This panel is from last night - Christmas Eve. As I strolled down Bourbon
Street looking for some live music, it struck me that never had I heard a
sound more fittingly described as cacophony. Music blasted from almost
every bar, restaurant, and souvenir shop. It was all recorded and included
blues, zydeco, rap, rock (both hard & soft), and Caribbean. But,
regardless of style or quality, it was all loud. Then, just as I despaired
of finding any live music at all, I found some great blues in a place
called simply the Blues Club. The first two shots are from there where I
spent the first part of the evening with Rooster the Chicken Hawk backed
by nothing but good musicians. Rooster's a pretty good guitarist and the
other guy is even better. There were two keyboardists - electric piano and
a B3 - plus 5 string bass and drums. Excellent! I'm sorry I didn't get a
shot of Rooster in his red leather jacket.
The third picture is up the street at the Bourbon Street Blues Company. I
didn't like the music as well as Rooster's but it wasn't bad and the two
female vocalists were definitely easy to look at.
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