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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 3-4-15 Mardi Gras Show

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: February 4, 2015

On this week’s show we took a slight detour from the world of Tiki-ness to celebrate the multifarious and magnanimous magnificence of Mardi Gras. As some of you are aware, the doctor’s family hails from Louisiana and for many generations helped to build, run and literally supply pharmaceuticals to New Orleans, which makes this annual musical migration something of a hopeful and hallowed hajj to the city that care forgot as well as the rest of southern Louisiana.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm EDT at: http://www.radiofairfax.org The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived, but some listeners choose to record it on their computers to listen later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It also can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9

  1. “I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll,” composed by Spencer & Clarence Williams and recorded in 1922 by Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds, found on the erotical retrospective: Mamie Smith – The Essential.

  2. “New Orleans Shout,” performed in 1929 by King Oliver and found on his riverine recording: Riverside Blues, featuring Oliver on Trumpet, Roy Smeck on Guitar and Jimmy Archey on Trombone.

  3. “Milenberg Joys,” the song about the old time entertainment district in New Orleans where many musicians worked, recorded by Rodney Rogers' Red Peppers and taken from the historical document: Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon.

  4. “When a St. Louis Woman Comes Down to New Orleans,” written by Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow and Gene Austin, for the 1934 movie: Belle of the Nineties, where it was sung by Mae West, accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, drawn from her righteous retrospective: Come Up and See Me Sometime – 30 Original Mono Recordings 1933-1954.

  5. “Basin Street Blues” composed by Spencer Williams in 1926 and recorded by New Orleans native and Alto Sax master Pony Poindexter, who also appears on Vocal on the 1962 accelerative album: Pony’s Express, with Sal Nistico and Clifford Jordan on Tenor Sax, Phil Woods and Sonny Redd on Alto Sax, Pepper Adams on Baritone Sax, Tommy Flanagan on Piano, Ron Carter on Bass and Charles Persip on Drums.

  6. “Mausoleum” from the superlatacious 1996 CD: Redneck Riviera by Mike West, who since Hurricane Katrina has lived with his wife and kids in Lawrence, Kansas.

  7. “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off,” the classic George and Ira Gershwin song from the 1937 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie: Shall We Dance, sung and performed on Piano here by Harry Connick Jr. on his soundtrack album for the 1989 movie: When Harry Met Sally, with arrangements by Marc Sahirman, and featuring Benjamin Jonah Wolfe on Bass and Jeff “Tain” Watts on Drums.

  8. “Orleans Inspiration” by the Pianist Henry Butler for the 2008 combustic compilation: Offbeat -- My Louisiana Music 2008, produced by The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism.

  9. “They All Ask'd for You” by the Meters, originally a big hit for the Meters in 1975, performed here in 1998 by Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters on their creole-ish compact disc: Turn Up the Zydeco!, including Kim Phillips on Organ, Anthony Rubin on Accordion, Alonzo Johnson on Bass; and Alton Rubin Jr. on Drums.

  10. “Je m'en fous pas mal,” performed by the Cajun contemporary band Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys on their 1995 ambitious album: La Toussaint, with Monsieur Riley on Vocal and Cajun Accordion, Dave Greely on Fiddle, C.C. Adcock on Electric Guitar, Peter Schwartz on Bass and Kevin Dugas on Drums.

  11. The song composed by Joe Liggins, “Going Back to New Orleans,” sung by Deacon John Moore, accompanied by Dr. John on Piano, taken from his scintillacious CD: Deacon John’s Jump Blues.

  12. “Indian Red (Wild Man Memorial)” performed by unidentified Mardi Gras Indians and some actors, which appears on the uneven event: Treme -- Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 1.

  13. “Brother John,” composed by Cyril Neville and recorded in 1976 by the Neville Brothers and The Wild Tchoupitoulas, and found on the copious collection: Treacherous: A History of the Neville Brothers, 1955-1985.

  14. The Clifton Chenier classic “Hot Tamale Baby” performed by Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers, drawn from the generous CD: Zydeco Giant, with Beau Jocque, whose real name was Andrus Espre, on Vocal and Accordion, Ray Mouton & Kent Pierre Augustine on Electric Guitars, Mike Lockett on Keyboards, Chuck Bush on Electric Bass, Wilfred “Caveman” Pierre on Rubboard and Eddie Bodin on Drums.

  15. “That's Enough of That Stuff,” recorded by Marcia Ball and appearing on the deliriously delightful Box Set: Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans.

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