Episode 5: Mardi Gras Trick Bag

Happy Mardi Gras! On this edition of Trick Bag, we'll get a taste of classic New Orleans Mardi Gras music. Most of these songs received very little to no attention outside of New Orleans, but in the city, they're considered perennial anthems of Carnival season. If you're from New Orleans, you should have a blast hearing the stories behind the Mardi Gras classics you've been listening to all your life. If you're not from the city and these songs are new to you, you're sure to enjoy this exciting musical taste of Mardi Gras in New Orleans!  
Songs played in this episode:

Al Johnson - Carnival TimeHuey & Curley - At the Mardi GrasSugar Boy (Crawford) & his Cane Cutters - Jock-A-MoBill Sinigal & the Skyliners - Second Line (Part 1)Dave Bartholomew - Carnival DayThe Fabulettes - Oh, the Mardi GrasProfessor Longhair - Go to the Mardi GrasRay Brackens - Come On, It's CarnivalJoe Lutcher - Mardi GrasDanny Barker & his Creole Cats - My Indian RedThe Hawketts - Mardi Gras MamboSammy Harris - King ZuluThe Dixie Cups - Iko Iko (acapella version)Huey & Curley - The Second LineJack Dupree - Yellow PocahontasJessie Hill - Mardi GrasEskew Reeder - Mardi Gras In New Orleans (rehearsal recording)
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