From Mardi Gras Music Radio, Live 365.
Even though I have read that the present Mardi Gras celebrations did not begin until after the Civil War, New Orleans nonetheless was an important city in the War of 1812, and most everyone knows about the after-the-war-was-over Battle of New Orleans, so I will list some more Mardi Gras music I was listening to this morning:
ZULU STRUT-- John Cleery
OOH LA LA-- Mitch Woods
HEY SWEET DARLING-- Iguanas
GOING TO MARDI GRAS-- Fats Domino
RED BEANS-- Marcia Ball (Ya'll)
BIG CHIEF-- Dr. John & the Dirty Brass Band
JOCK-A-MO-- Sugar Boy Crawford
MEET ME ON FRENCHMEN FEET-- Shamarr Allen, feat. Kermit Ruffin
HANDA WANDA-- Wild Magnolias
COME LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL-- Earl King
DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS--Dr. John
CARNIVAL TIME-- New Orleans' Own Dukes of Dixieland & Luther Kent
INDIANS JUMPING ON FIRE--Olympia Brass Band
FEEL LIKE FUNKIN' UP--Rebirth Brass Band
MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS-- Charmaine Neville Band
JOE AVERY'S WHOOPIN' BLUES-- Sarah Spencer's Rue Conti Jazz Band.
Where's This Bourbon Street? --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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