Each year on a Sunday, usually in August, the Satchmo SummerFest sponsors a second-line that runs from the St. Augustine’s Church in the Treme neighborhood to the Old U.S. Mint in the French Quarter, featuring Indian tribes, brass bands, the Baby Dolls and various social aid & pleasure clubs.
It was Satchmo Summer Fest weekend in New Orleans, and my friends in the To Be Continued Brass Band, or TBC, had invited me to …
My fellow panelist Travis wanted to have a look at what was left of the Iberville projects, which unlike the rest of New Orleans’ legendary …
In the Fall of 2012, I had been thrilled to discover a coffee bar in the Treme neighborhood called Cafe Treme, so when I heard …
Even as people begin to leave the end of a second-line, there is an excitement throughout the surrounding neighborhood.
The final blocks of the Money Wasters second-line on Basin Street below Claiborne brought out the most enthusiastic dancers. There were already large crowds in …
The TBC Brass Band and the Money Wasters social aid and pleasure club enter the home stretch of their second-line on Basin Street in the …
The second-line continued down North Claiborne Avenue toward Basin Street, but a few people couldn’t resist the snowball stand!
The TBC Brass Band plays a crowd favorite at the Money Wasters second-line along North Claiborne Avenue, 5/26/13
Whenever a downtown second-line reaches the I-10 bridge on North Claiborne, things get kicked up a notch, because there is usually already a crowd under …
