March 1999
BackTalk
- Lionel Hampton
In this, the heyday for "retro-swing" performers like Cherry Poppin' Daddies and The Brian Setzer Orchestra, it's rare to meet someone…
Bayou Beat
- Jimmy Domengeaux, the Willie Tee Story & More
In the early-morning hours of January 25, the Acadiana music scene suffered the premature loss of yet another talented musician. Jimmy…
Bluesworthy
- Choirs Will Be Singing: Charles Brown Dies at 76
New Orleans, bastion of Catholicism that it is, may have a higher cathedral-per-person ratio than anywhere outside of Europe. For its…
Bookmark
- Grown Up All Wrong and Great Pop Things
Nothing starts an argument like a list. When the American Film Institute (AFI) announced what it considered the Hundred Greatest Movies…
Chassez De Faim
- Orleans Culinary Mascot: The Mudbug
New Orleans culinary rites of spring have arrived. Luring spicy scents of cooked crawfish fill the air. Crawfish have,crawled onto just…
Cover Story
- Mulebone Kicks A New Groove
Sipping draft beers around a short legged table at New Orleans' R Bar, Mark Mullins and John Gros seem a bit…
Dis 'n' Dat
- The Famous Door Celebrates 65 Years, New Releases by BeauSoleil & Terence Blanchard, the Tennessee Williams Festival and More
When jazz legend Maynard Ferguson (remember the Star Wars and Rocky themes in the 70s?) played John Wehner's Famous Door in…
Features
- 100: The 100 Essential Louisiana CDs, Part 6
In late 1997, the OffBeat Staff began developing the list of the 100 Essential Louisiana CDs. Our goal was to pick… - The Soul of Stavin' Chain
Legendary TV producer Hugh Wilson, while down here in the Eighties producing the much lamented Frank's Place, was moved to say… - Dave Easley & Heartifacts
With his black hat and full, black beard, he resembles a character from a spaghetti western-except for the glasses. Mysterious looking… - All That: The Men From F.I.A.S.C.O.
The word sousaphunk isn't in the dictionary. But someday it might be. The Sousaphunk Saga of All That began in 1994… - '99 New Orleans 30th Jazz & Heritage Festival
The 30th anniversary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will be held April 23-May 2. Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Branford Marsalis,…
Feedback
- James Hall's Fate, Blackula, Burnversion, Rigid & More
James Hall flew to Los Angeles last month to learn his fate with Geffen Records. Hall's future with the label was…
Film & Video Bits
- Early Oscar Picks, Affliction, Rushmore and More
Well, three out of five ain't bad. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences nominated Elizabeth, Life is Beautiful, Saving…
Grapevine
- Musician's Friend & Noiselab Studios
Musician's Friend opened in late January to the tune of $300,000 in sales its first weekend, a figure that even took…
Letters
- Letters March 1999
A SAN FRANCISCAN'S TOP PICKS After reading the January issue, I am compelled to make mention of a show that was…
Live Wire
- Antoine "Fats" Domino, House of Blues, January 30, 1999
The crowning glory of the fifth anniversary celebration at the House of Blues was the Fats Domino show on January 3rd,… - Alanis Morissette, U.N.O. Lakefront Arena, September 30, 1999
Alanis Morissette kicked off her worldwide tour right here in New Orleans in support of her new release, Supposed Former Infatuation…
Mojo Mouth
- Healin' A Comin'...Shim Sham Shapes Up...Zion Harmonizers Celebrate 60
Sometimes it's amazing what a lot of love exists in our local music community. It's a town where the likes of…
Pass A Good Time
- Franco Fete, Bonne Fete, St. Joseph's Day, St. Patrick's, & the First Crawfish Boils
Franco Fete. Heard of it? The State Tourism Department sure hopes so. They've been pushing the event for two years trying…
Straight, No Chaser
- Rebecca Barry, New Records From Terence Blanchard & Branford Marsalis
Young jazz lioness Rebecca Barry celebrates the release of her long awaited debut CD, And Then Some, on Thursday, March 25th…
Street
- Unfadable Records & Club, Cash Money's Juvenile and BG, Phat Phat & All That, Mr. Serv-On, Top Ten Albums & More
The owners of Unfadable Records and Club have big plans for their label and its artists and they're making major moves…
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
- Connie LaRocca and Frisco Records
In the 1950s, the New Orleans recording industry was dominated by out-of-town companies like Imperial, Aladdin, Specialty and Chess. However, with…
Reviews
- SP Just Frost, Live in CPH (Cope)
To a certain extent, it's true: New Orleans food doesn't taste quite the same outside New Orleans, and New Orleans music… - Preston Shannon, All In Time (Bullseye)
Willie Mitchell and Memphis are practically synonyms for smooth soul, and Preston Shannon seems like he wouldn't mind being added to… - Cephas and Wiggins, Homemade (Alligator)
Celebrated Piedmont Country Blues duo Cephas and Wiggins return with the follow up to their Alligator debut, 1996's Cool Down. In… - Kudzu Kings, Kudzu Kings (Independent)
With this self-titled debut album, along with consistent visits to New Orleans, the Kudzu Kings have started to build a local… - Roscoe Chenier, Swamp Blues (Vidrine)
So this is swamp blues? Yes, there is some blues on the disk and several swamps are located in the region… - Ruth Brown, A Good Day for the Blues (Bullseye)
At 71, Ruth Brown shows no signs of slowing down. A Good Day for the Blues is quick follow-up to 1997's… - Various Artists, More New Orleans Party Classics (Rhino)
It's not often a various-artists compilation spanning diverse genres and lime periods has real staying power, but 1991's New Orleans Party… - Big Ass Truck, Who Let You in Here? (Peabody)
As hip-hop's influence spreads, turntables are now as common as guitars guitars, whether in solo acts like Q-Bert and OJ Shadow,… - Rosie Ledet, I'm A Woman (Maison De Soul)
“The Zydeco Sweethearts” fourth Maison de Soul CD is possibly her best yet and includes a track that will certainly turn… - The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, Fresh Out the Past (Shanachie)
Who would have thought it possible? Jewish folk music made not only hip, but funky and danceable; an intertwining of swinging… - The Wild Magnolias, Life Is A Carnival (Capitol/Metro Blues)
The major label release from the standard bearers of New Orleans' Mardi Gras Indian funk tradition is undoubtedly one of the… - Quintron, These Hands of Mine (Rhinestone/Skin Graft)
In which Mr. Quintron continues his transformation into the Jon Spencer of the Hammond model D. B-3s, Quintron would be quick… - BeauSoleil, Cajunization (Rhino)
Cajunization is quite a sweet piece of work from America's premiere Cajun band, BeauSoleil, as they follow-up their 1998 Grammy for… - Mystikal, Ghetto Fabulous (Jive/No Limit)
Mystikal's debut album (released on a small indie label) was a high-energy showcase for the rapper's dynamic, ever-changing flow. In one…
