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