Jazz, blues, funk, soul, and good ol’ rock n’ roll. New Orleans is great for live music and you can hop from bar to bar checking out some really great acts. My favorite was the Big Soul Band featuring Darren Murphy at The Old Opera House. They had this badass sanga’. Yeah, I said sanga. Sista’ could sang. Even better, she brought her real sister on stage and she could blow too. You know she was serious if she could take on Aretha and Chaka. Ooweee! Unfortunately, everyone I asked at the bar didn’t know either of the sisters’ names ’cause it was the first time they had performed there. I’ll have to try calling the bar to find out.
Here are some of the other groups we checked out:
Sun, Aug 2, 2009
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