Offbeat Cover for October, 2010

October 2010 Contents

Cover Story

The New Generation of Brass Bands: Live For Today

Features

Street Fight: The Red Bull Street Kings Brass Band Blowout

The Early Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Zack Smith: Making Faces

BackTalk

Ruthie Foster

OffBeat Eats

Dining Out: Hillbilly BBQ

Meschiya Lake Hits the Spot at Three Muses

The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Susan Cowsill

Fresh

Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival Turns Five

Derek Huston Joins Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe

Goodbye Donna’s

Kingdom of Sorrow: The Sunny Side of Sorrow

Madden Picks the Saints: October

Punk Flyer Art: History on a Phone Pole

Reviews

Asleep at the Wheel Featuring Leon Rausch, It’s a Good Day (Bismeaux Productions)

Bobby Charles, See You Later, Alligator (Bear Family Records)

Curren$y, Pilot Talk (DD172 Records)

Dash Rip Rock, Call of the Wild (Alternative Tentacles Records)

Dax Riggs, Say Goodnight to the World (Fat Possum Records)

Impulss, Marie Laveaux’s Hustle (Quarter Rat Music)

Jamal Batiste, The Unorthodox Drummer: Just Jamal (Jam-All Music Records)

Louisiana Hellbenders, Main Drag Fair (Bayou Dog Records)

Magnetic Ear, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability (Independent)

Otis Redding, Live On Sunset Strip (Stax Records)

Skipp Coon and Mister Nick, Sophomore Slump Vol. 1 (TibbiT Music)

Smiley with a Knife, Long Now (Independent)

The Hons, To Skyward (Miss New Orleans Music)

The Vettes, Plasticville (Independent)

Truckstop Honeymoon, Homemade Haircut (Squirrel Records)

Various Artists, Dear New Orleans (Air Traffic Control Records)

Mojo Mouth

Where is the Pride?

Plan A: Upcoming Shows

Robert Randolph

Letters

October 2010 Letters