Catching the @Hot8BrassBand at Joe’s House of Blues Uptown
A few blocks away from Charlie’s Steakhouse, the Hot 8 Brass Band were performing at Joe’s House of Blues on the corner of 7th and …
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Donald Harrison Jr (@donharmusi) and the Congo Square Nation Live at Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans
New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Park was rarely open prior to Hurricane Katrina, and has been pretty much closed since, so this year’s Thursday Jazz in …
Walking Behind A Rara Procession Through Little Haiti
The start of the Friday night rara procession on the week that I was in Miami was delayed because of the Miami Heat’s playoff game, …
Remembering Royal Castle Hamburgers
Elsewhere in this blog I have discussed Mahalia Jackson’s Fried Chicken and its troubled parent company Performance Systems, owned by former Tennessee gubernatorial candidate John …
Southern Komfort Brass Band-Coal Black Mattie-Live at @Underground119
A good example of how the Southern Komfort Brass Band fuses New Orleans’ tradition with that of Mississippi is this cover of R. L. Burnside’s …
Southern Komfort Brass Band-Do Watcha Wanna-Live at @Underground119
The Southern Komfort Brass Band perform a Dirty Dozen Brass Band standard at their Underground 119 gig in Jackson on Friday 4/19/13
Southern Komfort Brass Band-Between The Sheets-Big Poppa-Live at @Underground119
The Southern Komfort Brass Band performs a combination of the Isley Brothers’ “Between the Sheets” and Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa” at their gig at Underground …
Southern Komfort Brass Band-Roll With It-Live at @Underground119
The Southern Komfort Brass Band performs for the crowd at Underground 119 in Jackson, Mississippi on Friday 4/19/13
Southern Komfort Brass Band-Don’t Look Any Further-Paid In Full-Live at @Underground119
One of the trademarks of the Southern Komfort Brass Band is their tendency to do classic songs and then interpolate the rap song that used …
Southern Komfort Brass Band Live at @Underground119
Jackson, Mississippi’s Southern Komfort Brass Band performs to a standing-room-only crowd at Underground 119 downtown, 4/19/13