At
8:20pm, the N'awlins bluesy-funk extravaganza began with the legendary
keyboardist/singer Dr. John!!!!! The band started off with some of that
N'awlins party flavor....."Iko Iko"!! Dr. John came out and enticed
every ear with some of that flavorful piano riffs!! The song was a hilarious
blues cut called "Why Don't My Dog Bark When You Come Around?"
(correct me, if I am wrong!) Standout funky bass riffs were the order on "Walk on Gilded
Splinters".....also great was the hot lead guitar solo and Dr. John's work
on percussion midway through the song.....interesting enough, there were some
ear-pleasing spaced-out sound effects on guitar (?) during the Dr.'s percussion
work!! The bass and
organ worked in perfect, funky harmony on "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It
Ain't Got That Swing"!!! "Junko Partner" was a good song, but
it really needs some baritone sax to add some punch to it. The band even
got down to a Professor Longhair original. The drumming was good,
Submit suggestions or comments to david.brooks@brookenstein.com