The TBC Brass Band is arguably the most accomplished of the second wave of young brass bands to emerge in New Orleans, and this band …
The Sunday morning before a second-line is always full of excitement and anticipation. Food trucks and other vendors are beginning to set up, and club …
The Dumaine Street Gang second-line ended where it began in the Treme neighborhood, but the crowds seemed reluctant to disperse. One crowd hung around the corner outside the Café Treme where the parade had ended, while a much larger crowd remained under the bridge on Claiborne, which turned into a car and bike show until the police came and dispersed the crowd on horseback, New Orleans, 12/02/12
When the overhead bridge of I-10 was erected above Claiborne Avenue in the late 1960’s, it split the Treme in two and devastated the Black business district that had once been centered on Claiborne. But the location still has significance for downtown New Orleans, and on a Sunday where there is a downtown second-line, a massive crowd gathers under the bridge. Some people bring lawn chairs and even barbecue grills, partying and waiting for the arrival of the second-line, 12/02/12
The TBC Brass Band and the Dumaine Street Gang coming out the door to begin the second-line in Treme, New Orleans, 12/02/12
The Dumaine Street Gang coming out the door to begin their second-line, New Orleans LA, 12/02/12
The TBC Brass Band before the Dumaine Street Gang second-line in the Treme, Sixth Ward, New Orleans, LA, 12/02/12
The history of the TBC Brass Band is pictured on a sousaphone bell, New Orleans, 12/02/12
New Orleans bounce veteran DJ Jubilee was in the Treme before the Dumaine Street Gang parade. He’s still active in the bounce scene and has gained more awareness since Hurricane Katrina and the academic interest in bounce reflected in a flurry of post-Katrina exhibits, films and books. Like him on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/DJJubilee to keep up with that he’s doing.
Darren, bass drummer of the TBC Brass Band in Treme on the morning of the Dumaine Street Gang second-line, 12/02/12
