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Article: AN EVENING WITH THE CREOLE WILD WEST
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- New Orleans Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright New Orleans Publishing Group Inc. Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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THOUGH A DAZZLING presence in the popular imagination, Mardi Gras Indian gangs (as those groups have named themselves) aren't personally well known to music lovers. People at the New Orleans Country Club have been dancing to Deacon John's band for decades: so have the masses at Tipitina's and concert venues. People see the bandmaster in Winn Dixie and say. "Hey. Deacon!" He nods with a smile of irony. Imagine how many names he has forgotten in 40 years of gigs. How many of you loyal readers have put aside the National Inquirer in a supermarket line because you recognized a Mardi Gras Indian?
Certain Indian lyrics, "Iko Iko" and "Hoy Pocky Way," are common currency of dance music across the ...
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