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This will be a LONG thread. I have a lot to say about venue and city from today’s version. Thanks for reading! Today we are listening to the Reba from Tipitina's in New Orleans, LA https://relisten.net/phish/1993/03/02/reba?source=163842 listen along here. Follow along @RebaProject #TheRebaProject
No single city in the world has built its culture around music more than New Orleans. Music is in the very fiber of the city. It is in the wood, the brick, the cobblestone streets, in every corner and alleyway.
Music is in the history, the folklore, in the steam that rises from the ground in summer. New Orleanians have embraced this in a remarkable way and have infused music into all present day tradition. If you are celebrating or even mourning in New Orleans, youll do it with music.
There is a “festival season” that is chock- full of events, large and small, where you can experience the sounds of the city. Festival Season is separate from Mardi Gras where parades are marched thought the city led by the music of brass bands.
In the book of New Orleans, music is both the protagonist and antagonist. It is the only place in the world where you can be walking down the street and come across a group of world class musicians that were taught their craft by tradition.
They will be playing the soundtrack of the city for no other reason than the joy that it brings them and others and the occasional toss of loose change into a hat on the corner.
The city has no shortage of places to see live music. From the tiniest bars and restaurants, to the streets of the French Quarter live music is everywhere. Frenchman street alone has more places to see live music than some small cities.
You don’t have to seek out live music, it finds you. But where you do seek it there are almost too many notable venues to name, but I would be remiss to leave out the maple leaf, DBA, Preservation Hall, Blue Nile, The Howlin Wolf, The House of Blues, The Joy Theater,
the Civic, The Saenger Theatre, The Orpheum, Lake Front Arena, The Smoothie King center, the SuperDome the fair grounds. These are just a few examples.
examples. …and then there is Tipitinas. Tipitinas is an unassuming pale yellow building on the corner of Tchopitoulas and Napoleon in the warehouse district. Shes not much to look at, but once inside you instantly understand that you are on hallowed ground.
New Orleans has a way of making you feel welcome and at home in your own skin whether you have been there for 20 years or for 20 minutes and in no place is that more evident than Tipitinas. To me, Tips is the living room of the city.
The venue was created for and named after the indelible Professor Longhair. A song of his bares the same name as the venue. (The cover of this song by Dr John is unmatched) before renovating the building in the 80’s,
WWOZ, which is one of the best radio stations in the country, has its studio above the venue and would broadcast shows by lowering a mic through a hole in the floor. Before becoming a music venue The building was a juice bar which is the reason for the banana in the logo.
The venue is now owned by the members of Galactic. There are pictures of the gig itself! ENJOY!!
