This Week at the Howlin Wolf Northshore

Oct 29, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Live Band Karoake with Black Magnolia
---Plus!! SIN Night with $2 Specials


Oct 30, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Howlin' Hallows Eve Costume Party featuring Flashback & Black Magnolia
Winner of the costume contest will win a Howlin' Wolf Gift bag & a Cash Prize Donated by Live List TV Video Productions.

Oct 31, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Raise The Dead Party featuring DJ Scrim

For more information, or to buy tickets, check out the Howlin Wolf Northshore Website.

SEE YA AT THE WOLF!!!

Flashback

It's unavoidable!!! The 80s are back in every way. The music. The fashion. Little bits and pieces of the 80s are resurfacing in almost everything "new" that is coming out. The problem is that the younger generation doesn't realize that it is just a regurgitation of the 80s generation. They have no context to put all of these fashions and new bands into, so some are actually under the impression that it is new.

Well we here at the Howlin Wolf Northshore have a solution. It is a little 80s history lesson called Flashback!!! Flashback is a band hailing from Los Angeles that plays nothin' but the 80s. It will be a rare opportunity for the younger generation to catch a glimpse of where everything that they like came from.

The members of Flashback sport identities from the heroes of 80s Glam rock. Present in the band is Michael Bret, Billy, Flash, and Shaun Jovi (you don't have to look too hard to discover who they are emulating, check em' out here). Here's what the band has to say for themselves:
We as FLASHBACK are going to bring back some memories that you may have forgotten, but once held onto so closely as you lived through the most radical decade ever. At the time MTV actually played videos! I know can you believe it?? They featured bands that had guys dressing like chicks, and chicks dressing like…well you know. Crazy hair and make-up was essential, the more you had and the more flamboyant the better. We fell in love with the era and embraced the music and the stars who created it like no other. We promise to re-create some of them and give you a hell of a time to remember. Reach to the back of your closet and pull out some of that old flashy clothes, because the FLASHBACK has started! Come and take a trip with us!! We hope to see all of you there!!

So come on out and have a Flashback to the 80s with the Howlin Wolf Northshore on Friday, October 30th.

See ya at the Wolf!!!

This Week at the Howlin Wolf Northshore

Oct 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Live Band Karoake with Black Magnolia

Oct 23, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Rebirth Brass Band

Oct 24, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Tab Benoit

For more information, or to buy tickets, check out the Howlin Wolf Northshore Website.

SEE YA AT THE WOLF!!!

Rebirth and Tab

The weekend of October 23 and 24 is going to be a great weekend to be at the Howlin Wolf Northshore!!! That's because Friday the 23rd we will have the one, the only, REBIRTH BRASS BAND!! Also Saturday we will be featuring blues legend TAB BENOIT!!

I don't think either of these two acts need much introduction, but here's a little update on what's been happening with them lately.

Rebirth has had a busy year. After struggling through a painful recovery from a stroke, Phil "Tuba" Frazier made his triumphant return to the band at a show at the New Orleans Howlin Wolf back in January (you can read about that here). From there the band rebounded quickly and was offered roles on the pilot for the upcoming HBO series about New Orleans, "The Treme." And to finish out this groundbreaking year for the band Derek Tab, Rebirth's drummer and the founder of The Roots of Music Foundation, was nominated to be CNN's 2009 Hero of the Year (you can find info on the honor here). The Howlin Wolf Northshore is incredibly proud of Rebirth Brass Band's accomplishments this year, and we are equally excited to have them perform on Friday, October 23rd. Make plans to be here. A Rebirth show is never to be missed!!

For Tab Benoit the hits just keep on coming. With 13 releases since 1992 (busy man) and a Grammy nomination in 2006, Tab's brilliant Louisiana Blues never fails to make its mark. Furthermore, Tab's work as an environmental activist for wetlands conservation shows his love for his home state and its future. He founded the "Voice of the Wetlands," an organization which puts on an annual music festival in Houma to raise money for the conservation effort. Tab will be gracing the Howlin Wolf Northshore with his presence on Saturday, October 24th.

So come on out to the Howlin Wolf Northshore the weekend of the 23rd and 24th, and celebrate some Louisiana heroes, and hear some of the best music that Louisiana has to offer. SEE YA AT THE WOLF!!!!

Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes

As stated on Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes Website: "it's time once again for the weather to cool off in New Orleans, and that means that Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes are home for the month!!"

