Today is Mardi Gras, and Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Derrick Freeman (@Mistersmoker) of WWOZ in New Orleans about some of the music revelers will be hearing along parade routes and at parties.
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Music From The Segment
Professor Longhair, “Mardi Gras In New Orleans”
Dr. John, “Mardi Gras Day”
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles, “Sew Sew Sew”
Danny Barker, “My Indian Red” (feat. Don Kirpatrick, Haywood Henry and Fred Moore)
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