COCO ROBICHEAUX It was a pleasure to get to know you. What a wonderful person, talented musician, what a character! I would love to see you walking on New Orleans streets saying hi to everybody in your purple suit, cowboy hat and alligator boots. We are gonna miss you so much. One day, we were [...]
Tag Archives: Sound of New Orleans Records
Smiley Lewis, Smiley Rocks (Bear Family)
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
If they ever need another name for classic New Orleans rhythm and blues, they might consider calling it Smiley Lewis music. Overton Lemons, a.k.a. Smiley Lewis, belongs on the same pedestal with Fess, Fats, Slim and Bartholomew, but unfortunately, his career was dogged by buzzard luck. His best songs were often covered and sanitized by [...]
Various Artists, Sound of New Orleans, 1992-2005 (Fremeaux Associes)
July 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
This is a two-CD French compilation that cherry picks the catalog of Gary Edwards’ Sound Of New Orleans label. S.O.N.O. has always been very much a blue-collar label. Their roster doesn’t really have any high profile artists, the CDs don’t sport any “arty” covers, and they’ve never had anything that resembles a hit. Often, artists’ [...]
