the Evangeline Playboys, Essential Early Cajun Recordings of Austin Pitre & the Evangeline Playboys (Swallow)

Becca Rice, Becca Rice (Backporch Revolution)

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux feat. Reverend Goat Carson, Rising Sun (f.Boo Music)

Bob Dylan, Together Through Life (Columbia)

Brian Blade, Mama Rosa (Verve Forecast)

Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse, Cries from tha Ghetto (Pi Recordings)

Fox Bat Strategy, A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi (Absurda)

High Performance, Live from Breaux Bridge (Swallow)

Impulss, Category Shybe (Independent)

Jessica Lurie Ensemble, Shop of Wild Dreams (Zipa! Music)

Kat Walker, Jazz Skat Gumbo (Independent)

Lafayette Gilchrist, Soul Progressin’ (Hyena)

New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Slither Slice (Threadhead)

Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, Here and Now (Bar None)

Rod Stewart, Atlantic Crossing (Rhino/WB)

Ruthie Foster, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn Music)

The dB’s, Like This (Rhino)

Various Artists, Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm (Vanguard)

Various Artists, Playing for Change (Hear)

Various Artists, Sound of New Orleans, 1992-2005 (Fremeaux Associes)

Wiley and the Checkmates, We Call it Soul (Rabbit Factory)

Mojo Mouth

A Political Announcement

Letters

July 2009 Letters