This first weekend of the 1998 New Orleans Jazz
and
Heritage Festival was one of the best ever --
cool, dry
weather,great food, a killer line-up, and a new
layout at the
Fairgrounds that provided room to move despite
record
crowds, PLUS one of the weirdest experiences
ever at
Ernie
K-Doe's Mother-in-Law Lounge.
A
FEW PHOTOS FROM JAZZ FEST 98
Here's what we saw musically each day during
the Fest:
Thursday, April
23
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| THURSDAY NIGHT, AROUND TOWN | ||
| Nathan
& the
Zydeco Cha-Chas |
Mid
City Lanes
Rock 'N Bowl |
We bowled, we zydeco'ed, we drank Abita, and we bought cool bowling shirts. |
Friday,
April 24|
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| JAZZ FEST, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS RACETRACK | ||
| CC Adcock (w/Steve Riley) | Polaroid Stage | Some good cajun rock-n-roll to start things out |
| Roland Stone | House of Blues Stage |  |
| Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeens | Ray-Ban Stage | |
| Early Brooks & Jah Posse | Congo Square Stage | Reggae Mon |
| Tiny Town | Polaroid Stage | Former members of the Subdudes -- a good sound |
| Ruth Brown | Ray-Ban Stage | A Rock-n-Roll Hall-of-Famer -- she showed us why |
| Galactic | House of Blues Stage | The latest rage in New Orleans Funk |
| Dr. John | Ray-Ban Stage | A New Orleans Classic |
| New Orleans Klezmer All Stars | House of Blues Stage | Great Klezmer/New Orleans blend, but where was Mean Willie Greenstein? |
| Anders Osborne | Polaroid Stage | |
| Burning Spear | Congo Square Stage | Winston Rodney - still the best Reggae grooves on the planet |
| John Fogerty | Ray-Ban Stage | One hit after another |
| FRIDAY NIGHT, AROUND TOWN | ||
| ????????????? | Bourbon Street | I'd make some comments, if I could remember anything...here's what's happening now, from the BourboCAM, updated every 20 seconds!!! |
Saturday,
April 25|
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| JAZZ FEST, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS RACETRACK | ||
| Reggie Hall & the Twilighters | Polaroid Stage | |
| T-Roy and the Vibe | Congo Square Stage | |
| The Dirty Dozen | Ray-Ban Stage | No longer just a brass band -- they now have a bass and keyboards -- but they still sound great |
| Keb' Mo' | House of Blues Stage | Too crowded, but what we heard sounded good |
| George Porter & Runnin' Pardners w/Johnny Adams | Polaroid Stage | |
| Allen Toussaint | Ray-Ban Stage | |
| John Mooney & Bluesiana | House of Blues Stage | |
| Hackberry Ramblers | Fais Do-Do Stage | The band's been together 65 years, the accordian player is 88 years old, and they're still a great cajun band |
| Marcia Ball | Polaroid Stage | A huge crowd -- how come people in Austin don't appreciate her this much? |
| Etta James & the Roots Band | Ray-Ban Stage | Etta and her band rocked - we saw a lot more Sunday night |
| Chris Ardoin w/Bois Sec Ardoin | Fais Do-Do Stage | The hottest young zydeco band around |
| Bonnie Raitt | Ray-Ban Stage | Bonnie's still Bonnie, and a whole bunch of people were there to see it |
| Boozoo Chavis & the Magic Sounds | Fais Do-Do Stage | Boozoo, That's Who! He even got a new monkey from someone in the crowd! |
| SATURDAY NIGHT, AROUND TOWN | ||
| George Porter & Runnin' Pardners w/Snooks Eaglin | The Howlin' Wolf |  If
you haven't seen Snooks, you ain't seen nothin. Yeah you right! |
| Ernie K-Doe | Ernie K-Doe's Mother-in-Law Lounge | Here is the totally wild story of our late night at the Mother-in-Law Lounge; plus, here's where you can get your very own pair of Official Ernie K-Doe "Drawers"! |
Sunday, April
26|
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| JAZZ FEST, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS RACETRACK | ||
| Antioch Singers | Rhodes Gospel Tent | A little gospel always sounds good on Sunday morning |
| BB Major | House of Blues Stage | |
| Royal Fingerbowl | Polaroid Stage | They killed Beatle Bob at the end of the show -- unfortunately he reappeared later on (Beatle Bob photo) |
| T-Model Ford & Spam | House of Blues Stage | |
| Ronnie Dawson | Fais Do-Do Stage | This guy's the Real Deal - some killer rockabilly |
| Marva Wright & the BMWs | Polaroid Stage | We hung around for a while, but Marva never came out on stage. Oh well, on to... |
| The funky Meters | Ray-Ban Stage | The Godfathers of New Orleans Funk, and they can still funk it up! |
| The Henry Butler Group | House of Blues Stage | Sounded good in the background while we muched on Crawfish Bread, Crawfish Beignets, Oyster & Shrimp Po-boys, & Stuffed Artichokes |
| Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers | Congo Square Stage | Gi, gi, gi, gi, gi, gi, gi, gi, git it Beau Jocque. You feel good? I feel good me too! |
| Frankie Ford | House of Blues Stage | Frankie didn't do too much for us. We left before he played "Sea Cruise" |
| Baaba Maal of Senegal | Congo Square Stage | Some excellent World Music. Wish we could have stayed longer, but we had to get over to... |
| Terrence Simien & the Mallet Playboys | Polaroid Stage | A fine way to end Jazz Fest '98 at the Fairgrounds! |
| Dave Mathews Band | Ray-Ban Stage | I didn't bother to fight the crowds, but I hear that about 90,000 people thought he was pretty good. |
| SUNDAY NIGHT, AROUND TOWN | ||
| Etta James & the Roots Band, plus Davell Crawford | The House of Blues |  Absolutely
one of the best live music shows I've ever seen -- Etta has a great
big voice, a talented and tight band (which was joined on guitar by Leo
Nocentelli), wonderful material, and not only that -- she's really raunchy
too, in a classic blues sort of way. |
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