Jamie celebrates Mardi Gras and the music of New Orleans with Big Al from the Hot 8 Brass Band. Plus, tracks from Dr. John, Louis Armstrong, Professor Longhair and more. Produced by Folded Wing for ...
The New Orleans version, Mardi Gras — "Fat Tuesday" — apparently goes back as far as 1699. The first Mardi Gras parade was 1856. Masks, feasting, and revelry were part of it from the beginning.