Let me drive.....

The flip-side of yet another 45 I've already posted. It's not quite as good as the other cut but I figure ya'll might like to hear it just 'cause it's obscure. As far as I know it's never been comped, in fact I can't see that it's ever been offered anywhere else before.

One of three records issued on the Invicta label....

Hope ya'll enjoy....

In the midnight hour....

Jazz Fest is in full swing and I'm soooo excited that Robert Plant will be making a special appearance at the House of the Blues tonight.

Sorry ya'll, but that's my idea of a joke even when the actual event is meant as a tribute to Bobby Charles [R.I.P.]. Our concerns at the moment are with friends and relatives in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Not to mention that the Mississippi River will be sitting at an estimated three feet below the tops of the levees for more than a week come mid-May....which is likely to exert as much pressure on that system as ever been applied.

A rather obvious point, but there's a huge difference when it comes blogging about New Orleans from a tourist's point of view and that of someone actually living here. It's the difference between posting a pic of that fabulous po-boy you had for lunch and trying to explain what it feels like to pack your bags before evacuating to Texas. And believe me, if you've never evacuated to Texas, you're in for a very big thrill.

So, I've definitely got my "Fuck You, I'm From New Orleans" t-shirt on today, but I get irritated by blogs touting their "amazing" once-a-year adventures in the city. Those of us in New Orleans have a completely different perspective. One that often it makes it very hard to find common ground with the standard pre-occupations of the tourist.

Thus I have some advice: save us all considerable embarrassment and mark that Jazz Fest shit as "how I spent my fabulous vacation" rather than "I've got my finger on the pulse of something interesting and exotic". I mean, isn't it all rather obvious, or does simply everyone who visits New Orleans have to presume a "special relationship" with the city and it's music?

Even if that means Robert Plant is somehow included?

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Here's another of my little treasures.

Hope ya'll enjoy...

They're goin' ape...

Jeeze, this record is awfully hard to find in decent condition. But ya know, I do love it when folks seem to have played the hell out of certain 45's.

Can't remember where, but I recall that someone wrote how they don't think Guitar Ray's output seems particularly 'New Orleans'.....

I say, think again. Ever hear of something called a 'local accent'? New Orleans is a complicated city. Best not to over-simplify.

Guitar Ray was Earl King's cousin. Wardell Querzerque produced the record.

Enjoy