Irma Thomas performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 4, 2008, in New Orleans, Louisiana.Chris Graythen/Getty Images
It's carnival time in New Orleans, and Mardi Gras is here! Join me as we spend an hour in the Big Easy. I'll feature a heaping helping of vintage soul, R&B and jazz from the '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s. You'll hear artists like Fats Domino, Irma Thomas, Dr. John and the Meters among others. So grab your favorite libation, put on your dancing shoes and join me this Fat Tuesday.
Left to right: Art Neville (keys), George Porter Jr. (bass) and Brian Stoltz (guitar) of the Funky Meters photographed at Stern Grove in San Francisco, Calif., on July 13, 2014.
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Fats Domino's 1958 release, 'The Fabulous Mr. D'
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Over the course of his six-decade-long career, Dr. John embodied a near-mythic multitude of musical identities: global ambassador of New Orleans funk and jazz and R&B, visionary bluesman, rock and roll innovator, one-time top 10 hitmaker, self-anointed and massively revered high priest of psychedelic voodoo.
