Last Saturday, January 7, Dash Rip Rock was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in honor of their 27+ years of irreverent rock. While their 15+ albums and hundreds of live shows fell somewhere between country, punk, and rockabilly, the band is probably best known around the country for “Let’s Go Smoke Some [...]
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The Lost Bayou Ramblers’ Bastille Day
November 1, 2011 – 12:07 am
The Lost Bayou Ramblers will perform with former Violent Femmes front man Gordon Gano at the Voodoo Experience on Saturday, October 29, and the night before they’ll throw a single release party at d.b.a. The evening’s festivities will celebrate the release of a 12-inch vinyl single “Bastille,” a track from the band’s upcoming Mammoth Waltz. [...]
The 504 Rock Art Circus Comes to the Circus
November 1, 2011 – 12:03 am
On November 12, L. Steve Williams, Jr. will “bring a circus to the circus of Frenchmen.” Williams is a graphic artist and the curator of the 504 Rock Art Circus, an annual show of art by musicians and music-related art that will be held this year at d.b.a. for the first time. This year’s spectacle [...]
Frenchmen Street, Ponderosa Stomp News
September 6, 2011 – 1:57 pm
d.b.a. will not have live music for the next week and a half. According to the bar, its music room will be closed until Thursday, September 15. Its first night back will be “The Hip-Drop,” the yearly pre-party/45s record hop that takes place the night before the Ponderosa Stomp officially begins. Speaking of the Ponderosa [...]
Dancing Man 504
September 1, 2011 – 12:10 am
Photographer: Marc Pagani Monday night, and d.b.a. is filled with young folks, European tourists and, I assume, some regulars who love the show that Glen David Andrews puts on every week. I‘m there with my lighting set-up, getting some images in between shaking my own butt, and then Darryl Young, a.k.a. Dancing Man [...]
YouTube du Jour: Glen David Andrews
July 25, 2011 – 10:32 am
Monday nights, Glen David Andrews plays d.b.a., and no one has ever accused him of being too introverted onstage. Here’s a sampler of his live show at the Frenchmen Street club, including his version of John Boutte’s “Treme Song” and a visit to his audience.
Stevie Wonder in New Orleans May 12: Videos
May 17, 2011 – 2:52 pm
This past Thursday, May 12 Stevie Wonder received an honorary degree at Tulane University’s graduation ceremony in recognition of both his musical, charitable, and activist achievements. Wonder expressed his thanks by performing his classic “You Are the Sunshine My Life.” That apparently didn’t fulfill his appetite for making music in New Orleans, though. Later that [...]
Smoke-Free: A Breath of Fresh Air
February 1, 2011 – 12:07 am
There’s a new movement in town that has almost no opponents, and it’s driving smokers from their beloved bars and into the streets. The movement’s newest convert is d.b.a.; the Frenchmen Street bar became smoke- free on January 3. Owner Tom Thayer timed the switch to coincide with the new year, when many smokers vow [...]
March 2010 Letters
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
MAKING A DIFFERENCE My wife and I would like to thank y’all for an absolutely amazing time at the Best of the Beat Awards. Took us a few years to make it and man what a year to finally do so. We both are quite proud to count ourselves as members of the Threadheads and [...]
Be Your Not-So-Super Self
February 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
”That first year, we had it in Blake’s living room, and everyone just had an amazing time” says Rotary Downs drummer Zack Smith. “The next year, we had it in Blake’s backyard, and we had people sliding on the ground and partying their asses off.” Along with co-creator Blake Haney of Dirty Coast and others, [...]
