Rhythm and blues in New Orleans
By: John Broven
Contributors: Broven, John
Edition: Third edition, revised and updated.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781455619511; 9781455619528
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Popular music; Rhythm and blues musicians; History and criticism; Sound recording industry; Musicians; Rock music; Rhythm and blues music; History
Other titles: Walking to New Orleans.
Notes: Original edition published in Great Britain in 1974 under the title: Walking to New Orleans.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327), discography (pages 318-323), web resources (pages 327-328), and index.
Table of contents: title: Rhythm and blues, 1946-55. There was a tradition, which was the great tradition of jazz; title: That the records sounded decent at all by today's standards is a miracle; title: The Braun Brothers were the first people to come out of town; title: Well, let's go down there and see Fats Domino; they told me he's real good; title: I made "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," then I made Shirley and Lee, "I'm gone"; those two records were burnin'; title: (Guitar Slim) had an electric sound like you never heard; title: Rock 'n' roll, 1955-59. "Tutti frutti" was practically an afterthought at the first session; title: When things go right I can make records all day; title: My real assignment was to root out more Lloyds, Fats Dominos, and all that jazz; title: Dave Bartholomew seemed to have a greater interest in my music than Paul (Gayten) did; title: We were the nucleus of all the rock that came out of New Orleans; title: The Dew Drop Inn was the real hangout; title: The local record scene, 1955-63. The only local label we had of any significance was Ace; title: Johnny (Vincent) saw a goldmine in the sky with pop records; title: Mac Rebennack played on a lot of sessions; it was more than playing & he contributed; title: Ric was small; he didn't want to venture out, Mr. Ruffino; title: With Minit we were never consciously trying to do an R&B record; it just happened; title: Along with Minit Records, Joe Banashak started another company called Instant Records; title: I had my own plans with A.F.O.; title: Cosimo's studio was fully booked and it was hard to get in; title: The end of an era, the start of another, 1963-. If we'd had Grammys at that time, Fats and I would have been up there twenty years straight; title: A lot of people came up on a shoestring trying to make it; title: The whole music scene changed, not only New Orleans; the whole rock music scene changed; title: Well, I knew all the top people in (Nola), 'cause I was doing all the recording; title: One day Cosimo said, "The jig is up"; title: The Meters were a big hit in the late 1960s; title: Jumpin', dancin', carryin' on, and having a good time; title: The Influence of New Orleans rhythm and blues continues to loom large today.