January 2005
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BackTalk
- Frankie Ford
“So be my guest, you’ve got nothing to lose—won’t you let me take you on a sea cruise?” The lyrics to…
Bayou Boogie
Cover Story
- Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
“Okey Dokey Stomp.” “Boogie Uproar.” “That’s Your Daddy Yaddy Yo.” “Just Before Dawn.” “Dirty Work At The Crossroads.” “Didn’t Reach My…
Dis 'n' Dat
- The Sound of Silence
“I see a lot of bands who play this kind of music get frustrated and leave New Orleans. I love this…
Features
- Best of the Beat Nominees
- Best of the Beat Bourbon Street Award: Big Al Carson
- Best of the Beat Sideman of the Year: Chuck Badie
- Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education: Mercedes Tucker Stamps
- Best of the Beat Heartbeat Award: Albinas Prizgintas
- Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Business: Larry McKinley
Larry McKinley, who has spent over 50 years intimately involved in the music business, is the recipient of the 2005 OffBeat… - Top 50 Louisiana CDs of 2004
Feed Me Something, Mister
Jazzin'
- A Batiste in New York
“It’s freezing,” exclaims Jonathan Batiste, the 18-year-old pianist who recently completed his first semester at New York’s prestigious Juilliard School. While…
Letters
- Letters January 2005
AMATEUR STATUS I wish to thank Steve Steinberg for his instructive comments about my recent CD Young At Heart. His learned…
Mojo Mouth
- The Cult
OffBeat is a magazine that focuses on local music and culture. Most of us who work here are so immersed in…
St. Rock
Reviews
- Rick Tobey, Chickenhead Blues (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
Witness a harmonica rack strapped, fedora-outfitted dude playing a National resophonic axe and chances are he’s a pedantic purist playing only… - Javier Gutierrez and Vivaz, Latin Caravan (Independent)
A native of Bolivia, Gutierrez is a musical wizard, excelling on Spanish and electric guitars and on the Cuban tres, a… - Tha Nu Jaz Orda, Second Line Hip-Hop (Mardi Gras Records)
There’s a lot to like about the concept of this project, summed up better than I ever could with the CD’s… - Quintin Gerard W., Fnkysax (O.T.S.)
After spending a number of musically formative years in the Los Angeles area, where he played with such smooth jazz greats… - Coco Robicheaux, Yeah, U Rite! (Spiritland)
Coco Robicheaux spends a lot of time explaining himself on his latest CD, Yeah, U Rite! which, from its title on… - Lil' Bob and the Lollipops, I Got Loaded (La Louisianne Records)
For fans of Lil’ Bob and the Lollipops’ individualistic soul, swamp pop and rhythm and blues, the compilation of 26 super… - Sonny Landreth, Grant Street (Sugar Hill)
Down In Louisiana, South Of I-10, Levee Town, and now Grant Street—slide guitar phenom Sonny Landreth wants you to know he’s… - Savoy-Michot Cajun Band, L'Autre Bord de L'Eu (Independent)
- Big Joe Williams, I Got Wild (Delmark)
- JW-Jones Blues Band, My Kind Of Evil (Northern Blues)
- Luciana Souza, Neruda (Sunnyside)
- Kurt Brunus, Horny and Saxy (Swamp Island Records)
- Charlie Haden, Land of the Sun (Verve)
- Selfinflicted, Selfinflicted (Independent)
- Big Chief Alfred Doucette, Marie Comin' Out (Independent)
- Fatter Than Albert, Most Poets Do (Independent)
- Furry Lewis and Bukka White, Party! At Home (Arcola Records)
- Dave Holland, Selected Recordings (ECM)
- John Leger and Debris Cajun Band, Do You Know How It Feels? (Swallow Records)
- Various Artists, Putumayo Presents New Orleans (Putumayo World Music)
- Kermit Ruffins, Putumayo Presents Kermit Ruffins (Putumayo World Music)
- Charles Leman, It's Not Over! (Hatchet Records)
- D. Landry and the Dirty Cajuns, Keep What's Left (Independent)
- Various Artists, The Best of Abita Springs Opry Volume Two (Independent)
- Various Artists, The Best of Abita Springs Opry Volume One (Independent)
- Wayne Shorter, Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter (Columbia)
