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Iko Iko. " Iko Iko " (/ ˈaɪkoʊ ˈaɪkoʊ /) is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title " Jock-A-Mo ", was written and released in 1953 as a single by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cutters but it ...
Dr. John. Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk. [1] Active as a session musician from the late 1950s until his death, he gained a following in the late 1960s after the ...
Big Chief. " Big Chief " is a song composed by Earl King in the early 1960s. It became a hit in New Orleans for Professor Longhair in 1964, [ 1] featuring a whistled first chorus in a rollicking blues piano style and subsequent lyrics written in mock-American-Indian pidgin (whistled and sung by King, uncredited).
Super Sunday Showdown (collaboration with Mardi Gras Indians and Dr. John, 1991) 1313 Hoodoo Street (AIM Records, 1996) Life is a Carnival (Capitol/Metro Blue, 1999) 30 Years and Still Wild (Pony Canyon, 2002) They Call Us Wild re-release (with The Wild Magnolias and bonus material, Sunnyside, 2007) A New Kind of Funk (One More Time, 2013)
New Orleans" by Flat Duo Jets. "Chromatic Lee Suite" by Lee Konitz. "Cindy of New Orleans" by Waylon Jennings. "City Beneath the Sea" by Harry Connick Jr. "City That Care Forgot" by Dr. John. "Clean Up (After Mardi Gras)" by Charmaine Neville. "Clementine (From New Orleans)" by Bix Beiderbecke. "The Comancheros" by Lonnie Donegan.
The Wild Tchoupitoulas is a 1976 album by the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian tribe the Wild Tchoupitoulas. While not a commercial success, the effort was well received critically and the experience recording it encouraged the four Neville brothers to perform together for the first time as a group. [3]
The song, which is considered a New Orleans music standard, was added to the US National Recording Registry in 2011 because of its cultural significance. The subject of "Tipitina" is unknown. According to an interview and a recording by Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) played at the WWOZ Piano Night concert in 2020, Tipitina was a type of or name of a ...
Factory. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is an American brass band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] The ensemble was established in 1977, by Benny Jones and members of the Tornado Brass Band. The Dirty Dozen incorporated funk and bebop into the traditional New Orleans jazz style, and has since been a major influence on local music.