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July 2011 Contents
Cover Story
Big Freedia: Do Azz I Say
Michael Patrick Welch
Features
Cover Bands: What Do You Want?
Stephen Maloney
Idris Muhammad: From Here to Hair
Hank Cherry
Lionel Ferbos: The Century Mark
Thomas Jacobsen
BackTalk
Mavis Staples
Aaron LaFont
Photo Op
Paul McCartney, Earl King, and Benny Spellman
Sidney Smith
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Across the Bar: Music Venue Bartenders
Kelcy Wilburn
Dining Out: 12 Mile Limit
Peter Thriffiley & Rene Louapre
Jeremy Thompson of Eiffel Society: Simple Isn’t Simple
Andy Cook
Rusty Lazer Hits the Spot at Cake Café & Bakery
Elsa Hahne
The Booze Tube: Home Bars
Rene Louapre
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Trixie Minx
Elsa Hahne
Fresh
Essence Festival: The Funk You May Have Missed
Ben Berman
Geno Delafose: King Creole
Herman Fuselier
Mr. Ghetto Talks Walmart
Robert Fontenot
OffBeat in the Club
OffBeat Staff
Open Hall
Annie Weldon
Spyboy Ricky on Ice
Annie Weldon
Tea and Tales of the Cocktail
Kate Russell
The Grammy Up Sides
Alex Rawls
Obituaries
Obituary: Benny Spellman (1931-2011)
Jeff Hannusch
Reviews
A. Levy, Commercial Break (mixtape)
Sam Levine
Davis Rogan, The Real Davis (Sousaphonk Records)
John Swenson
Don Vappie with the Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Rosenberg, Jazz Nocturne: American Concertos of the Jazz Age (Naxos Records)
Joseph Irrera
Dr. Michael White, Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Vol. 1 (Basin Street Records)
Roger Hahn
Etta James, The Essential Modern Records Collection (Virgin Records)
Jeff Hannusch
Helen Gillet, Running of the Bells (Independent)
David Kunian
Henry Gray, Lucky Man (Blind Pig Records)
Jeff Hannusch
Impulss n’ Bazooka Joe, Bronx, New Orleans: Respect Where it Started (Quarter Rat Musique)
Jacob Leland
Joe Hall and the Louisiana Cane Cutters, Thirty Dobb Special (Fruge Records)
Dan Willging
Johnny Sansone, The Lord is Waiting and the Devil is Too (Shortstack Records)
Alex Rawls
Kelly Carlyle, Stethoscope (Independent)
Mark LaMaire
Koan, Chronicles of a Dying Breed (Independent)
David Dennis
Missing Monuments, Painted White (Sympathy for the Hardware Industry Records)
Sam Levine
Reverend John Wilkins, You Can’t Hurry God (Fat Possum Records)
David Kunian
Stanton Davis’ Ghetto Mysticism, Brighter Days (Cultures of Soul Records)
Ben Berman
Stefon Harris, David Sánchez, Christian Scott, Ninety Miles (Concord Picante Records)
Jacob Leland
Tha Cartel, Cartel Diem: Lifestyles of the Young & Reckless (Independent)
Jacob Leland
The New Orleans Bingo! Show, Volume 3: Memory Parade (Independent)
Brian Boyles
The Scorseses, Presenting the Scorseses (Independent)
Alex Rawls
Various Artists, Acadian All Star Special: The Pioneering Cajun Recordings Of J.D. Miller (Bear Family Records)
Dan Willging
Various Artists, Ace Story Volume 3 (Ace Records)
Jeff Hannusch
Various Artists, Mardi Gras Parade Music From New Orleans, Volume 2 (GHB Records)
Zachary Young
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Preservation Hall by Shannon Brinkman and Eve Abrams (LSU University Press)
David Kunian
Mojo Mouth
What’s The Difference Between Bourbon and Frenchmen?
Jan Ramsey
Plan A: Upcoming Shows
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at the Parish at House of Blues July 27
Alex V. Cook
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