THE WILD MAGNOLIAS
At B.B. King's Blues Club - NYC (7/06/03)
At
8:10pm, the Wild Magnolias began to jam with an old J.B. classic called
"The Chicken"......it was a funky-ass tune with some excellent and
powerful lead guitaring....the drum solo was phenomenal (with the drummer
kickin' hard on the bass drum, snare, and cowbell......this guy was even
playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb")!!! Next was a tune called "Big
Chief Got Plenty of Firewater" where the player of the gigantic bass drum
was telling stories about the Mardi Gras injuns and parades....the bass and
wah-wah guitar riffs were nastay! They did a New Orleans-style funeral jazz
song "When The Saints Go Marchin' In".....it was impossible to resist
the urge to dance! Two Mardi Gras injuns came out and partied on "Iko
Iko", featuring some irresistible piano riffs! What is a Mardi Gras party
without the essential "Big Chief" (different song, done by The Meters
back in 1976) and "Mardi Gras Day"! On "Peace Pipe", most
of the fans got souvenir peace pipes from the injuns....the music was so tight
and funky! The last song sounded like a selection from Philadelphia's jazz-rock
quartet K-FLOOR ("Poison")......I believe it was a song called
"Wild Magnolias". Everyone in the club was jammin' to the
irresistible Mardi Gras-style funk groove!! The Mardi Gras fun ended at 9:45pm.
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