by Micah 'Prof.' Robinson
Another great reunion with the Burning Spear and his fans in New Orleans. Also another chance to sample the great local cuisine, Dixieland Jazz, Zydeco and New Orleans culture, in general. The senses work overtime…sights, sounds, smells. It 's all there in the Big Easy. (It's another city that never sleeps.) There seems to be a party going on at all times.
The general feel of the city makes one feel at home in the larger community of musicians. So many of the places we play don't seem to have a very lively music scene, but New Orleans is a place that not only has a thriving a music scene, but a musical legacy that you just have to experience. We get a chance to catch some of the local acts between check-in and sound check and again before the show. It's energizing and somewhat daunting to realize that in this life we have actually gotten to work with one of the all-time greats in music. In a city where everybody knows their music and the standards are very high, everyone knows about Burning Spear.
