Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesThe Second Line · Stop, IncUltimate Mardi Gras℗ 2008 Mardi Gras RecordsReleased on: 2008-02-26Auto-generated by Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesThe Second Line · STOP INCNew Orleans Rhythm & Blues - Hep Me Records Vol. 1℗ 2014 MARDI GRAS RECORDS INC.Relea NEW improved version of this tune can be found: just recorded a new version of this which is much better. Please check it out! T Go to the Mardi Gras—Professor Longhair “Go to the Mardi Gras,” first recorded in 1949, by Roy “Baldhead” Byrd, also known as Professor Longhair. The definitive version was recorded in 1959 for the Ron label. Some say it’s the most popular Carnival record ever made. Fats Domino recorded it in 1956. We love the whistling. Sample lyric: During the "second line season", lasting most of the year with breaks for holidays (including Mardi Gras) and the hottest part of summer, there are second line parades most Sundays. [6] Longer parades often make stops, commonly at bars, where refreshments have been arranged for members and those following the parade for fun can purchase something. The Meters, "Hey Pocky A-Way" The strongest of several Mardi Gras classics by these masters of funk during their mid-'70s period. With a microscopically accurate second-line beat, boogie-woogie piano New Orleans style, semi-nonsensical lyrics, and loads of thick funk on top, this sums up the bohemian essence of the celebration. All On A Mardi Gras Day - The Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair Grazing in the Grass - Treme Brass Band Carnival Time - Rebirth Brass Band Who Dat Called Da Police - New Birth Brass Band Treme’ Second Line - Kermit Ruffins Party Town - Bobby Charles Zydeco Mardi Gras - C.J. Chenier Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises The Second Line · Stop, Inc Ultimate Mardi Gras ℗ 2008 Mardi Gras Records Released on: 2008-02-26 Auto-ge The likes of “Carnival Time,” “Mardi Gras Mambo,” “Go To the Mardi Gras,” “Big Chief” and “Second-Line, Pt. 1” are as baked into the Carnival season as king cake. New Orleans Second Line: 2: Mardi Gras in New Orleans: 3: They All Asked for You - Milton Batiste & Mardi Gras Big Shots - Milton Batiste, Mardi Gras Big Shots: 4: New Second Line: 5: Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Jill Monroe & Mardi Gras Big Shots - Jill Monroe, Mardi Gras Big Shots: 6: Mardi Gras Time - Bayou Renegade Indians - Bayou Renegade There are two parts to a second line. The first line is made up of the grand marshal or parade leader, the band, and whoever is being honored. In a jazz funeral, the family and the hearse are part of the first line. In a wedding, the bride, groom and wedding party take a position up front. The strutting revelers who fall in behind are referred In New Orleans, young musicians brought Brown’s innovations full circle by mixing funk with the local styles—second line brass band music, Mardi Gras Indian songs, and piano rumbas—from which it sprang. Foremost among New Orleans funk bands were the Meters, who had links to nearly all of funk’s pioneering figures in New Orleans. Traditional Mardi Gras Classics. Mardi Gras Mambo by The Hawketts The ultimate Mardi Gras anthem. Go to the Mardi Gras by Professor Longhair A quintessential New Orleans piano-driven classic. Second Line (Part 1) by Stop, Inc. Perfect for parades and dancing. Big Chief by Professor Longhair Celebrates Mardi Gras Indians with a funky piano groove. "Mardi Gras Second Line" from Irvin Mayfield's album A Love Letter to New Orleans available on Basin Street Records here: The Backstreet Cultural Museum (1116 Henriette Delille St, New Orleans, LA 70116) offers exhibits and tours focused on Second Line culture and Mardi Gras Indians. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Admission: $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. SECOND LINE DANCEChoreographed by IRA WEISBURDSong: Second Line DanceTraditional Mardi Gras Song. Perhaps the best way to hear Mardi Gras is to observe a second line of Mardi Gras Indians, whose rollicking spectacles galvanized the genre. At once a way of being and a public celebration, Mardi Gras mirrors to the world what Louisianans already know — good music is worth grooving to. Wynton Marsalis Tentet live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola Dec. 31st 2012Wynton Marsalis - TrumpetJon Erik Kellso - TrumpetVictor Goines - Clarinet,Andy Stein - A Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesThe Second LIne · Stop, Inc.Where Y'at?℗ 2010 mardi Gras Records, Inc.Released on: 2010-06-15Auto-generated by
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