March 9 Show: Mardi Gras!

Happy Mardi Gras everyone! This week on the show we will party with brass bands, zydeco, R&B, swamp blues, jazz, and wild Indians!  Tune in at http://www.wildcat919.com/.

If you are interested in the wonderful Mardi Gras music of New Orleans and Louisiana but aren't sure where to start, here are Amazon links to four great collections to get you going:

Hey Mardi Gras (Easydisc)
Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Rounder)

Mardi Gras Time (Easydisc)

Zydeco: The Essential Collection (Rounder)

Playlist:

1.  Dirty Dozen Brass Band--Mardi Gras in New Orleans--from Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Rounder)
2.  Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers--The Second Line--from Zydeco Giant
3.  Snooks Eaglin with Lucius Bridges & Percy Randolph--Mardi Gras Mambo--from Country Boy Down in New Orleans
4.  Chuck Carbo--Hey, Mardi Gras (Here I Am)--from Hey! Mardi Gras (Easydisc)
5.  New Orleans Nightcrawlers--Tchfunkta/On That Day--from Live at the Old Point
6.  Marcia Ball--Big Shot--from Hey! Mardi Gras (Easydisc)
7.  Dr. John--Marie La Veau--from Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack:  The Legendary Sessions Volume Two
8.  ReBirth Brass Band featuring Bo Dollis and Monk Boudreaux--Let's Go Get 'Em--from Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Rounder)
9.  Lonnie Brooks--Zydeco--from Deluxe Edition
10.  Buckwheat Zydeco--Zydeco Boogaloo--from Zydeco:  The Essential Collection (Rounder)
11.  Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin'--We Are the Boys--from Zydeco:  The Essential Collection (Rounder)
12.  File--Chanson de Mardi Gras--from Mardi Gras Time (Easydisc)
13.  Tab Benoit with Jumpin' Johnny Sansone--Fever for the Bayou--from Night Train to Nashville
14.  Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas--Mardi Gras Zydeco--from Hey Mardi Gras! (Easydisc)
15.  Mitch Woods--Crawfishin'--from Solid Gold Cadillac
16.  Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers--Give Him Cornbread--from Zydeco:  The Essential Collection (Rounder)
17.  Tab Benoit, Jimmy Hall, and Louisiana's LeRoux--New Orleans Ladies--from Night Train to Nashville
18.  Allen Toussaint--St. James Infirmary--from The Bright Mississippi
19.  New Orleans Nightcrawlers--Red's Cap--from Live at the Old Point