Lady Jetsetters: From Pop’s House of Blues to Sportsman’s Corner and the End of the Line @StoogesBB
From Pop’s House of Blues, the second-line made its way down Dryades to the corner of Second and Dryades, where it disbanded in a huge …
Lady Jetsetters: From Silky’s to Pop’s House of Blues @StoogesBB
After we left Silky’s, we had a brief unscheduled stop about a block away in front of a boarded-up building, the purpose of which I …
Lady Jetsetters: Footwork on the Roof
It probably doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but the more exuberant second-liners still end up on the roofs of buildings, as a …
Lady Jetsetters: From S & S Club to Silky’s
From the S & S Club, our parade worked its way down sidestreets to a club called Silky’s, where the largest crowd of the afternoon …
Lady Jetsetters: From Tapps II to the S & S Club @StoogesBrassBand
Like most second-lines, the Lady Jetsetters’ parade picked up a lot more people as it made its way down Martin Luther King to a scheduled …
When Second is Number 1(I’m Confused, Too!)
Along the route of the Lady Jetsetters second-line last week was a church whose sign proclaimed it Second Zion Baptist Number One. On an earlier …
Fill ‘Er Up Uptown
Another charming fact about New Orleans is the tendency to run into well-preserved anachronisms everywhere, such as this remarkable 1930’s or 1940’s era service station, …
Sermons on the Mounts in the Crescent City
Any second-line route is likely to pass by any number of churches, but what I had never noticed until last week was how many of …
The Lady Jetsetters: From the Calliope to Tapps II @StoogesMusicGroup
After a brief stop in front of the headquarters of the Calliope Steppers, our second-line proceeded around to Dorgenois Street and from there to Washington …
The Lady Jetsetters Coming Out the Door in the Calliope with the Stooges Brass Band @StoogesMusicGroup
The second-line on Sunday January 12 was sponsored by the Lady Jetsetters, and it began in Mid-City at the B. W. Cooper housing development, usually …