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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YouTube du Jour: Benny Spellman
June 7, 2011 – 3:30 pm
This past Friday, New Orleans R&B singer Benny Spellman passed away in his hometown of Pensacola, Florida, where he had been living for years. In 2009 Spellman was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in recognition of his singing on his two hits, “Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)” and “Fortune Teller”, and on [...]
It’s Who Dat Time
January 11, 2010 – 9:00 am
Al “Carnival Time” Johnson is nothing if not seasonal. This year, he’s branching out and adding playoff season to his repertoire with a new song, “Who Dat Say.” It might sound a little familiar, but there’s no denying the thought or Johnson’s spirited performance. The song is available at the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame [...]
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 [...]
