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Just take a look at this classic all-star Big Easy line up on the Putumayo Louisiana Gumbo CD:

1 Charles Sheffield -- It's Your Voo Doo Working
2 Carol Fran and Clarence Hollimon -- Door Poppin
3 James Booker -- African Gumbo
4 Clifton Chenier -- Ti Na Na
5 Johnny Adams -- It Ain't the Same Thing
6 Lynn August -- Lead Me On
7 The Neville Brothers -- Voo Doo
8 Eddie Bo -- Piano Roll
9 Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters -- I'm Coming Home
10 Rockie Charles -- Festis Believe in Justice
11 Percy Mayfield -- Louisiana
12 Snooks Eaglin -- Nine Pound Steel

The Big Easy is still struggling to come back, but it's music has never gone away, nor its distinctive multi-cultural dance till you drop exuberance.

This album will remind you why New Orleans is so important culturally to the United States, and what a crime it was to abandon it in its hour of need as Bush did.

But forget the politics for the moment, and let the good times roll with Louisiana Gumbo!

"Marshes and bayous mark the landscape in the Mississippi Delta. This humid, fecund setting has acted like a cultural petri dish, as African, Caribbean, French, and Spanish have fused and transformed into one of the most culturally rich and unique regions of the United States.

Louisiana Gumbo focuses on the soul, R&B and blues that has served as a foundation for much of America's popular music today. This collection is called Louisiana Gumbo because this Creole stew is a perfect metaphor for the blend of musical elements found in the music of Louisiana.

The primary ingredient in this southern casserole is the blues, a form that permeates local musical expression and serves as the foundation for all Louisiana musical expressions, including gospel, Dixieland, jazz, R&B, rock, funk and soul. Louisiana Gumbo is an entrancing blend of old and new, household names and lost legends that creates an aural image of the humid, funky groove of Southern Louisiana. The extensive liner notes also feature photographs by Rick Olivier and Jack Vartoogian."

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