Randy Newman couldn’t have anticipated Hurricane Katrina when he wrote this moving song (rerecorded with the Lousiana Orchestra for this benifit album in 1975, which unofficially became the anthem of the tragedy.
Hurricane Katrina Donation Week #5
Legends of Singer/Songwriters #2
Preservation Hall Jazz Band >
Do You Know What It Means to be Miss New Orleans
Composed by Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter
One of the instituions of New Orleans jazz performs one of the institutions of New Orleans jazz.
Please don’t forget the Gulf Coast.
This album gives you all of the New Orleans musical tradtion in one place, and a chance to continuing to contribute to the reconstruction of one of America’s musical cradles. It’s going to take at least a decade, don’t forget them now.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band > My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now
DDB is the perfect modern New Orleans version of the perfect NO music traditions. And their song was an excellent NO reaction to a horrendenous situation.
This album gives you all of the New Orleans musical tradtion in one place, and a chance to continuing to contribute to the reconstruction of one of America’s musical cradles. It’s going to take at least a decade, don’t forget them now.
Allen Toussaint > Yes We Can Can
Composed by Allen Toussaint
Before it was hope for the future, ‘Yes We Can’ was a call for self reliance. I’ve loved almost every version, but hearing the composer’s cry after Katrina has to be my favorite, musically and emotionally.
Please buy this album and you’ll get pleasure, chills, and the true satisfaction that comes when you know you’re continuing the work of putting America back together.
Hurricane Katrina Donation Week #2
Legends of Singer/Songwriters #1
Legends of Soul #14
Irma Thomas > Back Water Blues
Composed by Bessie Smith
“When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night…”
My wife heard this track and immediately looked up places to help the victims of Katrina. Please buy this album and you’ll get pleasure, chills, and the true satisfaction that comes when you know you’re continuing the work of putting America back together.
