Late this summer, Texas blues/soul singer Ruthie Foster was in town cutting her new album, Let it Burn, at Piety Street Recording with producer John Chelew (John Hiatt’s Bring the Family). Her core band on the album is OffBeat‘s Lifetime Achievement honoree this year, George Porter, Jr., with Russell Batiste on drums, Dave Easley on [...]
Tag Archives: Russell Batiste
Legal News: PBS and the Saints
May 27, 2011 – 2:26 pm
Today at The Daily Kos, writer “Crashing Vor” wrote a blog post in support of PBS—Porter, Stoltz and Batiste—shining a little light on what little is in the public record about the suit between the band and its former management company, Highsteppin’ Productions. For years, they have been playing together under the name of Porter.Batiste.Stoltz [...]
A Benefit for the Other PBS Tonight
May 27, 2011 – 11:57 am
The musical futures of George Porter, Jr., Russell Batiste, Jr., and Brian Stoltz may be safe, but their financial ones are cloudy. When Porter split from PBS, he set in motion a chain of events that prompted him and Stoltz to file for bankruptcy. They are embroiled in a civil dispute with their former Massachusetts-based [...]
Joe Krown, Russell Batiste, Jr., and Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Triple Threat (Independent)
February 1, 2011 – 12:47 am
In a city where Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, and Russell Batiste, Jr. play so many nights for tips, drinks, and nominal cover charges, it can be easy to take for granted the wealth of experience, professionalism, and straight-up talent that they bring to the stage every night. They’re so familiar to us that we [...]
YouTube du Jour: Joe Krown
September 1, 2010 – 9:23 am
Tonight, Joe Krown plays the Rock ‘n’ Bowl. Here he is at the Rochester Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York with Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste.
Russell Batiste and Friends, Follow Your Dreams (Ruff Pup Records)
July 1, 2010 – 12:45 am
The influence of the jam band phenomenon on the local music scene deserves more refection. As a commercial enterprise, the genre has an obvious impact on the bookings and audiences that visit the city. Yet, creatively, how does the popularity of continuous, guitar-driven improvisation affect music in the home of improvisation? The latest release from [...]
YouTube du Jour: Billy Iuso and the Restless Natives
April 1, 2010 – 9:06 am
Tonight, Republic hosts a benefit for the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund with Russell Batiste and Friends, headliners Billy Iuso and the Restless Natives, and more. Here’s Iuso covering Wet Willie’s “Keep on Smiling”.
George Porter, Jr.: Here Comes the Meter Man
September 1, 1999 – 12:01 am
George Porter, Jr. is one of the most influential rhythm and blues players from the post-1950s generation of musicians that engineered the revolution in soul music that became known as funk. But Porter has gone on to excel in a variety of genres, from jazz to pop. The bassist is a highly accomplished sideman, the [...]
