Earl Bernhardt is the co-owner of the Tropical Isles, the Bayou Club and the Funky Pirate. He spoke with OffBeat publisher Jan Ramsey about what needs to be done to improve Bourbon Street. What kind of music do you have at your bars? At the Tropical Isles, we have what’s become known as “trop-rock,” music [...]
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Tropical Isle: Back on Bourbon
August 1, 2010 – 12:06 am
A year after a four-alarm fire ripped through the building, the Tropical Isle at the corner of Toulouse and Bourbon re-opened last month with a renewed commitment to live music on Bourbon Street. Equipped with new state-of-the-art sound systems, the Tropical Isle and Tropical Isle Bayou Club (formerly Beach Club) will continue the tradition of [...]
Waylon Thibodeaux, Who’s Yo Cher Be Be (Rabadash)
May 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
Bourbon Street fiddle player Waylon Thibodeaux hits what he aims at on Who’s Yo’ Cher Be Be, an album of crowd-pleasing, rockin’ zydeco. His New Orleans-based band effectively maintains enough of the feel of Acadiana zydeco for listeners to know what they’re getting, but the drive is closer to rock ‘n’ roll, and Thibodeaux works [...]
