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Stooges Brass Band
Stooges Brass Band

Across the Bridge into the Uptown

The Men of Class second-line proceeds across the bridge into Uptown New Orleans, where a second-liner climbs up on the scaffolding of a pumping-station that’s being remodeled. I have noticed that part of the phenomena at second-lines is dancers climbing up on ledges, roofs or other high places so as to be noticed by the crowd, or perhaps to be able to see the whole parade stretched out beneath them, or maybe both. 10/21/12

Men of Class Second-Line beginning at the Yacht Club

The Men of Class began their second-line at the Yacht Club on South Broad Street, with the Stooges Brass Band. I wasn’t aware at the time that my homeboys in the TBC Brass Band were marching with the Treme 12 second-line downtown, because that second-line wasn’t listed on the WWOZ schedule.

The Stooges Brass Band perform at their weekly Thursday night gig at the Hi-Ho Lounge on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans, 7/5/12

The Stooges Brass Band perform at their weekly Thursday night gig at the Hi-Ho Lounge on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans, 7/5/12

The Stooges Brass Band perform at their weekly Thursday night gig at the Hi-Ho Lounge on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans, 7/5/12

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

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