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Will Bernard Trio – Outdoor Living (2012)

- Source: Something Else!

As one of the three guitarists of the fleeting, all-star T.J. Kirk quartet in the mid-90s, Will Bernard's career since then hadn't generated the buzz that his former Kirk colleague Charlie Hunter does , but that doesn't mean he's been any less productive or creative.

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TVD Live: The Voodoo Music Experience

- Source: The Vinyl District

You really can't ask for a better setting for a music festival than the stately oaks of City Park. The Voodoo Music Experience continues to develop into a signature fall event in New Orleans and a destination event for music lovers of all stripes.

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Something Else! Interview: Zigaboo Modeliste, co-founder of the Meters

- Source: Something Else!

Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, a funky furnace that once powered the Meters, has just released a tour-de-force project aptly titled New Life. It reestablishes, perhaps unsurprisingly, Modeliste's claim to co-ownership of the band's late 1960s/early 1970s string of R&B and rock hits – from "Cissy Strut" and "Fire on the Bayou," to supporting gigs with Lee Dorsey, LaBelle and Dr. John.

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The Importance of Herman Ernest, Part 1

- Source: Home of the Groove

This time, I've got the first part of what has grown into a fairly huge tribute to the great New Orleans drummer, Herman Villere Ernest, III, known to many on the scene as "Roscoe", and occasionally called "Herman the German" by his long-time musical collaborator and employer, Mac Rebennack, a/k/a Dr. John. As previously noted, Herman passed away on March 6, the Saturday before Mardi Gras, after a lengthy fight with cancer.

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Three Bells

- Source: Home of the Groove

For this final post of 2010, I've got related sides from three singles by Aaron Neville, Lee Dorsey, and Allen Toussaint.

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