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CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE: MARDI GRAS MASKS, MUSIC AND MISCHIEF
As Mardi Gras rolls around again, visit the late king of Krewe du Vieux, R&B hero Ernie K-Doe. Ride high with the oldest women’s Mardi Gras parade, Iris, and get down in the streets with a krewe of dogs in costume, Barkus. Plus Mardi Gras music makers in New Orleans, from Al “Carnival Time” Johnson to Rio’s samba schools.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: New Second Line Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Rounder - Mardi Gras Mambo The Hawketts
Chess New Orleans, Chess/MCA - Mambo Gozon Tito Puente
Top Percussion / Dance Mania, Bear Family - Mardi Gras In New Orleans Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Mardi Gras Party, Rounder - Mardi Gras Day Dr. John
Mardi Gras Essentials, Hip-O - Jambalaya The Ventures
Hawaii Five-O / Swamp Rock, EMI - INTERVIEW: Mardi Gras Parade: Iris
Listen - Louisiana Twist June Bug' Bailey
Shreveport Stomp: Ram Records Vol. 1, Ace - New Orleans Elvis Presley
King Creole, RCA - Mardi Gras Boogie Joe Turner
Tell Me Pretty Baby, Arhoolie - Instrumental: Burgundy Astral Project
Elevado, Astral Project - INTERVIEW: Krewe du Vieux parade with Ernie K-Doe
Listen - Popeye Joe Ernie K-Doe
Minit Records Story, EMI - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Champion Jack Dupree
A Portrait of Champion Jack Dupree, Rounder - Saturday Night Blowout John Buddy Williams Band
Calypso Awakening, Folkways - Big Chief Rebirth Brass Band
Hey Mardi Gras, EasyDisc - Take Me to the Mardi Gras Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Warner Brothers
HOUR two
- SEGMENT: Al Johnson
Listen - Carnival Time Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias
- Hey Pocky Way The Meters
Anthology: Funkify Your Life, Rhino - Hiko Hiko Donald Harrison
Indian Blues, Candid - Instrumental: Red Beans and Rice Scatman Patin with Linda Brannon
Shreveport Stomp: Ram Records Vol. 1, Ace - Zulus Ball Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders
In Search of King Oliver, APV - New Bon Ton Roulay (aka Bon Ton #2) Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow
Louisiana Swamp Blues, Capitol - Le Negue Antillais Sam Castendet et son orchestre Creole
- La Danse Des Mardi Gras Balfa Brothers
Kings of Cajun: 15 Stomps From the Swamps, Swallow - Zydeco Mardi Gras Boozoo Chavis
Zydeco Trail Ride, Maison de Soul - Carnaval Cuarteto Patria
Carnival, Putamayo - Peanut Vendor Alvin 'Red' Tyler & The Gyros
New Orleans Party Classics, Rhino - Instrumental: Carnival Dizzy Gillespie
Bahiana, Pablo - I Know You Mardi Gras Eddie Bo
Carnival, Putamayo - While We Danced At The Mardi Gras Al Hirt and his Jazz Band
Mardi Gras Parade Music from New Orleans, GHB - INTERVIEW: Mardi Gras Parade: Barkus
Listen - If Dogs Ran Free Bob Dylan
New Morning, Sony - Jambalaya (On the Bayou) Lucinda Williams
Ramblin, Folkways - Just a Little While To Stay Here Rebirth Brass Band
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Rounder
