Soul Tunes

You almost have to be from New Orleans to understand the mixture of the music that wails throughout the city, It's zydeco, jazz, Cajun, classical, rhythm and blues any combination from which you can pick and choose. Fats Domino and Huey 'Piano' Smith live down the street along with Harry Connick Jr, Ronnie Kole and Mac Rebenack. Mac came to record one day missing a finger, laid down his guitar took up piano and called himself Dr John. You can't stop the music in New Orleans. You can't stop the musicians. They are the soul of the city and the only time they hang up their ax is when it's time to eat a hot plate of Red Beans and Rice, boiled crayfish, hot boiled crabs, shucked oysters and thin fried catfish . Yum Yum When Fats was playing in New York he called Mrs Leah Chase and said, "Send me a hot shrimp po-boy and toast the bread crispy!" That po-boy was on the next plane headed to the big apple. Hence the song, "Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans" Every bar of which there are many, too many perhaps, has music and every establishment has excellent entertainment or they're fired. A known New Orleans fact is "You cannot have music without food" Hence, Soul Music and Soul Food, wipe your hands, let's dance! *** Contest: Soul Tunes Sponsor: Kristen Bruni