Music Induced Comas: ABSINTHE makes the head go yonder....NEW ORLEANS MUSIC version Part ONE

Working in the New Orleans area this week prompted me to go back and listen to some great music that comes from the city. Now what you will notice is that everyone in each of these bands has played with or is currently in another band but at one time were in another band listed on here.....The circle of New Orleans music is very tight and that is what makes it COOL beyond words.....I will try and explain to the best of my knowledge but I have attached teh Wikipedia page to help......

now I can't cover all of the New Orleans music and I have included much of what I heard while there growing up and at LSU.

I know as soon as I post this some dumbfuck will tell me what I missed. And many of these are VERY HARD to find even videos for but with that said......

HERE WE GO......

Arlo Guthrie - City Of New Orleans

"Good mornin' America, how are you?
Don't you know me? I'm your native son!"

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Richie Connick as in Harry Connick Jr.'s Older brother....I think Harry did a little better in his career but this is early New Wave that still rocks....

Wayward Youth - Do You Wanna?

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Now we come to The Cold......without a doubt the most popular band in New Orleans that never really took off.....and Ellen DeGeneres' brother Vance was the bass player (see below with Cowboy Mouth)...and they were WAY Ahead of their time....they started by playing CYOs and took off with a very loyal base that TODAY is much older but STILL perks up when they hear them.....REUNION ANYONE??

.http://www.threechordcity.com/

The Cold - You

The Cold - Mesmerized

And Babs is still a babe today

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Now here are the Red Rockers.....John Thomas Griffith who went to be successful with Cowboy Mouth (see below) first was Lead Singer of this band....I was grounded at age of 15 and was told to come in at 11pm on to call my mom at 12 midnight from one of their shows telling her I wasn't coming home early.....She got the last word as she locked me out so I slept on porch.....GOOD SHOW THOUGH!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rockers

Red Rockers - China (1983)

Red Rockers - Good As Gold (1983)

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Here is Dash Rip Rock which got huge around the time I was at LSU which was 87 to 92......and the drummer of the ORIGINAL Dash Rip Rock was Fred LeBlanc who went on to lead Cowboy Mouth...and drummer who replaced Fred in Dash was none other than Chris Luckett who was Original drummer of The Cold (see above)....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash_Rip_Rock

Just listen to Fred on the self titled album below and Ace Of Clubs and tell me if this doesn't remind you of a Cowboy Mouth show

Dash Rip Rock - Operator (1987)

Dash Rip Rock - I Saw The Light (1987)

Dash Rip Rock - DMZ (1987)

Dash Rip Rock - Buried Treasure (1987)

Dash Rip Rock - Lisa (1989)

Interview but got some killer jam in it....COWPUNK...just watch

http://vimeo.com/2403629

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Cowboy Mouth is a band where drummer Fred LeBlanc (formerly of Dash Rip Rock) is the frontman and along with John Thomas Griffith (Red Rockers)

Cowboy Mouth and Paul Sanchez (used to be in the BackBeats with Vance DeGeneres of the Cold). Known for the LIVE shows as Fred simply takes it to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL with climbing on speakers and getting in the crowd. He makes it as close to a Gospel ceremony as humanly possible. If you were lucky to catch them in the early days, you know what I am talking about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Mouth

Cowboy Mouth - Son Of An Engineer (Acoustic in Chicago one week after Katrina)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7eYRgE_3k

Just an absolute PHENOMENAL performance acoustic on the streets of Chicago. Go pick up album as the original song is KEY

Cowboy Mouth - The Avenue (Live on Ellen)

and yes that is Vance DeGeneres who used to be in The Cold (see above)

When being interviewed by Ellen De Generes on her talk show that year, Sanchez was asked by Ellen what he loved about New Orleans and he replied, " well, I'm pretty sure we invented a good time so if you ever had one..."

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Better Than Ezra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Than_Ezra
http://www.ezralites.com/discography.php

if you were lucky enough to attend LSU in the late 80s and early 90s then you got to see Better Than Ezra rise to success.....the following songs are from a cassette that is nearly impossible to find now.....dated but GOOD stuff
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Better Than Ezra - Hold Me Down

Better Than Ezra - CDU

Better Than Ezra - Devil Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAGR4_nbnX8

Better Than Ezra - Ezra Pound

Better Than Ezra - Teenager

Better Than Ezra - Three Sisters (Off Chime Street Demo) (1988)

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The Meters or Funky Meters really need no intro as they are what funk is today., plain and simple. Go ask the Red Hot Chili Peppers where they got there sound from....ENJOY

and FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!!!

The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py, Jungle Man

The Meters - Cissy Strut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FBnQvd_xzs

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The Neville Brothers - I had the great pleasure of meeting Aaron at his house in New Orleans East a couple of years before it would be wiped away during Katrina flood. They again need no intro.....JUST LISTEN

Aaron Neville - Hercules (scenes from the movie "Mean Streets")

The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon

The Neville Brothers - Sister Rosa

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I kind of ran out of time with this one as I wanted to explore more.....forgot Galactic, Dr John and MUCH MUCH MORE...........ENJOY.....

I was in NOLA two weeks ago and stayed at Monteleone and it was the most amazing experience of my life being in the HEART of NOLA with everyone. We did the tourist thing......Galatoires etc....Tales of the Cocktail....CHEERS....putting them in day order also...best 4 days EVER.