SECTIONS:Defender PicksDIMANCHEMay 19thBayou St. John (12:15 PM-9:15 PM) A music fest on the water featuring Alexis and the Samuri, Remedy Krewe, Fleur de Tease, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and more
Bayou St. John (11:00AM-1:00PM) Pocket Aces Brass Band and Bone Tone Brass lead this year's second line, which starts and ends at Bayou Boogaloo!
Divine Ladies, Unbreakable Men Central City (1 p.m) Second lines! Won't bow down!
Mid-City (All day) Church and a parade to celebrate the club's 104th year
House of Blues (9:00 PM) The Comedy Central comedian is here for some standup!
Big Top (7 p.m.) 8-16 piece traveilling circus punk troupe. Need we say more? Is there anymore to say? with Sammy Kay and the East Los Three, Dead Legends
Tigers, Bananas, Bears... Oh Yeah! Art Klub, 513 Elysian Fields Ave (8:00 PM) An interactive and sparkling performance presented by Nari Tomassetti
Shadowbox Theatre (8:00 PM) Straightforward conversational drama explores one area's gentrification through 50 years
Joe Krown feat. Russell Batiste and Walter "Wolfman" Washington Maple Leaf (10:30PM) Weekly gig on Oak with Krown on the organ, Washington firing up the guitar strings, and Batiste on the drums.
Hot 8 Brass Band Howlin’ Wolf Den (10:00PM) Weekly gig from some of the city’s best in brass
Sunday Youth Music Workshop Tipitina’s (1:00PM) All ages workshop with Johnny Vidacovich. Bring your instruments!
Cajun Fais Do Do Tipitina’s (5:30PM) Bruce Daigrepont is playing the washboard and getting you to bed early
Krewe du Guza Le Bon Temps Roule (10:00PM) Sunday Funday weekly gig from the husband and wife duo LundiMay 20thCafe Instanbul (7:00 PM) A Japanese film about a teenager’s strange venture into a haunted house
Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00 PM) King James & the Special Men Charmaine Neville Band New Orleans Jazz Vipers Papa Grows Funk |
Uncle Lionel Batiste Dies at 81 Infrogmation of New Orleans (via Wikimedia Commons) Uncle Lionel Batiste, longtime bass drummer of the Tremé Brass Band and patriarch of the famed Batiste family, died Sunday morning of complications from Stage 4 cancer, NoDef confirmed with friends of Batiste this morning. He was 81. Always sporting an outfit that was the definition of dapper, sunglasses and, in recent years, a cane, Batiste made it his mission to put a smile on everyone's face, and he was hard-presesd to find anyone whose face didn't light up in his prescence.
In addition to duties behind the bass drum, he was also known to take the mic to sing rousing renditions of New Orleans standards. Batiste first learned he had pancreatic cancer about two weeks ago. He played bass drum since he was a boy, and never seemed to lose his love for marching in street parades, heading out on the streets for a night out and working the crowd in hopes of finding a dance partner.
READ MORE ABOUT THE LIFE OF UNCLE LIONEL BATISTE
SECOND LINE, MEMORIALS PLANNED TO HONOR UNCLE LIONEL
Correction: Initial information provided to NOLA Defender indicated Lionel Batiste died on the night of June 7. According to his family and the Treme Brass Band, he died Sunday morning, June 8. |
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I had the great pleasure of
I had the great pleasure of dancing with the gentleman. May he dance in Heaven to the beat of his own drum!
The perfect gentleman every
The perfect gentleman every hour of the day or night. An example of what we should strive to be.
The sky opened up with
The sky opened up with delight the clouds marching in.banging the thunderous drums of a second line. Grey and gloom and a rainy day headed our way in our city under the lake. God shining his glory down and extending a glimmer of sunshine to take one of our saints home to heaven. His drum packed his suit pressed our uncle is on his way home. To have seen him dance sing or play was a gift shared by the many souls that have been graced with his love. A unmatched love for music and the spirit that is new Orleans. Today this July 8th marks the loss of such a great man that truly loved our great city. Everyone lost the greatest uncle any human breathing on earth could ever want. Uncle Lionel you will be missed.
Good-night, sweet prince; And
Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Goodnight, sweet prince; And
Goodnight, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
...and from now on, when I
...and from now on, when I hear thunder, I know that it is really Uncle Lionel playing his drum in Heaven. I hear it right now...
I will always remember you, and am grateful to have known you. We will meet again at that great gig in the sky. Until then, know that you are still alive in all of our hearts.
I always knew it was a good
I always knew it was a good day if I had an Uncle Lionel sighting. I'm sad I'm going to be in a second line for you and not with you.
Uncle Lionel was the
Uncle Lionel was the definition of Grace and Class. I will miss you, Unc.
A parade in Heaven waiting
A parade in Heaven waiting for you with a big new drum and angles to accompany...
You will be very missed...Much love, New Orleans Barbara Lane
If you Were touched and
If you Were touched and improved by Uncle Lionel in your life ?
New Orleans has become a part of your blood? Play Brass music loud. If you drink ? Pour a lil out. If you cry, cry hard. If you laugh, laugh loud and deep all the way to your toes. It is time to celebrate a local legend. He may rest but I bet he will be leading his own second line before he marches in with the saints.
Descança em Paz !
Descança em Paz !
You gave the world so much,
You gave the world so much, and we of New Orleans, were especially blessed to know you. R.I.P., Uncle Lionel. I know you'll have those angels marching in high style behind you.
You will be sorely missed..
You will be sorely missed..
Amen to all of the above. We
Amen to all of the above. We will all miss his wonderful spirit and love of music and life.
God bless Uncle Lionel, there
God bless Uncle Lionel, there will be a beautiful new drum waiting for him in heaven
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