Washboard Chaz is a lucky guy. Not everybody gets a festival named after them, but Chaz has become the iconic figurehead of one of the most interesting musical events to develop in New Orleans since the 2005 flood, the Bywater celebration called Chaz Fest. For a musician whose only equipment is a tricked-out washboard and [...]
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Chaz Fest 2011: Photo Slideshow
May 4, 2011 – 10:59 pm
In between Jazz Fest weekends this Wednesday, May 4, Chaz Fest was held at the “Truck Farm” on St. Claude Avenue. The festival celebrates some of the best and brightest Ninth Ward musicians and offers a two-stage music festival in a more lush and intimate setting than the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival without [...]
May 2011 Letters
May 1, 2011 – 12:01 am
NOT AN ACCORDION Thank you for the review of my new CD On the Street. It captures what the band sounds like on the recording and what we are trying to achieve in general. I want to clear up a couple of mistakes. On “Louis Collins,” that is not an accordion—it’s Andy Forest’s soulful harmonica [...]
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, On the Street (Independent)
April 1, 2011 – 12:56 am
“The bank today turned down my loan / they say money’s too tight.” Now that’s a way to start an album these days. On their latest, the Washboard Chaz Blues Trio gives us more reasons to blame the banks: who wouldn’t bet on this trio? The album features a balanced mix of originals and covers. [...]
Washboard Rodeo: What’s in a Cowboy Name?
August 1, 2010 – 12:06 am
Washboard Rodeo is bringing cowboy jazz to New Orleans. The Western swing group recently released its self-titled debut album, an acoustic affair filled with harmonies and light washboard percussion. The tracks are covers of Western swing classics including “Women, Women, Women”, “Jack o’ Diamonds” and “Fort Worth Stomp”. Western swing developed in the ’30s and [...]
Washboard Rodeo CD Release Party at Maison Tonight
March 18, 2010 – 1:03 am
The Western Swing/Country band, Washboard Rodeo, has a release party tonight at 10 p.m. at Maison on Frenchmen St. for their new self-titled debut album. Washboard Rodeo is one of several projects led by Washboard Chaz, best known for his Washboard Chaz Blues Trio and his role in the Tin Men, along with Alex McMurray [...]
