Oh Dog, you Sleuth!

There was long article in today’s NYTimes about the Ernie K-Doe Lounge in New Orleans. I went there with Kim and Jeremy last year for the first time right after a wayward pick up truck drove through the front wall. I guess it was a slow news day for the Arts editor. The club is great and Antoinette, the widow/owner is super cool. But it is in a completely crimey neighborhood. And also K-Doe was not that great of a NO early R&B guy (not compared to the freaky/beautiful work coming out at the same time by Little Richard, Bobby Marchan and Shirley and Lee). His one hit, ‘Mother In Law’ is nice, but it’s typical of the Allan Toussaint sound of that time. Toussaint was kind of the Dr. Dre of the New Orleans early Rock and Roll/R&B period.