What Reminds You of Mardi Gras? For Me, it's Always Music and Food
Is it Happy Mardi Gras, or Merry Mardi Gras? Laissez le bon temps rouler! Welcome to Mike’s Mardi Gras Music Morning.
First, this might be a long one, so I’ll put the customary links at the bottom.
Second, I have never been to New Orleans. My wife lived there for a while as a kid but I love the feel of the city. The music, the food, the architecture, the smell of jasmine… there are a bunch of movies and shows that we’ve watched that center around the Crescent City. I’m taking today, Mardi Gras, to celebrate the music. Tomorrow I’m starting a three-part food blog on our sister Substack,
.Ok, on with the tunes!
Look up the Rebirth Brass Band. Katrina was a bitch. But, the culture of this town stood strong.
Speaking of Katrina, here’s the opening theme, along with one of my favorite tunes from a show called Treme:
As I mentioned, working on a cooking blog, and have done a bunch of Mardi Gras-inspired cooking over the last few days (tonight, we’re having shrimp po boys and bananas foster). We had a stream of movies on yesterday, starting with The Princess and the Frog (which I consider to be one the greatest Disney animated movies of all-time)…
Speaking of some Dr. John:
Featured on another of our favorite movies, Sahara with Matthew McConaughey.
A little Buckwheat Zydeco, from me to you…
One cannot simply post about Mardi Gras music, and not include:
Yet again, another song that seems synonymous with Nawlins:
I love Louis Armstrong.
Ok, gonna wrap up with another one from Professor Longhair:
Enjoy yourselves today, peeps. Have some good food, listen to some good music.
Happy Mardi Gras from Western Wishes.
Kilgore
See the previous installments in this “Mike’s Music Morning” series: