Podcast 211 - Madri Gras 2011 Mixtape

Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras. A day of excess before weeks of denial, leading up to the Easter Sunday celebration. It calls for over-the-top celebration, and here’s the music for it – an hour-plus long collection of New Orleans jazz, R&B and funk, both old and new, including:   Dejan’s Original Olympia Brass Band – “Olympia Special” Louis Armstrong – “Gutbucket Blues” The Meters – “Chicken Strut” 7 Walkers – “New Orleans Crawl” Bunk Johnson – “When the Saints Go Marching In” Donald Harrison – “Dance Hall” Eddie Bo – “SGB” George Lewis – “Bourbon Street Parade” Nicholas Payton – “You Rascal You” Marcia Ball – “Crawfishin’” Piron's New Orleans Orchestra – “New Orleans Wiggle” Lois DeLoatch - “Down By the Riverside” Professor Longhair – “Go to theMardi Gras” Dr. John – “Mardi Gras Day” (live in Montreux)   Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!