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Masters of Louisiana Music: Huey “Piano” Smith
Pianist Huey “Piano” Smith’s biggest hits exemplified New Orleans’ party spirit, but unlike many of his generation, he has chosen to avoid the spotlight in his later years just as […]
Harold Battiste
Harold Battiste is concerned about the future, and particularly what will survive. The saxophone player has spent a lifetime in music and has been a talent scout, an arranger, a […]
Tom McDermott: The Keys to the City
Tom McDermott does not stand out in a crowd. The affable, laid-back pianist could be a bit character from Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi, a reference that traces McDermott’s […]
2007 Jazz Fest from A-Z
Years ago, a radio announcer asked, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” then answered, “The Shadow knows.” Big deal. Evil’s easy. Does the Shadow know who’s […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Business Award: Stan Lewis
Unbeknownst to many, for nearly three decades Shreveport was known as “The Record Center of the South.” The man who was single-handedly responsible for Shreveport earning that designation was Stan […]
Letters October 2000
SLAGGED ‘N’ STOKED I would like to address the recent slagging of Michael Murphy from the perspective of an insider. Although primarily a record producer (Fingerbowl, G. Love, Alex Chilton, […]
10 Years Ago in OffBeat: November
“You’d be surprised,” Harry Connick, Jr. told interviewer Camille Barker ten years ago when asked about his fans. “I get a lot of letters from people who like the music […]
Harold Battiste: One For All
Harold Battiste is a sax player, a record maker, a jazz educator. His story, as told to John Sinclair, is an oral history of a life in New Orleans music. […]
Dr. John Comes Clean
The Good Dr. John’s profile is as high these days as it’s ever been. Rhino Records issued the Mos’scocious anthology, the first definitive collection of Mac Rebennack’s work. A fresh […]