And thank God for that (both the cool weather and the imminent return of the band)!!! It's this time of year when going outside doesn't feel like your walking into the bowels of hell. Johnny joins the rest of New Orleans as we emerge from our collective heat-resistant fortresses in some kind of tropic reverse hibernation. Praise be to God, Allah, Buddha, or Krishna (whoever was responsible for the idea of fall in New Orleans)!!! Sorry for going on about the weather, but the other day was the first day in a looooooonnnnggggg time that walking outside didn't feel like I was walking into a wet moldy gym sock that's been baked in an oven.

The amazing Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes will be gracing the Howlin Wolf with its presence on both sides of the lake. They will be on the Northshore this Friday October 16, and then in New Orleans October 31. Best catch them at either of these two shows because after that they are headin' out west, then a quick stop in the keys, and then it's Bon Voyage as they are performing at this year's Jam Cruise.

Not only will this year's Jam Cruise feature a performance by Johnny Sketch, but I am quite certain that it will feature about a million covers of "I'm on a Boat."


Anyways, please come out this Friday, October 16 to the Northshore Howlin Wolf and see our local heroes Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes!! It will surely be awesome!!

This Week at the Howlin Wolf Northshore

Oct 15, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Live Band Karoake with Black Magnolia
Plus SIN Night with $2 Drink Specials

Oct 16, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes

For more information, or to buy tickets, go to the Howlin Wolf Northshore Website

SEE YA AT THE WOLF!!!!

Tickets for Tweets

This contest worked very well for the New Orleans Howlin Wolf, so now we want to see what you North Shore folks can do!!!

The winner gets them plus a friend on the guest list for this Saturday's Dave Matthews Tribute Band show!!!

Here's how it works:
Get your twitter followers to follow us @howlinwolfnorth or http://twitter.com/howlinwolfnorth. When they do, have them post, "I followed @howlinwolfnorth so @yourtwitternamehere can win tickets."

Remember, these must be NEW followers.

The contest will run until midnight of Friday night!! I will announce the winner on Saturday morning. Good luck and get to Tweetin'!!

Derek Tabb: Hero

Derek Tabb is so much more than just the Drummer for the Rebirth Brass Band. He is a local hero. Growing up in New Orleans taught Derek many valuable lessons as to music's power to keep kids out of the streets and away from the drug dealers. He is a living testimony to that. However, Derek has gone a step further to give back to the art form that just might have saved his life. He worked to form "The Roots of Music Foundation." It is best described by the foundation's website:
"The Roots of Music program is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded by Rebirth Brass band drummer, Derrick Tabb, Allison Reinhardt, and Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews. Having seen and experienced the losses of Hurricane Katrina and the daily challenges facing New Orleans' inner-city youths, they were concerned the youth and the music culture of New Orleans were in jeopardy of being lost. From this concern grew the idea and ultimately the formation of The Roots of Music as a free, after-school academic tutoring AND music education program for low-income middle-school students in New Orleans."

The television network CNN has recognized Derek's achievements, and has chosen to nominate him as 2009's Hero of the Year. This is a wonderful honor to a great man, and we here at the Howlin Wolf would greatly appreciate your taking a moment to go to CNN's website and vote for Derek. We as New Orleanians need to he supporting every hero we have!!

The voting page can be found here.

The link to the article about Derek and the Roots of Music Foundation can be found here.

Here's Derek's Video:


Please take the time to do this. Derek deserves this honor!!!

Live Band Karaoke

Have you ever had dreams of being a rock star? Admit it! Of course you have.

For some people, the closest you can get to being the singer in a band is to stand on stage with a Karaoke Machine and follow the bouncing ball on a little TV screen. For all of you who grew up singing into your hairbrush while dancing wildly around your room and playing a wicked air guitar, simply singing along with a box is not enough to fulfill your dreams.

The Howlin Wolf Northshore and Black Magnolia has got the cure for what ails you: LIVE BAND KARAOKE!!! Every Thursday night you can hop onstage with a real band and rock out with your...well never mind. Plus, we're not talkin' bout just any ole band, we're talkin' bout local bad asses Black Magnolia.

Here's the band playing "Whole Lotta Love" by Zeppelin:


Now just picture yourself on that stage, rocking out with that band! You know you want to!

So come on down to the Howlin Wolf Northshore every Thursday for Live Band Karaoke with Black Magnolia.

That night is also Service Industry Night with $2 drink specials for all of you restaurant folks!!

This Week at the Howlin Wolf Northshore

Oct 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Live Band Karoake with Black Magnolia
SIN Night with $2 Drink Specials

Oct 9, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Peabody with Kyle Turley and Stateliner

Oct 10, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Dave Mathews Tribute Band

For more information, or to buy tickets, go to the Howlin Wolf Northshore Website

SEE YA AT THE WOLF!!!