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Almost Everybody…
OffBeat started “Backtalk,” its monthly Q&A in January 1996, when Michael Tisserand interviewed BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet with brothers Sid and Nathan Williams—the former, the proprietor of El-Sid-O’s; the latter, the […]
Jazz Fest 2003 A to Z
Compiled by Bunny Matthews, Geraldine Wyckoff, Christopher Blagg and James Bailey. If being outside in the fresh air with thousands of other human beings in the center of a […]
Letters April 2002
THE VALET OF ARROGANCE I have been in your city on business recently from Los Angeles, which is my hometown. I have gotten around at night to hear as much […]
Dave Badie, The Court Jazzster (Independent)
Dave Badie: The Court Jazzster (Independent)
Letters November 2000
BLACK & WHITE I’d like to respond to Bunny Matthews’ interview with Robert Mugge regarding Mugge’s film “Rhythm & Bayous: A Road Map of Louisiana Music.” In discussing the swamp […]
The W.C. Handy Awards Celebrate 20 Years
The 20th annual W.C. Handy Awards, the Grammys of the Blues, have come and gone, and once again, the winners were about as surprising as the sunrise. Don’t get me […]
Seven Decades of Fats Domino
What do you give The Fat Man who has everything? In celebration of his 70th birthday on February 28th, here are some simple tributes to remind everyone that Fats’ (who […]
From the Get-Go with Paul Cebar
Paul Cebar drives the streets of Milwaukee, sniffing the night air for funk – real funk. “That’s Jones Island, the waste treatment plant,” he says, referring to the bouquet of […]
Jessie Hill, Professor Longhair Birthday Bashes; the Wolfman, Johnny Adams Reissued
The great Jessie “Ooh-Poo-Pah-Ooo” Hill will celebrate his 62nd birthday at Tipitina’s on Friday, December 9th, with an all-star cast of family and friends that includes Ernie K-Doe, Tommy Ridgley, […]
