New Orleans – The Big Easy ist vor allem als Geburtsort des Jazz bekannt, aber ohne den Rhythm-and-Blues der Stadt wäre wohl auch die Geschichte des Rock‘n‘Roll anders verlaufen.

Playlist:

Gully Low Blues – Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven (1927)
New Orleans Joys/Blues – Jelly Roll Morton (1923)
Good Rocking Tonight – Roy Brown (1947)
Jump and Shout – Erline Harris (1950)
Marie LaVeau – Oscar ‘Papa’ Celestin and his Original Tuxedo Jazz Band (1950)
Mardi Gras In New Orleans – Professor Longhair and his Shuffling Hungarians (1949)
The Fat Man – Fats Domino (1949)
Great Big Eyes – Archibald (1952)
Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Lloyd Price (1952)
I’m Gone – Shirley & Lee (1952)
Wine, Women, Whiskey – Papa Lightfoot (1954)
Jock-A-Mo – Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters (1954)
Jam Up – Tommy Ridgley and his Band (1954)
The Things That I Used to Do – Guitar Slim (1953)
Sleepwalking Woman – Smilin’ Joe (1954)
I Hear You Knocking – Smiley Lewis (1955)
Tutti Frutti – Little Richard (1955)

Idee und Gestaltung: Audiophiles Collective
mit Datenmaterial aus John Brovens Buch Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans
Produktion: Agent Orange
Sprecher: Hazel Stardust