Mardi Gras in New Orleans
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans. We take the occasion to remember the life and passing of the leader of the Yellow Pocahontas, Allison “Tootie” Montana, the Chief of Chiefs who passed away in June 2005. Also a history behind a burlesque tune-turned Krewe of Rex theme “If Ever I Cease To Love.” And meet the hottest guys in the parade as we tote a torch with the flambeau carriers, lighting the route and accepting gratuities along the way.
HOUR ONE
Big Chief (Complete Version) Professor Longhair with Earl King
Ultimate Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras
Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. with Dr. John
Indian Blues, Candid
Mardi Gras Day Kermit Ruffins with the Rebirth Brass Band
Throwback, Basin Street
Carnival Time Al Johnson
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras
SEGMENT: Flambeaux
Street Parade Earl King
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras
Instrumental: Mardi Gras Iko The Chosen Few Brass Band
New Orleans Brass Bands: Down Yonder, Rounder
Indian Red Young Guardians of the Flame
New Way Pockey Way, First Tribe
Meet the Boyz on the Battlefront Anders Osborne with "Big Chief" Monk Boudreaux
Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans, Shout! Factory
My Indian Red Baby Dodds Trio feat. Danny Barker
Jazz A'La Creole, GHB
Jock-A-Mo Sugar Boy Crawford and His Cane Cutters
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI
Instrumental: Hiko Hiko Donald Harrison Jr.
Indian Blues, Candid
INTERVIEW: Allison "Tootie" Montana
New Suit The Wild Magnolias
They Call Us Wild, Polydor
Indian Blues Donald Harrison Jr.
Indian Blues, Candid
HOUR TWO
The Second Line Donald Harrison Jr. and the New Orleans Legacy Ensemble
Spirits of Congo Square, Candid
INTERVIEW: Dr. Stephen Hales on "If Ever I Cease to Love"
La Gallina, Opus 53 (The Hen: Danse cubaine) Louis Moreau Gottschalk
American Piano Music by Amiram Rigai, Folkways
Go to the Mardi Gras Professor Longhair
Mardi Gras Essentials, Hip-O
Instrumental: Pasillo Sotario Gomez Orchestra
Caribbean Voyage: Trinidad, Rounder
Carnival Proclamation Lord Melody
Calypso Awakening, Folkways
(Talkin' About The) Zulu King James and Troy Andrews
12 & Shorty, Keep Swingin'
Mardi Gras Mambo The Hawketts
Mardi Gras Essentials, Hip-O
I Know You Mardi Gras Eddie Bo
Carnival, Putumayo
Bourbon Street Parade Olympia Brass Band
Kickin' Some Brass, Shanachie
Walk Through the Streets of the City Bill Matthews & His New Orleans Dixieland Band
Recorded in New Orleans, Vol. 1, Good Time Jazz
Instrumental: Double D Two Step Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
La Chanson Perdue, Rounder
La Danse de Mardi Gras The Balfa Brothers
The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music, Swallow
Mardi Gras Song Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
End Bed: If Ever I Cease to Love John Rankin
Fess' Mess, Rankomatic Music