Louisiana’s own Bobby Rush is the son of a guitar playing preacher, and a born Showman. His live show is a captivating mix of storytelling, comedy, and funky soul music. With the help of his beautifully voluptuous dancers Bobby Rush has been thrilling crowds for over 50 years now.
Bobby gives a lesson in the Old School
Good Listenin’
While it may be all about the live show for most, the few recordings Bobby Rush did put out were perfect representations of his style and soul. No one mixes Blues, Soul, Funk, and R&B like Bobby Rush
Learn how to play flying piano like the Dirty Bourbon River Show you say? Whaa? Yessir ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Noah was nice enough to make a set of 14 instructional videos explicitly detailing how to become a flying piano master – including the theory, technique, licks, runs, fills, trills and more that make up the unholy style that is the Dirty Bourbon flying piano.
Videos range from absolute beginner-level, like “How To Play a C Major Scale”:
And go all the way up to advanced technique, like polyrhythms at extremely fast BPM, like this video:
Check out the rest of our videos on the DirtyBourbonRiverTV Youtube Channel. There’s a lot of interesting stuff, like how to play New Orleans-style, rag time, boogie woogie, improvisations & more.
Tonight we’ll be rocking the Red Stick for a 3rd time with yet another killer 3 ring circus at the Spanish Moon. Dirty Bourbon’ll be starting the night off right at 10pm sharp with a no-hands-barred set chalked full of big announcements, beefed up bari/tenor horn sections, and yet another new song. Following at 11pm will be Phantom Party BR locals the Have Nauts.
A power trio founded on “Motown and dirty rock’n’roll,” the Have Nauts boasts a promising line-up with Jason Ourso on guits, guts and voice, Michael Roy on drums and Cohen Hartmen on bass. There’s a really good article in Stereo Gumbo on these fellas here. For extra listening pleasure check out their bassist’s other project – Cohen Hartmen and the Bone Machine – here.
Finally, closing out the night will be none other than our dear friends Glasgow. This will be our 5th show with the Craft Brothers & Company (they’re also on our upcoming album Vol II) and every time we play with them something magic seems to happen.
Glasgow will fuck you up on stage, but in the bedroom they're actually very gentle lovers
You’ve probably (hopefully) heard of Glasgow by now, but if not, I highly recommend you check out their unique brand of classy, downright nasty rock’n’roll here.
If after that you still want more, peep this impromptu megaphone gypsy string stomp Dirty Bourb and Glasgow threw together at the Dragon’s Den last year:
Hope to see you there!
~ Noah
P.S. Special announcement on Sunday – check the interwebs!
We are pleased to announce our first cluster of 2011 showdates! Check it:
1.08 Mobile, AL Callaghan’s w/ Holy Ghost Tent Revival 1.09 New Orleans, LA Cafe Prytania w/ Holy Ghost Tent Revival & Mississippi Rail Company 1.22 New Orleans, LA Le Maison w/ Glasgow & Friends 2.05 Jackson, MS Ole Tavern
2.12 Mobile, AL Blind Mule w/ The Howdies & The Blackjacks
Also, from 3.31-4.03 we will be touring the South for our Volume II CD Release Tour
And from 5.13-6.01 we will be touring the South and the East Coast for our Summer 2011 Tour
Ok, so here’s how it is: Just because there’s less oil from the BP spill floating around now doesn’t mean that that shit is over. It’s right around now that we’re starting to feel the real effects of this great misdeed. Tourism – the unfortunate lifeblood of our fair city of New Orleans – is super low this fall – restaurants closin, less drinkin’, Saints ain’t doing so good – and it’s trickling into the families. Less money = less food, poorer education for the kids. That’s some fucked up shit.
Let’s help fix that shit.
Coleman Jernigan has helped to organize a coalition of friends, musicians, and advocates to assist the United Way of Greater New Orleans to host a day of benefit concerts at The Howlin’ Wolf and Howlin’ Wolf Den in the Warehouse District of New Orleans.
And that shit is gonna be bangin’. Check out this lineup:
Howlin’ Wolf’s Den SideStage
12:45 The Tangle
1:30 Ben Diegnan
2:15 Margie Perez
3:15 Alexis Marceaux
4:15 Lynn Drury
5:15 Coyotes
6:15 Cortland Burke
7:15 Andrew Duhon
8:15 Justin Trawick
Hot 8 Brass Band
Howlin’ Wolf MainStage
2:15 Coleman Jernigan Project
3:00 Matt DeOrazio and Sweet Jones
3:45 M@ Peoples Collective
4:30 Dee 1
5:15 Casey Robinson Band
6:00 Chris Aaron “Old Energy” Trailer
6:15-7:00pm Dirty Bourbon River Show
7:00 Michelle Mangione
8:00 Jackson Wetherbee Band
9:00 Hot 8 Brass Band
10:15 The Generational’s
11:30 New Orleans Indie Rock All Stars
Now that’s a line-up. That’s a lot of really good music. For a really good cause. The lady playing after us wrote a song with Grace Slick. You should definitely come on out.
Tix only $15 in advance. $20 day of.
20 acts. 2 stages. Saturday, October 16th – 905 South Peters St. in New Orleans.
Come support something good, and hear something amazing.
Tonight (October 8th, 2010) the Dirty Bourbon River Show will be playing a musician’s clinic at the Big Top on 1638 Clio from 5-7pm. We will be playing songs from our past 2 albums plus new stuff from our upcoming album Volume Two. Show is free, all ages, with full bar.
Louisiana’s own Bobby Rush is the son of a guitar playing preacher, and a born Showman. His live show is a captivating mix of storytelling, comedy, and funky soul music. With the help of his beautifully voluptuous dancers Bobby Rush has been thrilling crowds for over 50 years now.
Dirty Bourbon River Show 