Voices of New Orleans

“ In books and official reports, the tragedy of Katrina was blamed on politicians, poverty and poor engineering, as it should have been. But there was another conversation that should have happened — not about blame, but about understanding. What did regular people do before, during and after the storm? Why? And what could they have done better?” — Amanda Ripley in her book, The Unthinkable

Music Friday: Joey Ramone Meets Louis Armstrong

by David Rutledge
August 17, 2007

I ran out of Marsalis’s (Marsalises?). Not true: that family is endless. Actually, I spent the summer in Seattle, just returned this week, and thought that the following song better represented this city.

We might return to that family sometime. For now, Delfeayo has only this, where he is 103 years old.

Anyhow, this version of a New Orleans favorite better fits my sense of the city today. Behind the cut is one of my heroes singing a great New Orleans tune. Catch the Sex Pistols echo at the start.

By the way, this is Joey solo, not Dee Dee, Johnny, Marky, or any other of the many Ramones.


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After Katrina and its horrible aftermath, Chin Music Press felt compelled to shine its wobbly flashlight on New Orleans. This effort resulted in our second book, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Along the way, we met a community of passionate, eloquent writers who care deeply about what happens to the Big Easy. This blog became a natural extension of the book. It's our way of adding voices to the unfolding story of New Orleans.


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