Tunes From The Bayou State...

[bayoubill]

Blue Monday...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-PZIvzO64]Fats Domino - Blue Monday 1957 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

The Meters... Cissy Strut

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_iC0MyIykM]The Meters - Cissy Strut - YouTube[/ame]

 

[syrenn]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjGc2NdrAQ]DOUG KERSHAW - Don't Mess With My Toot Toot - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Clifton Chenier... plays at Jay's Lounge on a night I was there... Mardi Gras 1975...

btw... the slide show has pics of Mardi Gras on the main street of my home town...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAw2rd21C_Q]Clifton Chenier plays Jay's Lounge laisse les bons temps roulers! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

La Chanson de Mardi Gras...

with video from my wife's hometown...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=kQpU5v55DCs

 

[percysunshine]

'Don't mess with my toot toot.'

Dang, I miss living in Nawlins.

 

[bayoubill]

Dr. John...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4J8VrprrGE]Dr. John - Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

'Don't mess with my toot toot.'

Dang, I miss living in Nawlins.

so... where 'bouts you at now...?

when did you live in NO...?

 

[bayoubill]

Professor Longhair...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSN7WOPkQ0]Tipitina - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

more Meters...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEtXT9w9AYU&feature=related]The Meters - Hey Pocky A-Way - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Li'l Queeny & the Percolators... love that gal...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKa_5wUsAbo&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKa_5wUsAbo&feature=related[/ame]

 

[percysunshine]

'Don't mess with my toot toot.'

Dang, I miss living in Nawlins.

so... where 'bouts you at now...?

when did you live in NO...?

1988-93

Had a place on Bayou St. John. Great time. Was invited to be on floats, and had season tickets to the Saints. I woudn't trade the time for anything.

Living in Houston now.

 

[bayoubill]

Benny Grunch and the Bunch... heh... miss the old N'awlins as much as I do...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOXVEcXftj4]Ain't Dere No More - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

'Don't mess with my toot toot.'

Dang, I miss living in Nawlins.

so... where 'bouts you at now...?

when did you live in NO...?

1988-93

Had a place on Bayou St. John. Great time. Was invited to be on floats, and had season tickets to the Saints. I woudn't trade the time for anything.

Living in Houston now.

so... who's ya mama... i.e., where you and your folks from originally...?

and how'd you end up in NO...?

and which Mardi Gras parade(s) was your fav'rit...?


eta... I was in Houston a coupla weekends ago... did you go to that downtown Art thing...?

 

[Vengeance]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCG2qAAxHBA]Dr. John - Such a Night - YouTube[/ame]

 

[tinydancer]

Anything at all by Kenny Wayne Shepherd. When I first heard the album Trouble Is I was blown away at this kid's natural talent. He took my breath away.

I hope this link works for everyone.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Youtube Voodoo Chile | Electric Guitarist

I can't view it, but if it's Kenny playing Hendrix it has to be good.

 

[bayoubill]

Mickey Gilley... from Ferriday, Louisiana... across the river from Natchez, Mississippi...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUmZ_IrtAtg]Mickey Gilley - You Don't Know Me - YouTube[/ame]


first cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, also from Ferriday, Louisiana...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yRdDnrB5kM]Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (1957) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[techieny]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8]Dueling Banjos Deliverance - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Dueling Banjos Deliverance - YouTube

ummm... that's not from Louisiana...

 

[FuelRod]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E9NM4mwPrs]Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame - YouTube[/ame]