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Monday, May 31, 2010

New Orleans


I'm printing stuff for the wedding, and I'm listening to Fats Domino singing I'm Walkin' to New Orleans. And I think of the oil spill, and I feel sorry for our generations, because it's coming fast.

Gonna need two pair of shoes
when I get through walkin' these blues,
I'm walkin' to New Orleans.
Posted by Montag at 7:48 PM

4 comments:

Unknown said...

The very first guy I ever heard in concert, in a small, beastly hot and crowded theater. In Baton Rouge. He was great!

I find it impossible to get the oil spill out of my mind.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010 3:37:00 AM
Montag said...

I saw him in 1956, but he was just one act in a show. I don't even know what they called the music back then; I mean, did they call it "Rock"?

LaVern Baker was on, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon, and many more I've forgotten.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:29:00 AM
Unknown said...

You saw a great show.

I think it was "rock and roll" at that point. I can tell you what my dad called it: "screamin' nigger music." I think he was more referring to Little Richard, whom I also loved. Anyway, you get my drift.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:47:00 AM
Montag said...

Little Richard singing "Jennie, Jennie" was a revolutionary moment in the 20th century...

The revolutionary moments sweep along like convection currents: music, civil rights, MLK - life and death; now we face the future as if we were about to set foot into Selma, Alabama - apprehensive yet still determined...

Friday, June 04, 2010 4:26:00 AM

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