The City That Put the Fun in Funeral

These pictures are all from Sunday as I slowly catch up on the blog. The New Look Social Aid & Pleasure Club's parade was a real treat and the overcast light was terrific for black and white. Friends, remember I would like a jazz funeral when my time is up. That's not too much to ask, right?



These guys and others are the soul of the Crescent City, as are the Mardi Gras Indians, many of whom lost not only their homes, but their costumes which take so long to make. Many were reunited for the first time since the storm...





The text is getting shorter as I try to hook up with my Jersey/Frisco homeboy Fletcher Nielsen, one of the best budding piano players I've seen in quite some time. Check him out at Van Cleefs in Oakland, CA on Wednesday nights. This dude is bad ass since he also writes his own tunes and sings like he's from the delta. He sat in at the legendary Johnny Gordon gig at Lafitte's Blacksmith tavern on Bourbon. Here he is doing his best Ray Charles. Apologies for the point and shoot picture.


Gotta run, the amazing Springsteen ode to N'awlins set observations and pictures to come...