New Orleans Music: R&B, Roots Rock and Soul, Gospel and Funk
Jazz may have been born here, but by the 1950s the music of choice in New Orleans was rhythm & blues, and local talent topped the charts with songs like “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, “The Fat Man”, and “Working in the Coalmine”. We’ll talk to many key figures in New Orleans R&B, from hitmakers like Lloyd Price, Dr. John, and Aaron Neville and producers Allen Toussaint and Harold Battiste, to bandleader Dave Bartholomew and musicians like drummer Earl Palmer. Plus music recorded in New Orleans’ legendary J&M Studios by Little Richard, Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, and funk, jazz, pop and soul along the way.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: It Ain't My Fault Smokey Johnson
It Ain't My Fault, Night Train
Good Rockin' Tonight Roy Brown
Mean Old World: The Blues From 1940 To 1994, MCA
The Fat Man Fats Domino
Out Of New Orleans, Bear Family
CLIP:
Stagger Lee Lloyd Price
Greatest Hits, Curb
Lawdy Miss Clawdy Elvis Presley
The King Of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters, RCA
Instrumental: Alberta Lloyd Glenn
Honky Tonk Train, Night Train
CLIP: Earl Palmer on Little Richard
Lucille Little Richard
The Specialty Story, Specialty
I Didn't Want to Do it The Spiders
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI
SEGMENT: Sal Doucette, Ernest McLean, Cosimo Matassa and Dave Bartholomew
I Hear You Knockin Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
Trick Bag Earl King
Come On: The Complete Imperial Recordings, Okra-Tone
Instrumental: Big Wheel Clifton Chenier
Chess New Orleans, Chess
CLIP: Allen Toussaint
CLIP: Cosimo Matassa on Toussaint
CLIP:
Working in the Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
Wheelin' and' Dealin': The Definitive Collection, Arista
A Certain Girl Ernie K-Doe
Crescent City Soul: The Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI
CLIP: Irma Thomas
It's Raining Irma Thomas
Sweet Soul Queen Of New Orleans: The Irma Thomas Collection, Razor & Tie
I Know Barbara George
Gumbo Stew, Ace
CLIP: Harold Battiste on AFO
Olde Wine AFO Executives
Gumbo Stew, Ace
CLIP: Aaron Neville on the Neville Brothers
Voodoo Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: When The Saints Go Marching In Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
Country Boy Down in New Orleans Snooks Eaglin
Country Boy Down in New Orleans, Arhoolie
Kingfish Randy Newman
Good Old Boys, Reprise
Creole Blues Albert Nicholas, Danny Barker, et al
Jazz a la Creole, GHB
Corrine Died on the Battlefield Danny Barker
Jazz a la Creole, GHB
Meet De Boys On The Battlefront Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
CLIP:
Iko, Iko Dixie Cups
Mardi Gras In New Orleans, Volume 2, Mardi Gras
Hiko Hiko Donald Harrison
Indian Blue, Candid
Instrumental: Cissy Strut The Meters
Funkify Your Life, Rhino
I Been Hoodooed Dr. John
In The Right Place, ATCO
CLIP: Dr. John on piano
Mamie's Blues Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. III: New York, Washington And The Rediscovery, Smithsonian
Junco Partner James Booker
Junco Partner, Hannibal/Rykodisc
Instrumental: Big Chief Forgotten Souls Brass Band
Don't Forget 'Em, N.O. Music Online
CLIP: Allen Toussaint on piano professors
CLIP: Quint Davis on Professor Longhair
SEGMENT: Sal Doucette, Harold Battiste on New Orleans R&B
I'm Walkin Rebirth Brass Band
Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rounder
Walking To New Orleans Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
End Bed: Walkin Home Donald Harrison with Dr. John
Indian Blue, Candid