Tipitina’s and producer Sonny Schneidau have announced A Tribute To Art Neville – The Specialty Years & More and Eddie Bo. This special one-night-only concert will honor and celebrate two giants of New Orleans Music whose legacy and contributions are part of the foundation on which Tipitina’s was built.
This is the seventh installment of fundraising tributes presented by Tipitina’s and produced by Schneidau with Musical Director George Porter, Jr. (The Professor Longhair 100th Birthday Tribute, With You in Mind: A Tribute to The Songbook of Allen Toussaint, The Tribute to Dr. John, Covered in Earl: A Tribute to Earl King, and A Tribute To The Instigators of Funk and Rock & Roll: Antoine “Fats” Domino and Huey “Piano” Smith, A Tribute to the Queen – Irma Thomas) and will feature performances by Cyril Neville, Ivan Neville, Deacon John, Jon Cleary, Ian Neville, Tony Hall, Stanton Moore, Jelly Joseph, River Eckert, Marilyn Barbarin, Amelia Neville, Dave Jordan, and more. The “House Band” for the evening will include George Porter, Jr., David Torkanowsky, Kyle Roussel, Chris Adkins, Terrence Houston, Tony Dagradi, Brad Walker, Tracy Griffin, Jeff Albert, Phillip Manuel, and Jolynda “Kiki” Chapman.
Keyboardist and singer Art Neville, previous OffBeat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award recipient, was New Orleans “royalty” who played a seminal role in the New Orleans music scene for generations. He was influenced by the R&B styles of James Booker, Bill Doggett, Booker T. Jones, Lloyd Glenn and Professor Longhair. Eddie Bo, who also was received OffBeat’s Lifetime Achievement in Music Award, was a singer, pianist and producer from New Orleans. Schooled in jazz, he was known for his blues, soul and funk recordings. He was heavily influenced by his mother and Professor Longhair, who shared similar playing styles, as well as Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and Vladimir Horowitz.
The event takes place Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the Tipitina’s website. A portion of the proceeds from the Tribute will be donated to New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic.
