On a gray afternoon yesterday, hundreds of Coco Robicheaux’s fans, friends, and family turned out on Frenchmen Street for a large second line to celebrate the bright life of the bluesman, who passed November 25. People started drifting towards the Apple Barrel, Robicheaux’s favorite haunt and the bar where he collapsed the night of his [...]
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YouTube du Jour: Coco Robicheaux
December 12, 2011 – 8:28 am
This afternoon, there will be a second line in memory of Coco Robicheaux starting at 3:30 p.m. on Frenchmen Street. It will work its way to House of Blues, where there will be a musical tribute to him. Glen David Andrews, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Honey Island Swamp Band, John Mooney, J. Mongue’D and Irene Sage will [...]
New Generation Second Line Parade Route
December 9, 2011 – 3:05 pm
The second line this Sunday, December 11 is the New Generation Parade, looping through Central City starting at noon. The parade starts and ends at A.L. Davis Park at the corner of Washington and Lasalle, and makes stops at (in order) the Turning Point Lounge, Sandpiper Lounge, Club S&S and Sportman’s Corner. Here’s the full [...]
Musical Tribute to Coco Robicheaux Monday
December 6, 2011 – 11:04 am
Louisiana Music Hall of Famer Coco Robicheaux suffered a heart attack and passed away over the Thanksgiving weekend, but he’ll be celebrated Monday in the streets and at the House of Blues. There will be a second line that starts on Frenchmen Street at 3:30 p.m. and makes its way to the House of Blues, [...]
Dumaine Street Gang & Westbank Steppers Second Line Routes & Maps
December 2, 2011 – 5:20 pm
This is a busy weekend for second lines, with one on each side of the river Sunday afternoon, in addition to Junebug Productions’ Homecoming Project second line on Saturday. On the east bank, the Dumaine Street Gang rolls through Treme and the Seventh Ward with the Stooges Brass Band leading the second line. The parade [...]
Junebug Productions Hosts Second Line and Dance Party Fundraiser
December 1, 2011 – 6:17 pm
Long-running community theater organization Junebug Productions hosts an ambitious second line Saturday, December 3, as part of an ongoing storytelling and performance series, the Homecoming Project. The second line, led by the Hot 8 Brass Band, includes theatrical and musical performances as well as street art installations along the route created by artist Ron Bechet’s [...]
Saints Nuns
December 1, 2011 – 12:09 am
Photographer: Philip Gould New Orleans was on a high like no other when the city celebrated its beloved Saints playing in the Super Bowl last year. It was a moment of deliverance. Finally New Orleanians could rise above the pervasive sense of purgatory that had afflicted their beloved city since before Hurricane Katrina. [...]
Two Coco Robicheaux Memorials Scheduled
November 29, 2011 – 3:24 pm
Considering the affection people had for Coco Robicheaux, it’s no surprise that there is not one but two events planned to remember the late bluesman who died Friday night. A service is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday at Marie’s Bar (2483 Burgundy St.) that will be followed by a second line to the Apple Barrel. [...]
Original New Orleans Lady Buckjumpers Second Line Parade: Photos
November 28, 2011 – 4:41 pm
It might have been the first cold Sunday of this year’s second line season, but that didn’t stop the Original New Orleans Lady Buckjumpers second line from rolling hard Uptown. Starting in A.L. Davis Park, the parade did a loop in Central City before taking Earhart up into Hollygrove, where it ended. This year’s Original [...]
New Orleans Lady Buckjumpers 2011 Second Line Parade Route and Map
November 25, 2011 – 4:18 pm
The Original Lady Buckjumpers hold their second line parade in Central City this Sunday, November 27. The parade starts at noon in A.L. Davis Park. It winds through Central City, making several stops, before heading up Washington Avenue to Earhart Boulevard and moving along Earhart into Hollygrove, where it disbands at the E&C Lounge at [...]
