New Orleans and All That Jazz

We won't be publishing any posts in The Prices Do DC blog while we spend 6 days in New Orleans attending the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

This is the 2nd weekend of the annual festival. Last week's headliners were The Beach Boys, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

This weekend I am looking forward to seeing Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Iguanas, Bruce Hornsby, Mavis Staples, Ziggy Marley, Steve Earle, My Morning Jacket, Warren Haynes, Herbie Hancock, the Eagles, the Foo Fighters, and Bonnie Raiit.

Then there are New Orleans artists such as the Henry Butler, Ivan Neville's Dumstaphunk, Wayne Toups, Bonearama, Allan Tousaint, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Better Than Ezra, Irma Thomas, Kermit Ruffin, Galactic, The Funky Meters, Dr. John and the Neville Brothers.

If we can stay awake we can choose from late night club shows by more than 80 artists including Grace Potter, Soulive, New Birth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty, Rockin' Dopsie, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

Let the good times roll and we'll resume our blog posts when we get back to DC.