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brass bands

Every Wednesday, the TBC Brass Band performs at the Hot East Daiquiri Shop on Downman Road in New Orleans East. It’s not a large venue, but it’s a lot of fun. 7/4/12

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Every Wednesday, the TBC Brass Band performs at the Hot East Daiquiri Shop on Downman Road in New Orleans East. It’s not a large venue, but it’s a lot of fun. 7/4/12

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One of the best places to catch authentic brass band music is the corner of Canal and Bourbon Streets beside the Foot Locker. Despite being in the French Quarter, this corner is close to the Iberville Projects, and here the brass bands play as much for their friends and relatives as they do for the tourists. There’s always a friendly vibe, good crowd interaction and some amazing dancing and/or second-lining. It’s also free, although the bands will pass the box around for donations. This is also the ground where many young bands get their start, from the To Be Continued to the Young Pinstripes. 7/4/12

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The Stooges Brass Band at the Levitt Shell, Overton Park, Memphis, TN, Thursday, 5/17/12

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The Stooges Brass Band at the Levitt Shell, Overton Park, Memphis, TN, Thursday, 5/17/12

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TBC Brass band Live at Canal and Bourbon, New Orleans, September 2011

When I checked into my room at the Holiday Inn on Royal at Canal in New Orleans, I could hear a brass band playing in the distance, so before driving out to the Hi-Ho Lounge, I walked up to Bourbon Street at Canal, where the music was coming from. The band proved to be the To Be Continued Brass Band, a famous young band that I had first encountered last year when they challenged the Stooges at the latter band’s regular weekly gig at the Hi-Ho Lounge. The resulting battle in the street corner was one of those serendipities that make me love New Orleans. On this particular night I met Edward Jackson, a trombonist who also handles the business affairs for TBC, and we arranged to have a business meeting about music distribution before I left the city. 

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