Last weekend, Joseph, Alex and I schlepped up to Cleveland to attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s American Music Masters series tribute to Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. On Friday evening, there was a packed house at Cleveland’s House of Blues for the Rebirth Brass Band and Trombone Shorty (who continues to impress [...]
Tag Archives: Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price: Adults Only
September 1, 2010 – 12:05 am
By virtue of recording the classic R&B “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” in 1952, Kenner’s Lloyd Price is not just a pioneer of rock ’n’ roll, he just might well be the founding father. Besides recording several hits over the next 15 years, Price hasn’t been content to assume the role of an “oldies” performer and sit [...]
Lloyd Price and William Waller, The True King of the 50′s: The Lloyd Price Story (Lloyd Price)
November 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Unless you’ve read several vanity/self-published books, I doubt you’ve ever encountered a publication quite like this one. Lloyd Price is definitely a most important figure in the pantheon of New Orleans music, sharing the same pedestal with Longhair, Domino, Bartholomew and Toussaint. However, he often gets overlooked because he left New Orleans more than 50 [...]
That’s the Joint
October 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
The famous singles of Fats Domino, Irma Thomas, the Dixie Cups and Lloyd Price continue to loom large over New Orleans music. In 2008, Harrah’s Entertainment Manager Bill Johnston created Joint’s Jumpin’, a stage show that brings back the music of that era. The show returns to Harrah’s Theatre October 23 and 24, this time [...]
Lloyd Price, Lloyd Rocks (Bear Family)
April 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Because Lloyd Price left New Orleans early in his career for the greener financial and musical pastures of New York, he’s been overlooked in the pantheon of New Orleans music. To underscore that point, when Price was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, our local newspaper initially had no idea he hailed [...]
