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 [...]
Tag Archives: Mother-in-Law Lounge
Kermit Ruffins to Open Club in Mother-in-Law Building
January 7, 2011 – 5:14 pm
Since Antoinette K-Doe’s daughter Betty Fox announced the final closing of the Mother-in-Law Lounge last month, many have wondered what would become of the iconic building. That mystery has now been laid to rest, as trumpeter/singer Kermit Ruffins announced yesterday that he had negotiated a lease with the building’s owner and plans to open a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
YouTube du Jour: Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes Play “Dap Walk”
March 11, 2010 – 10:43 am
Tonight from 7-11 p.m., Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes play the Mother-in-Law Lounge, which had a car run into its wall only last monday. This is a return of sorts for Vincent, whose band usually backed Ernie K-Doe when he first opened the Mother-in-Law in the mid-90′s. Here, Vincent plays his deep-funk classic “Dap [...]
What is it About the Mother-in-Law?
March 3, 2010 – 3:27 pm
You’d think the Mother-in-Law Lounge is on a tricky stretch of winding road considering that the building has been crashed into six times now. Most recently, it was hit Monday morning near 8 a.m. when a car came through the front door that looks out on to North Claiborne Avenue. Nonetheless, Betty Fox, proprietor of [...]
Best of the Beat Heartbeat Award: Antoinette K-Doe
January 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
On a recent Tuesday morning, OffBeat’s Elsa Hahne visited Antoinette K-Doe at the Mother-in-Law Lounge as she cooked gumbo, red beans, jambalaya, stewed turkey, stuffing and baked macaroni for a welcoming party for visiting musicians in town for a benefit for Sweet Home New Orleans. I was there at the end of the night when [...]
