TMP321 WACKO WADE WRIGHT: RIDING WITH THE KING

The drummer and manager for Little Freddie King has been with the legendary electric country blues man for over three decades, sheparding every aspect of his career. Wacko started out with the Nightowls playing at the notorious Mary's Tavern, and later backed a fresh-out-of-Angola Freddy Fender at Papa Joe's on Bourbon St. His long partnership with Little Freddie has taken them to over 150 cities in 15 countries around the world. Having spent 6 months as a target of the Vietcong in Da Nang Harbor, Wacko has no problem handling the slings and arrows of the Troubled Men.   Topics include the mayor's race, an arraignment, facial recognition, a losers’ forum, a Chris Farley type, Ricky Twiggs, FEMA money, boxing gloves, Sidney Smith, conjoined twins, a nickname, a production company, the Orleans St. canal, Dibert Elementary School, Sacred Heart elementary school, Al Dorian, St. Aloysius High School, Germania Hall, Huey Piano Smith, Little Joe Lambert, Ronnie Barron, the Playboy Club, the draft, Rickie Castrillo, the Sparks, Subic Bay, Barry Rodrigue, Joe Clay, Paul Varisco and the Milestones, Percy Randolph, Greg Schatz, and many more.   Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break Music: "I Used To Be Down" and "Bywater Crawl" from "I Used To Be Down" by Little Freddie King Outro Music: "Louisiana Trainwreck" from "Absolutely the Best" by Little Freddie King Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Little Freddie King Facebook Little Freddie King Bandcamp Little Freddie King Homepage Chapters (00:00:15) - Troubled Men: Manny Chevrolet(00:01:27) - Mayor's Indicted(00:03:23) - Visit Your Sister Cities(00:04:20) - on Facial Recognition(00:07:01) - Ricky Twigs and the New Orleans mayoral race(00:10:41) - The Women of the Boxing(00:12:02) - The Iguanas(00:14:02) - A coroner's deputy in Arizona sues the office(00:16:19) - Married Conjoined Twins!(00:19:08) - Talking To My Sister(00:19:18) - Freddy King(00:19:52) - Meet Wacko Wade(00:23:09) - Freddie King on His Love Life(00:24:54) - Wacko on Growing Up in New Orleans(00:27:40) - St. Aloysius Drummer on Starting to Play(00:31:36) - History of Aloysius School thrown in the dump(00:33:28) - Backing Up The Jokers(00:37:25) - I Had To Fill In For Huey Piano Smith(00:42:19) - Troubled Men Podcast: Letter from a Stranger(00:47:18) - Wacko Wade(00:51:46) - Wade Ferguson on Being Drafted Into the Army(00:54:56) - Boskoe Blind Boys on Bourbon Street(00:58:54) - "He Should've Just Called an ambulance"(00:59:15) - Drum Lessons from The Sparks(01:03:30) - Skirmishes off Da Nang(01:06:27) - Barry Rodrigue in the Dead End Kids(01:09:13) - Freddie King's Band: How They Hired Me(01:11:33) - Freddie King Playing at DBA and BJ's(01:13:59) - Train Race, Louisiana Train Race