This week in the Shack

This weekend marks the four-year anniversary of Katrina's destruction of the Gulf Coast and the subsequent drowning of New Orleans as the levees broke. This week's program encompasses just a small slice of the great variety of music from The Crescent City as a tribute to New Orleans' place as one of the great centers of American music.

There are scores of charities in place to help with the recovery of the Gulf Coast, but if you want to specifically help musicians, you might check out Tipitina's Foundation and The Roots of Music, the latter of which works to keep high-risk middle school children out of crime and violence through music instruction and mentoring. (As a side note, many, if not most, New Orleans public schools do not offer any sort of arts, music, or sports programs post-Katrina because of a lack of funds.)


1. Dr. John - Goin' Back to New Orleans (4:08)
2. Lil' Queenie & The Percolators - My Darlin' New Orleans (4:01)
3. Lee Dorsey - Working in the Coal Mine (2:51)
4. Allen Toussaint - On Your Way Down (3:59)
5. Galactic - Hamp's Hump (3:47)
6. Chuck D/The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - What's Going On? (4:28)
7. Jon Cleary - When U Get Back (Live) (7:32)
8. The Meters - Trick Bag (3:19)
9. Chris Kenner - Land of 1, 00 Dances (2:49)
10. Leigh Harris - Dog Days (5:49)
11. Marcia Ball - That's Enough of That Stuff (6:29)
12. James Booker - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (3:31)
13. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - His Eye Is on the Sparrow (6:11)
14. Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - St. James Infirmary (3:19)
15. Sidney Bechet - Careless Love (3:43)
16. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - John The Revelator (4:39)
17. Dr. John - My Indian Red (4:47)
18. Professor Longhair - Big Chief (3:14)
19. The Neville Brothers - Brother John/Iko Iko (5:36)
20. The Wild Magnolias - Ah Anka Ting Tang Boo Shanka Boo (4:29)
21. Anders Osborne With Monk Boudreaux - Dive In The Gumbo (3:56)
22. Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can Can (4:15)
23. Eddie Bo/Inez Cheatham - Lover and a Friend (2:29)
24. Fats Domino - Be My Guest (2:01)
25. Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Standing in the Need of Love (2:36)
26. Smiley Lewis - Blue Monday (2:43)
27. Diamond Joe - Moanin' and Screamin', Parts 1 & 2 (6:22)
28. Marcia Ball - Louisiana 1927 (6:54)
29. Paul Sanchez - Foot Of Canal Street (3:48)
30. Anders Osborne With Monk Boudreaux - Meet The Boyz On The Battlefront (4:36)
31. The Neville Brothers - Hey Pocky Way (4:13)
32. Jon Cleary - C'mon Second Line (3:21)
33. Kermit Ruffins/ReBirth Brass Band - What Is New Orleans, Pt. 2 (6:25)
34. Dr. John; Lower 911 - We Gettin' There (5:11)
35. Ivan Neville/The New Orleans Social Club - Fortunate Son (5:13)
36. Irma Thomas - Chains of Love (5:07)
37. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Born in Louisiana (3:51)
38. Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans (2:52)
39. Henry Butler - Tee-Nah-Nah (3:48)
40. The Neville Brothers - Will the Circle Be Unbroken (5:15)
41. Zachary Richard - Sunset on Louisianne Interlude : My French Blues [Madame Sosthène] (5:40)
42. Louis Armstrong - Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (3:48)

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