Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt2 (Watch)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo/Parkway)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt2 (Instant)
Bobby Williams – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt2 (Capitol)
Curly Moore – Sophisticated Cissy (Instant)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Larry Darnell – Son of a Son of a Slave (Instant)
Explosions – Hip Drop Pt1 (Gold Cup)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Warren Lee – Funky Belly (Wand)
Willie Tee – Sweet Thing (Gatur)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Can You Handle It (Bo Sound)

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras! – 85MB Mixed Mp3/192K

Greetings all.

I hope you all are well.

I had some other things planned for today, then while I was out running errands I drove past a church with a sign up about Ash Wednesday, which meant only one thing to my deeply lapsed, heathen, ex-Catholic self (I’m so far gone I usually don’t catch on until I see people walking around with ashes on their foreheads), that being that Mardi Gras was at hand.

Despite my obvious affinity for and devotion to the music of New Orleans, for some reason I have a fairly consistent mental block when it comes to remembering Mardi Gras.

It seems that every single year it comes into my sightline either on the day of or after and I end up sitting here like a schmo wondering why I couldn’t get it together to commemorate that most significant of New Orleans-based festivities.

Fortunately, this year fate stepped in, I saw that sign and mixed you up a nice, spicy bowl of New Orleans funk and soul gumbo.

I don’t think there’s anything in this mix that hasn’t appeared in this space at least once over the years, but that shouldn’t stop you from digging in.

There are a few Mardi Gras-specific numbers here, including the record that gives the mix it’s title by Bobby Williams, the mighty Professor Longhair and ‘Big Chief’, the Dixie Cups and their Mardi Gras Indian chant Two Way Poc A Way’ and Earl King’s ‘Street Parade’.

There are also a grip of drum-heavy, NOLA party burners as well, powerful enough to get you up out of your seat and on to the floor.

I hope you dig the sounds and I’ll be back on Wednesday with something cool.

Also, don’t forget to check out the latest episode of the Funky16Corners Radio Show via the Flash player in the sidebar.

 

Peace

Larry

 

 

 

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10 Responses to “Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras!”

1. Kris Holmes says:

   February 19, 2012 at 4:32 pm

   awesome

2. Larry Grogan says:

   February 19, 2012 at 7:17 pm

   Thanks Kris!

3. Benjammin says:

   February 20, 2012 at 12:17 pm

   What’s the banger that comes in with raging horns and keys about a quarter way through the mix?? “Me gonna dance till the morning sun” then the whistling starts

4. barriobeat says:

   February 20, 2012 at 12:50 pm

   thanx for all the great GREAT music u gave the planet! Funky 16 is my favorite blog , even if i am a punk rocker:) -this sounds are timeles & i learned a lot reading yr blog—
   muchas gracias ,all the best y suerte to you–

   Barriobeat

5. Dr Phong says:

   February 20, 2012 at 4:29 pm

   dreams of mardi gras, and funk and soul, it’s called nostomani: the want of something familiar. moving sucks sometimes.

6. Jeroen says:

   February 21, 2012 at 8:42 am

   Hi Larry,

   Great stuff again!
   I have a question: was Two Way Poc A Way ever released as 45 single. I only know of (and have) the cool EP with picture sleeve.

   Thanks again!

7. Larry Grogan says:

   February 21, 2012 at 8:47 am

   Jeroen
   It was released on 45 on ABC in the US.
   Larry

8. Head of Superpeople says:

   February 24, 2012 at 8:02 am

   ppfff where are the songs in a zip-file…. life is 2 short for 1 mp3 file

9. Larry says:

   February 24, 2012 at 12:29 pm

   I’m sorry, did you get lost and think you were at iTunes? This isn’t an MP3 dispensary for laptop DJs. If the mix isn’t satisfying enough might I suggest that you go out and get yourself some records?

10. Dingus says:

    March 5, 2012 at 8:08 pm

    Wow, this thing smokes!!! Thanks!