Anyone who reads this blog knows I'm a huge fan of Red Kelly's blog, The "'B" Side, which "is dedicated to the poor, neglected "B" sides of all these 45s I have." His special interest (and mine) is old skool blues, R&B and Funk with a liberal sprinkling of New Orleans-based musicians mixed in. The vinyls he transferrs onto his site is from his own collection, many of which are unobtainable now.
It had been a while since I visited Red due to my (ahem!) busy social schedule so I went over the other day and bam! did he ever have a dynamite post. What a story! It's all about 80-something Lattimore Brown living in obscurity in Biloxi, MS until Red found him. The story is a remarkable tale about Red & Lattimore's journey from a room by a soup kitchen to performing at The Banks Street Bar during Jazz Fest and The Ponderosa Stomp.
The video's and photo's in this story are awesome. If you're a fan of this genre, especially the music of New Orleans, you MUST read and listen to this post.
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