

Tribute to Sidney Bechet featuring Donald Harrison Jr.Davell Crawford with special guest Benny Turner.Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles.Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen.Sisters of Change, Valley of Silent Men and Westbank Steppers Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs.Washitaw Nation and Wild Red Flames Mardi Gras Indians.The Chosen Ones Brass Band, Devastation, Single Ladies, Nine Time Ladies, Single Men, Nine Times, and Uptown Swingers Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs.Apache Hunters and Black Hawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians.Anne Elise Hastings & her Revolving Cast of Characters.New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Rhythm Section.Da Lovebirds featuring Robin Barnes and Pat Casey.John Lawrence & Ven Pa’ Ca Flamenco Ensemble with Antonio Hidalgo of Spain.Puerto Rican Vejigante Parade with Casa de la Plena Tito Matos.Herbert McCarver & The Pin Stripe Brass Band.Wendell Brunious and the New Orleans Allstars.The Lawrence Sieberth Collective featuring Oz Noy.Roddie Romero & the Hub City All-stars.La Tribu de Abrante, Plena Libre, Ángel “Papote” Alvarado y el Grupo Esencia, Conjunto Típico Samaritano, and Tambuyé of Puerto Rico.Big Nine, Keep n It Real, and We Are One Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs.Mount Hermon Baptist Church Delegation Choir.Gray Hawk presents Southeastern Native American Lore & Tales.Kid Simmons’ Local International Allstars.Black Flame Hunters, Golden Comanche, and Golden Sioux Mardi Gras Indians.Arthur Clayton and Anointed For Purpose.Semolian Warriors and Wild Apaches Mardi Gras Indians.Shades of Praise: New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir.Jon Roniger and The Good For Nothin’ Band.Craig Klein’s Musical Conversations on Lucien Barbarin.King Oliver Creole Jazz Band Centennial led by Don Vappie.

Jason Marsalis with special guest Warren Wolf.Paul Sanchez and The Rolling Road Show.Gregg Martinez & the Delta Kings with special guests TK Hulin and Johnnie Allan.Something Else! featuring Vincent Herring, James Carter, Randy Brecker, Lewis Nash, Dave Kikoski, Paul Bollenback & Essiet Essie.Rey Vallenato & Beto Jamaica of Colombia.La Tribu de Abrante, Plena Libre, Tambuyé, and the Vejigante Parade with Casa de la Plena Tito Matos of Puerto Rico.Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience.New Orleans Classic Recording Revue featuring The Dixie Cups, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Wanda Rouzan, and Al “Carnival Time” Johnson.Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers.These include “Carolina in My Mind,” “Handy Man,” “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” “Long Ago and Far Away,” “Mexico,” “Walking Man,” “Sweet Baby James,” “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You),” and “Fire and Rain.”īefore that signature song brings the set to a close, the band cuts loose on a version of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues.” Earlier, they deliver another favorite moment in Taylor’s live shows to this day, the extended and always tongue-in-cheek version of “Steamroller,” which also dates back to Sweet Baby James. These are “Millworker,” “Brother Trucker,” his hit cover of Goffin and King’s “Up On The Roof,” and “I Will Not Lie for You,” which are interspersed among staples from an already rich catalog. The set opened, appropriately, with the vintage “Blossom” from 1970’s Sweet Baby James, and is of particular interest to Taylor aficionados for its inclusion of several tracks from Flag. The line-up featured many longtime associates accompanying JT on stage, with Waddy Wachtel and Danny Kortchmar on guitars, Don Grolnick on keyboards, David Sanborn on saxophone, Leland Sklar (bass), Russ Kunkel (drums), and background vocals by Arnold McCuller and David Lasley.
