This afternoon, I received an email that read: In 1982, famed folklorist Alan Lomax spent considerable time videotaping in New Orleans — musical performances of Indians on the street out of costume, Ernie K-Doe at Mother in Law [Editor's Note: This is a mistake. The Mother-in-Law Lounge was not actually open in 1982], interviews with [...]
Tag Archives: Ernie K-Doe
Kermit Ruffins: All Aboard the Mother-in-Law Lounge
February 1, 2011 – 12:03 am
Kermit Ruffins is set to take over the Mother-in Law-Lounge on Claiborne Avenue in the Treme, saving another endangered landmark on the New Orleans musical landscape. While the Treme neighborhood and the working musicians that call it home have received worldwide attention over the past year thanks to the eponymous HBO series, too many of [...]
The End of an Era
December 3, 2010 – 1:05 pm
[Updated] This weekend, the Mother-in-Law Lounge is closing for the last time. As Antoinette K-Doe’s daughter, Betty Fox, wrote: Hello everyone first I would like to thank all of the people who have supported me since I’ve been here its been a journey some very happy and some sad my decision comes as a decision [...]
Various Artists, Sehorn’s Soul Farm (Charly Records)
December 1, 2010 – 12:57 am
Here’s a welcome return of an old friend (two actually), and a reminder that for every Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, the Meters, King Floyd and Jean Knight who made hits in New Orleans in the 1960s and ’70s, there were a score of neighborhood hit makers including Eldridge Holmes, Warren Lee, Zilla Mayes and Willie [...]
The Mother-in-Law Keeps Changing
June 30, 2010 – 11:30 am
Recently, Antoinette K-Doe‘s daughter Betty Fox announced that she was closing the Mother-in-Law Lounge. She took up the task of keeping the bar on North Claiborne Avenue open after her mother died February 24—Fat Tuesday—last year. As those who attended one of Fox’s garage sales saw, the upstairs apartment remains in disarray and damaged since [...]
Treme: My Pictures!
May 11, 2010 – 1:47 pm
[This is the first in a series of blog posts dealing with HBO's Treme. We get enough email with Treme-related stories that we've decided to run some of them, along with our own notes, thoughts and perspectives. Today's post comes courtesy of photographer Jef Jaisun] I’m not only loving the show, but this one had [...]
What Hall?
December 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
In recent months, the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame has been active, inducting Allen Toussaint, Benny Spellman and Ernie K-Doe at the Mother-in-Law Lounge, Louisiana LeRoux at the Voice of the Wetlands Festival, and Coco Robicheaux at the House of Blues. Where is the Hall of Fame? Online, at the moment. Initially created by Del [...]
Obituary: Antoinette K-Doe, The Mother-in-Law’s Mother
April 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
[Early Mardi Gras morning, Antoinette K-Doe passed away after a heart attack. Since editor Alex Rawls wrote about Antoinette and the Mother-in-Law Lounge in our January issue, we felt we’d already said much of what we wanted to say about her. Last issue, she spoke for herself, talking about cooking and being neighborly, so we [...]
A Nice Surprise
March 14, 2009 – 4:46 am
I was exploring Blip.fm, yet another networking device – this one allows you to send links to mp3s via Twitter and its own list – and found an extensive selection of Allen Toussaint on Warner Bros., much of which is hard to get otherwise right now. I haven’t further investigated the New Orleans-ness of [...]
