Professor Longhair (plus Dr. John) - New Orleans 1977 (double feature)

Here's the re-post - note that the files (txt and tags) in the actual download are NOT UPDATED and that the INFO BELOW IS FIXED!

Thanks and shouts go out to lolita and davmar, as well as KingCake! Thanks for sharing and for trying to get this as right as possible!

It's been established that the first three tracks of the second show are actually the closing numbers of the first show. However, I still don't quite know what parts are by Professor Longhair and what by Dr. John... if anyone can shed more light, please step ahead!



Professor Longhair & Dr. John
New Orleans, LA (USA), Tipitina's
November 19, 1977 (Reworked)

Professor Longhair - piano, vocals, whistling

most probable line-up (thanks to KingCake - see note below):
Ronald Johnson - guitar
Reggie Scanlon or Dave Watson - bass
Earl Watson (or Shiba) - drums
Alfred "Uganda" Roberts - congas

1. Tipitana (2:16)
2. Mess Around (4:21)
3. Everyday (I Have the Blues) (7:49)
4. How Long Has That Train Been Gone (3:36)
5. Cry for You, Baby (2:51)
6. Mardi Gras in New Orleans (3:03)
7. Hey Now Baby (3:53)
8. Bald Head (4:25) [cuts in]
9. Big Chief (3:20)
10. PI Boogie (3:55)

Dr. John - piano & vocals
with unknown band
(Dr. John takes over celebrating his birthday)

11. Traveling Mood (4:55)
12. Right Place, Wrong Time (6:02)
13. Stag-O-Lee (5:26)
14. Jailbird > Down The Road > I Been Hoodood > Ooh Poo Pah Doo (20:45)

TT: 76:43

Sound: A-
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Another great artist from New Orleans PL.It's a legend of the NO music.
Beautifull sound for this one and a fantastic Dr John set.
I done some work on the level adjust in some tracks with Sound Forge 9, Sbe's aligned with TLH.
There's some little pops between 2'19 and 2'28 in track 13.
I completed also the tracking list.

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SB UNKNOWN LINEAGE > REEL > AUDIO CD > WAV>Flac
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Thanks for the first uploader in Jan 2005,I think is a Davmar seed.
If you're like New Orleans music ,You will have to like that.
In memory of PL(Dec 19, 1918, Bogalusa, LA-Jan 30, 1980, New Orleans,LA)

Enjoy
lolita(2009)

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ubu note / edits:

this show came with annoying 2-second gaps
I deleted them with EAC
additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > EAC > FLAC (8,asb,verify)



Professor Longhair
Basement Jam
New Orleans, LA (USA)
March 16, 1977 (& November 19, 1977*) (Reworked)

Professor Longhair - piano & vocals
Dave Malone - guitar
Reggie Scanlon - bass
prob. Earl Gordon or Shiba - drums
poss. Stanley John - steel drums

*1. Jambalaya (3:48)
*2. Instrumental(?) (4:25)
*3. It's My Own Fault, Darling (6:05)
4. Big Chief (2:26)
5. Mess Around (3:43)
6. Gone So Long (5:33)
7. Whole Lotta Loving (3:39)
8. Stag-O-Lee (3:42)
9. Everyday (I Have The Blues) (6:19)
10. Lovely Lady (2:59)

TT: 42:45

Sound: A-

FEATURES DAVE MALONE ON GUITAR AND REGGIE SCANLON ON BASS IN THEIR PRE-RADIATORS DAYS

*) #1-3 are from the Tipitina's, New Orleans, Nov 19, 1977.
They are the last songs of that show

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Second opus of Davmar production,nice show from the early 1977's year.
I done some adjusted level with Sound Forge 9.
Sbe's aligned with TLH.
There's a little hiss on this tape and I prefer to keep the bandwich intact with no NR.
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SB ? UNKNOWN LINEAGE > CASSETTE > AUDIO CD > SHN

SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE A SB WITH AN UNBALANCED MIX OR
POSSIBLY RECORDED WITH SOME MIKES IN THE ROOM
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Thanks again to Davmar for his first upload ,it was in Jan 2005.

Enjoy
lolita(2009)

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ubu note / edits:

this show came with annoying 2-second gaps
I deleted them with EAC

additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > EAC > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

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#3166006 by RiverBend at 2009-03-30 07:58:08 GMT

Regarding the place, I am not an expert, however, I would guess the Basement might be referring to Tips?

I found the following info on wikipedia about radio station WWOZ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWOZ

"The station began broadcasting 4 December 1980 from the tiny transmitter building in Bridge City, Louisiana beneath their shared rented broadcast tower. A few months later the broadcasts moved to the space the station had been using in a dilapidated two-room apartment upstairs from the legendary music club Tipitina's at Napoleon Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street in Uptown New Orleans."

"When artists performing live downstairs at Tipitina's gave their permission, their performances were broadcast via a microphone lowered through a hole in the floor. When permission to broadcast live performances downstairs could not be obtained, programming went to pre-recorded reel-to-reel tapes, as the music downstairs made it too loud in the studio to talk over the microphones and the vibrations made it impossible to use the station's turntables."

I do realize the date of this recording is before the date listed in the wikipedia. It just makes me curious where the recording is from. Thanks for the great tunes

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comment (by email) from KingCake (sent my way on 2009-07-19 ~ubu):

The so-called Basement Jam is kind of humorously mis-named as we don't have basements in New Orleans. This could be recorded at Fess's house were he would have semi private shows and serve/sell drinks in his double front parlor (a common feature of NO shotgun houses). The date, however, is mid march which means it is close to Mardi Gras which makes it more likely one of the smaller clubs that dotted the city. Next time I see Reggie I'll ask him but that would be my guess. The drummer is either Shiba or Earl Gordon, most likely Earl if the date is correct. By the way Reggie and Dave had already formed The Radiators by 1977 but that would have no impact on this, no one outside of NOLA knew them back then. There is a steel drummer too and even though he has some bad moments I'm guessing from the good stuff that it is Stanley John - Fess was really into steel drummers around this time and tolerated a couple of pretty bad ones until he found this guy Stanley who could actually play.