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Iko Iko is a New Orleans song about Mardi Gras Indians, written by James Crawford in 1953 and popularized by the Dixie Cups in 1965. Learn about the song's origin, meaning, legal battles, and covers by Dr. John, the Belle Stars, Captain Jack, and more.
"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).
Learn about Dr. John, a New Orleans-born musician who combined blues, jazz, funk, and R&B in his music. He recorded 30 albums and contributed to thousands of other artists' recordings, and was known for his theatrical stage show and voodoo influence.
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)
The song was first released as Mardi Gras in New Orleans by Professor Longhair and His Shuffling Hungarians in 1949 on a Star Talent 10" 78 RPM single. A version recorded in November 1949 and produced by Ahmet Ertugun and Herb Abramson was released as a 10" by Professor Longhair and his New Orleans Boys on Atlantic in February 1950. [6]
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 bird. Rebennack said he had never heard of that before or since. The New Orleans music venue, Tipitina's, was named for the song, [2] and Tipitina's Foundation bears the Tipitina name.
Mardi Gras masks are encouraged as a means to help revelers really let loose. 24. In 2018, The Corps de Napoleon was fined $100 for having 23 unmasked riders on a Mardi Gras parade float in New ...
Remedies is the third album released by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John.The photography was by Stephen C. LaVere, taken in 1969 at the Whisky a Go Go.. In a 2010 interview with Uncut, Dr. John explained the "bad trip" environment which led to the epic closing track "Angola Anthem":