Kingcake's Real Mardi Gras

Album : Kingcake's Real Mardi Gras

Track : 1
Title : Carnival Time
Length : 2:41
Artist : The Wild Magnolias

Track : 2
Title : Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Length : 2:56
Artist : Professor Longhair

Track : 3
Title : Bourbon St. Parade
Artist : New Orleans Nightcrawlers

Track : 4
Title : New Suit
Length : 3:07
Artist : The Wild Magnolias

Track : 5
Title : Mardi Gras Mambo
Length : 2:47
Artist : The Meters

Track : 6
Title : La Chanson Du Mardi Gras
Length : 3:00
Artist : Sunpie & The Louisiana Sunspots

Track : 7
Title : Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Length : 5:26
Artist : Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Track : 8
Title : Hey Mardi Gras Here I Am
Length : 4:11
Artist : Chuck Carbo

Track : 9
Title : I Know You Mardi Gras
Length : 4:56
Artist : Bo Dollis

Track : 10
Title : Do Watcha Wanna
Length : 4:29
Artist : Rebirth Brass Band

Track : 11
Title : Beau's Mardi Gras
Length : 3:28
Artist : Beau Jocque

Track : 12
Title : At The Mardi Gras
Length : 2:27
Artist : Huey Piano Smith

Track : 13
Title : Dat's Mardi Gras
Length : 2:36
Artist : Jake The Snake

Track : 14
Title : All On A Mardi Gras Day
Length : 3:36
Artist : Wild Magnolias

Track : 15
Title : New Orleans Mardi Gras
Length : 2:52
Artist : Rosie Ledet

Track : 16
Title : New Second Line
Length : 2:39
Artist : Olympia brass Band

Track : 17
Title : Sew-Sew-Sew
Length : 5:15
Artist : The Golden Eagles

Track : 18
Title : Take Me Back To New Orleans
Length : 5:05
Artist : Big Al & The Heavyweights

Track : 19
Title : Indians Got That Fire
Length : 4:29
Artist : Cyril Neville

Track : 20
Title : Mardi Grass In New Orleans
Length : 2:16
Artist : Fats Domino

Track : 21
Title : Shallow Water Oh Mama
Length : 4:56
Artist : The Wild Magnolias

Funk 73

30 Soul Men

30 Soul Men by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Christmas Blues

This was originally part one of the Merry Christmas Baby set, but it needed a little work. Now it gets a new cover and name too.

Christmas Blues by Kingcake on Mixcloud

The Soul of Christmas

The Soul Of Christmas by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Does Soul Have A Color?

Does 'Soul' Have a Color? by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Another Taste Of New Orleans Soul Heroes

Another Taste of New Orleans Soul Heroes by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Motel Lover 4 - Drama and Sitations

There has been some pressure to create a Volume 4 to this series inspired by the original CD, and so, with considerable assistance from Uncle Clifford, here it is. The theme for this one is Drama & Situations. No slick studio-created voices here, no matter what the other production short comings may be, THESE ARE SINGERS! Here is at least one answer to the question where are the great singers these days.

 Once again you may wish to exercise some caution in where and for whom you play this. 

 Artists include: Stan Mosley, OB Buchana, Karen Wolfe, Nellie 'Tiger' Travis, Toni Green, Sheeba PottsWright, Mr. Sam, Vic Allen, Bobbye 'Doll' Johnson and Omar Cunningham.

Motel Lovers 4, Drama & Situations by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Classic Chitlin Circuit Soul

Classic Chitlin Circuit Soul by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Original R&B - Smokin', Drinkin' and Messi' Around

Original R&B, Smokin', Drinkin' and Messin' Around by Kingcake on Mixcloud

A Gospel Blues Morning, Volume 2

The first of these was so well received that I couldn't resist going to this well again with quite a few artists not in the previous collection. There is around 90 years between the oldest songs here and the newest.

