LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS AT JAZZ FEST AND BEYOND: THE METERS, RANDY NEWMAN, DOUG KERSHAW & THE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND

Some great live performances in and beyond New Orleans. First, from the cavernous Howlin’ Wolf club in the Warehouse District, The Meters perform a set of their bass-heavy funk blended with R&B and Mardi Gras Indian chants. Live from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest, Randy Newman gives his satirical take on Louisiana/American life and politics; while fiddler Doug Kershaw and accordionist Steve Riley talk about bringing Cajun music from the swamp into the mainstream, and play Kershaw’s hit “Louisiana Man”— one of the first songs broadcast from the moon! Then, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks tell how they met at a New Orleans concert, and years later formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band, known for its live recordings of Southern soul-inflected roots rock a la the Allman Brothers. Now married, Susan and Derek talk about their solo careers as well as starting a family and touring band together.

HOUR ONE

Fiyo on the Bayou The Meters recorded live a the Howlin' Wolf 2012,

Cissy Strut The Meters recorded live a the Howlin' Wolf 2012,

Hey Pocky Way The Meters recorded live a the Howlin' Wolf 2012,

Instrumental: Black Minute Waltz James Booker Junco Partner, Hannibal Records

SEGMENT: Randy Newman

Instrumental: Reel de joie Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys Live!, Rounder Records

SEGMENT: Doug Kershaw and Steve Riley

Closing Bed: Thinking The Meters Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology, Rhino

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Just as Strange Tedeschi Trucks Band Tedeschi Trucks Band live from the Fox Oakland, Fantasy

Waiting for a Train Boz Scaggs, with Duane "Skydog" Allman Boz Scaggs, Atlantic

Midnight Rider Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Midnight Rider, Dap-Tone

Leaving Trunk Taj Mahal Taj Mahal, Columbia

Come See About Me Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator, Sony

Drown in My Own Tears Derek Trucks Band Soul Serenade, Sony

Instrumental: Rastaman Chant Derek Trucks Band Soul Serenade, Sony

SEGMENT: Tedeschi Trucks Band

Sticks and Stones Joe Cocker, Leno Russell and Band Mad Dogs and Englishmen, A&M Records

Leaving Trunk Derek Trucks Band Live at the Georgia Theater, Sony

Instrumental: Intro to Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band Everybody's Talking', Sony

Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator, Sony

Drown in My Own Tears Ray Charles Ray Charles, Atlantic

Let the Church Roll On Mahalia Jackson Bless This House, Columbia

End Bed: Wade in the Water Tedeschi Trucks Band Everybody's Talkin', Sony

Next
Next

Dreamers Then & Now, Vol. 2: Jesse Colin Young and Leyla McCalla