 Start with some Mardi Gras Indians |
 These costumes take a year to make |
 It's an old tradition that dates to escaped slaves being helped by Indian tribes |
 each person has a role |
 Big Chief, spyboy, medicine man, wildman |
 The Red Hawk Hunter Tribe |
 Bead work has African and Carib influence |
 Get the little ones involved! |
 Art work, this catfish guitar was selling for $3000 |
 The Food! |
 Fais Do Do stage, cajun music |
 Lafayette Rhythem Devils |
 Fiddle and accordian |
 Mudbelly in fest wear. Bought that tee shirt at the 89 fest |
 Panorama Jazz Band |
 More Accordian! |
 Banjo |
 This group combined traditional with klezmer melodies |
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 Got lots of tuba pictures |
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 The gospel tent, Second Mount Carmel Choir |
 Gospel tent rocks just as hard as any stage |
 The Golden Wings |
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 New Blood in the group |
 These guys watching the gospel music had matching outfits, there was actually a third one of them. |
 This guy had the best voice I think I heard at the fest |
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 Golden Wings back up singers |
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 Praise! |
 Feel it, things going to change |
 Jesus Going to fix it! |
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 Crowds with food booths in back ground |
 Gator |
 Kermit Ruffins |
 This guy was called Sleeping Giant |
 bass player |
 Kermit is kind of a modern Armstrong |
 BBQ Swingers |
 Of course they had rub board |
 Randy Newman |
 Had a vie of his frony on the jumbo tron |
 I'm out there somewhere |
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 Takes a bow |
 Kirk Joseph's Back Yard Groove |
 Here's Kirk, just getting back in the groove |
 After a recent heart attack |
 His horn section |
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 Ruby Wilson |
 From Memphis |
 Cathy gets ready for the second day |
 Coco Robicheaux and Spirtland |
 Great Jacket |
 Swamp Blues Voodoo |
 Blue Runners |
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 The steel player almost had that Sonny Landreth vibe going, he was good |
 Zydeco Mike |
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 Congo Square Entrance. Congo Square is the birthplace of pop music as we know it. |
 Your favorite festival goers |
 Here comes a parade! |
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 Brass Band |
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 Social and Pleasure Club |
 He's also in the Iguanas |
 Band was called 007 |
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 Kirk Joseph's Tuba Woodshed |
 Wish I could have seen there effects pedals! |
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 Tuba Captial of the world |
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 More Dixieland |
 Secondline in the Economy Hall tent |
 Secondliners |
 Lee Boys, Sacred Steel Gospel |
 Crowd watch cool off with misters, soon on theri feet |
 Saw these guys at the Maple Leaf in Sept |
 to a sparse crowd. Got a chance to chat them up |
 Now New Orleans loves them |
 This is some great music |
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 Good bass |
 It's praise music |
 The Good Dr. gets down |
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 Habds a blur |
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 Casa Samba dance and drum parade |
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 Trombone Shorty |
 Good combination of traditionaland hip hop |
 That's his mama dancing |
 Check this out everyone switched instruments mid song |
 Rain ? |
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 Us agai, check my old Neville Bros teeshirt, bought it in 1983, who would have have thunk I could still wear it |
 Micheal Franti and Spearhead |
 Good music |
 About Peace, social justice, family, |
 kind of like what we play at church |
 Keys |
 bass |
 Peace not blown to pieces |
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 In East Texas if I cover my gear with camo they hollar Freebird louder |
 Watch the knit cap |
 It always comes off |
 Had some mellow stuff |
 Good message to his music |
 Why not more popular? |
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 Dance! |
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 That old hippie dance |
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 Cathy's cousin Errol, plays guitar in Stevie Wonder's band |
 We rode the shuttle bus to parking |
 Talked with this couple, N.O. Native his first fest. He had actually been to Lufkin |
 George Clinton Funkedelic Band |
 Diaper man,good legs for old guy, get umbilical hernaia fixed |
 Lots of costumes |
 Let the freak flag fly |
 Carry the psychedelic banner |
 Go girl |
 George himself |
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 free your mind and your ass will follow |
 Played at the Republic New Orleans |
 Loud band |
 5 guitar players with a Mesa half stack each |
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