THE BEGINNERS ALWAYS WANT BEADS

Holy shit Fat Tuesday is only days away! And this is the weekend before Fat Tuesday AKA the amateur Mardi Gras, so commence posting of New Orleans shit! This won't hurt a bit. A mix of better and lesser known Crescent City sides, once or twice per season. It won't kill you.

~ NOTE: ALL MEDIA IS HOSTED BY THE BLOGS & SITES NAMED BELOW ~

Listen:

Warren Lee - Star Revue mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Shirley & Lee - Feel So Good mp3 at Rocky 52
Dave Bartholomew - Carnival Time mp3 at Home of the Groove
Professor Longhair - In the Night mp3 at DJ Perro
Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knockin' mp3 at DJ Perro
Roger and the Gypsies - Pass the Hatchet (Pts 1 and 2) mp3 at A Terrible Blogger Is Born
Champion Jack Dupree - Drunk Again mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Huey "Piano" Smith - Popeye mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People
Jessie Hill - Whip It On Me mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Al Tousan (Allen Toussaint) - Pelican Parade mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Frankie Ford - Roberta mp3 at Rocky 52
Eddie Lang - Something Within Me mp3 at Soul Garage
Eddie Bo - Roamin-itis mp3 at Groove Addict
Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can, Pt 2 mp3 at Videogotz
Huey "Piano" Smith - Would You Believe It mp3 at Modern Kicks
Jessie Hill - Oogsey Moo mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Lee Dorsey - Holy Cow mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People
Wax Wonders: The Soul Of NOLA at Aquarium Drunkard Three New Orleans sides, Irma Thomas, Bobby Parker, Little Bob. ( The two by Willie Tee are dead.)