Hank Staples is old-school—a raconteur of no mean talent, able to regale listeners with 30 years of wild and sordid tales of the renowned and notorious Maple Leaf Bar and the denizens of that great tavern. He’s seen the changes in Carrollton (“the Montmartre of New Orleans” according to poet and Maple Leaf barfly Everette Maddox) and in New Orleans. He’s seen everyone from Bruce Springste...