From: eamon@netcom.com (Charles E Taggart)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: need info New Orleans area
Summary: Tips from a New Orleans native
Keywords: New Orleans music clubs
Date: 15 Aug 92 06:16:55 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

wnwrig@bb1t.monsanto.com writes:

>Greetings all
>
>I am going to be in New Orleans for the first time from 8/20 thru 8/24
>Does anyone recommend and clubs down there or know of any shows that
>will be in that area at the time.
>
>Thanks
>
>Walter

Walter, first thing you should do upon arrival in New Orleans is to pick
up a magazine called _Off Beat_, which will have club listings for the
entire month.  Better record stores and newsstands will have it, including
Tower Records in the Jax Brewery near the French Quarter (the best record
store left in town, unfortunately ... most of the independent ones have
gone belly up)

Clubs that you should definitely check out include Tipitina's (501
Napoleon Avenue, corner Tchoupitoulas), the Maple Leaf (Oak Street between
Carrollton and the river -- you can take the streetcar there; lots of
local music:  blues, rock, Cajun and zydeco), Muddy Water's (across the
street from the Maple Leaf), Jimmy's on Willow Street (great rock club)
across from the streetcar barn, also between Carrollton and the river, and
about two blocks from the Maple Leaf, Benny's Bar on Camp and Valence,
Snug Harbor in the French Quarter (where Charmaine Neville, Reggie Houston
and Amasa Miller are the house band ... yowch!), the Storyville Jazz Hall
in the Quarter, Preservation Hall on St. Peter off Bourbon in the Quarter
(seems touristy, but it's the best traditional jazz you'll ever see -- get
in line at 7 pm to get a good seat up front), and for great Cajun music
check out Mulate's Restaurant on Julia Streeet near the Riverwalk ...
those places oughta get ya stawted (slipping into regional dialect here!)

Local bands you might want to keep an eye out for include the Neville
Brothers, the Radiators, Cowboy Mouth (GREAT rock and roll band!), and the
Iguanas (voted the best new band in N.O. two years running).

You might also want to get the Friday edition of the local rag, er,
newspaper, _The Times-Picayune_.  It has a very good pull-out
entertainment section called "Lagniappe" (pronounced LAN-yap, and means "a
little something extra", part of the local philosophy).  There's also a
good weekly alternative paper called _Gambit_.

As far as food goes, avoid K-Paul's, which is over-priced.  Instead, try
the Bon Ton Cafe on Magazine Street, in the Central Business District near
the Quarter; their crawfish etouffee is the best in town, and a fraction
of the price of Prudhomme's.  Get a muffaletta at Central Grocery on
Decatur near the French Market too.

A lot of the aforementioned places are great bars too, but you've got to
check out Napoleon House on Chartres Street in the Quarter -- one of the
great watering holes on the planet, a =civilized= drinking establishment
with a great history.

Most folks down there will be able to give you good restaurant
recommendations, and I ain't givin' away my neighborhood jernts on da net!
But there's no doubt that whatever you do, you'll see and hear some great
music and eat some great food.

Have fun!  Yeah you rite ...

  Chuck

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