A Gospel Blues Morning, Volume 2 by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Legends of Piedmont Guitar

Legends Of Piedmont Guitar by Kingcake on Mixcloud

KC's Jukejoint Jukebox #4

KC's Jukejoint Jukebox #4 by Kingcake on Mixcloud

What WE Call Southern Soul, parts 1 & 2

The terms Southern Soul and Northern Soul can be quite confusing, in large part because the two terms seem to mean very different things here in the U.S. than they do in the U.K.

To me Northern Soul is the slick, urban, pop crossover soul from Mowtown, Philly and New York. Southern Soul is the grittier Gospel/Blues tinged stuff out of Stax, Fame/Muscle Shoals, Hi, Malaco and the like. When I decided to make a mix of what we in the South call Southern Soul, I quickly had 44 songs totaling well over 2 hours. For listening sake I've split it into 2 parts of 22 that clock in at just a bit over an hour each.

What WE Call Southern Soul, part 1 by Kingcake on Mixcloud

What WE Call Southern Soul, part 2 by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Post-war Downhome Blues 1 & 2

This is parts 1 & 2 of a series composed from the playlist in Jeff Todd Titon's book Downhome Blues Lyrics. Unfortunately when the use laws changed here in the U.S., I was forced to delete 3 of the 4 volumes due to Jeff's use of too many songs from certain artists. I've finally gotten around to making some adjustments to satisfy the restrictions so that I could restore these pieces to the playlists. The songs are grouped to demonstrate certain recurring themes.

Post-war Downhome Blues, #1 by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Post-war Downhome Blues, #2 by Kingcake on Mixcloud

New Orleans & Da Fonk

So where is Funk born? Is it James Brown and his band? George Clinton and Parliament/Funkedelic? Sly Stone and Larry Graham with The Family Stone? Maybe even Booker T and the MG's? Or is it New Orleans? If we use a timeline I think you can make a case for all of these at the same time but you will notice that the first 4 choices are just bands while the last is a whole city. I submit that nowhere else does Funk become the dominant music form so early in the game, as it did here in The Crescent City. I'd say that it is at least in part because we already had the roots of Funk here in our music and the transition was an easy and natural one for us. Even back into the 50's you can point to some Brass Band music and Professor Longhair as proto-Funk and certainly by 1960 some of Lee Dorsey's stuff is pretty damn funky. Like Jazz, R&B, and Rock n' Roll before it, I think the case is strong that Da Fonk starts here.

These songs are recorded between 1965 and 1975.

New Orleans & Da Fonk by Kingcake on Mixcloud

A Gospel Blues Morning

A Gospel Blues Morning by Kingcake on Mixcloud

KC's Jukejoint Jukebox #3

KC's Jukejoint Jukebox #3 by Kingcake on Mixcloud

10 More Lost N.O. Soul Heroes

Whew! Trying to come up with a follow-up to the first run on this theme was more difficult than I had imagined -- I didn't want to reach back to the R&B era nor did I want to tread too far into the Funk era and thus detract from my available choices on future mixes that I have planned. I also wished to stay with the more obscure guys that hadn't received much coverage in this modern age where worldwide interest in our musical history has grown considerably. My first volume had been constructed with no concern for a second volume and so I had skimmed the cream (IMO) and left a tough road for this mix. I wanted to follow the same format too, so there had to be at least 3 useable tunes.

Eventually I came up around 2 short of a "full deck" until a friend pointed out that just because guys like Earl King, Johnny Adams, Lee Dorsey, Eddie Bo and Ernie K-Doe were "mainstream" to us here, that didn't mean that the rest of the world felt that way. Now I feel bad I couldn't fit them all in.

10 More Lost N.O. Soul Heroes by Kingcake on Mixcloud

KC's Jukejoint Jukebox #2

Yep -- another 'customer select' set from the jukebox. Some pot-bellied fellah with a really ugly shirt and one of those 'Hand Grenade' drinks from Bourbon Street in each hand wandered in and mistakenly put a $20 in the jukebox -- he got annoyed when I told him that the box don't make no change and he punched up all these songs and walked out! It turned out to be a pretty nice set even tho he din't recognize a thing!

KC's Jukejoint Jukebox #2 by Kingcake on Mixcloud