Hammond B3 player Ike Stubblefield got his start as part of the Motown Revue in 1968, and he has spent his career since playing with a musical who’s who on the road or in the studio. Recently, he was in town to play organ on Ruthie Foster‘s Let It Burn (recorded at Piety Street Studios), [...]
Tag Archives: Walter “Wolfman” Washington
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, [...]
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.
Galactic, Ya-Ka-May (Anti- Records)
February 1, 2010 – 12:37 am
When Galactic parted ways with Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet, there was a lot of concern about what the band would become without a front man. Would it jam on Blue Note-like jazz-funk riffs until that well was dry? As From the Corner to the Block and the new Ya-Ka- May suggest, those concerns were right and [...]
Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Doin’ the Funky Thing (Independent)
May 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
The post-Katrina record has become its own genre by now, but what of the post-Katrina party record? Not as crowded a field, but Walter “Wolfman” Washington pretty much owns it with this disc, which folds some upbeat recovery sentiments between tunes about the continued importance of shaking one’s booty. If his Katrina songs are about [...]
Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Sada (Pointblank Records)
September 1, 1991 – 12:01 am
Longtime Wolfman fans, those familiar with his work with Johnny Adams, Lee Dorsey and Irma Thomas, shouldn’t be surprised that his fifth album and major label debut is the best yet, a wonderful mix of soul, R&B, and blue-tinged ballads. Unlike most modern blues discs that rely heavily on extended guitar-star posturing, this disc relies [...]
