httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSZ8b4lxMes
Videos
Marching Bands – McDonogh 35 and Walker High Schools
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-N-ss1OalY
The big parades in New Orleans end in the Convention Center. Bands, floats, everything enter the convention center. Seeing these bands (along with St. Aug's Marching 100) are the reason I think all parades outside of New Orleans are lame. You will never find "attitude" in a band like you do in New Orleans. Happy Mardi Gras! Laissez Bon Temps Rouler!
Tina & Ike Turner – Proud Mary
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XRNQ2C2x0
On a Lundi Gras, you need a song to get you up and dancing. This song never fails.
Lucero – Raising Hell
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBnfEu6DBz4
I'm glad that I'm no longer raising hell living down in Texas. That doesn't mean that I'm done raising hell.
Nat King Cole & Billy Preston – Blueberry Hill
too much awesomeness not to share.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxSHBIXfFPE
1957
Neutral Milk Hotel – Song Against Sex
with my newfound interest in these guys i was surprised to find that they've never been played here before.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFFusRQGTUg
Nina Simone – Ain’t Got No
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ
Oh, today feels like a Nina Simone kind of day. I ain't got no job, but I do have my hair on my head.
Bat For Lashes – Horse And I
i'm not sure what this is. do i like it? i don't know. i can at least say i haven't seen much else like it.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8xCOeuE1E
2009
Dirty Projectors – See What She Seeing
so, these guys are pretty cool. don't worry, i did the legwork. it checks out.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqTZplbcdM
Al Johnson – Carnival Time / Mardi Gras Strut Compilation*
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axNmY5nnmjA
Now that the Superbowl is over, and Ray Lewis is redeemed, we can get back to focusing on what's really important in NOLA ----> Carnival Time.
If you have any interest at all in the traditions and roots of Carnival and Mardi Gras in NOLA I highly recommend All On A Mardi Gras Day. Seriously, it's so much fun, y'all just don't know what you're missing.
*there are few acceptable live recordings of Al Johnson Singing Carnival Time on youtube so you'll just have to deal.