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    10/26/2004 | Shout Factory 

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    All Music Guide Review

    It reads splendidly on paper: Shout Factory's Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans is a traveler's guide to the legendary city's rich musical heritage. Over the course of four discs, it attempts to touch on all of the kinds of music associated with New Orleans -- everything from brass bands and piano blues to zydeco, jazz and klezmer -- and represent recordings from the '20s to the modern day. Add an 84-page book, complete with advice on where tourists should go in the Crescent City, and it seems like this is the definitive word on New Orleans. Well, not quite. While the idea of mixing eras is theoretically appealing, since it would emphasize common threads within New Orleans music, it winds up being distracting not only because of the different qualities of recordings, but because the sequencing isn't logical; instead of leading the listener through the changes, subtly instructing on the similarities between the seemingly dissimilar styles, the box seems like it's stuck on shuffle-play, whipping between songs without much rhyme or reason. And that haphazard sequencing brings another troubling flaw with the set into sharp relief: the musicians behind the recent recordings simply aren't a patch on the giants that provide New Orleans music with its heart, soul, blood and bone. Those musicians are here, no doubt -- Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint, the Meters, Professor Longhair, Smiley Lewis, the Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Huey "Piano" Smith -- are all here, but when they're combined with solid but undistinguished modern artists, the results are less than definitive. It's pleasant, and representative of what you'd hear on a trip to New Orleans, and the book is highly instructive, but as a pure, enjoyable listening experience, Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens pales next to previous New Orleans sets. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Welcome to New Orleans
  • 0:15

  • 2
  • Drop Me Off in New Orleans
  • Ruffins, Kermit
  • 4:28

  • 3
  • I'm Walkin'
  • Domino, Fats
  • 2:07

  • 4
  • Iko Iko
  • Doctor John
  • 4:08

  • 5
  • Potato Head Blues
  • Armstrong, Louis & His Hot Seven
  • 2:54

  • 6
  • My Darlin' New Orleans
  • 4:01

  • 7
  • Para Donde Vas (Where Are You Going)
  • Iguanas
  • 3:17

  • 8
  • Meet the Boyz on the Battlefront
  • 4:36

  • 9
  • Ain't Got No Home
  • Henry, Clarence "Frogman"
  • 2:19

  • 10
  • Feel Like Funkin' It Up
  • Rebirth Brass Band
  • 5:05

  • 11
  • Zydeco Gris-Gris
  • Beausoleil
  • 3:38

  • 12
  • Mother-In-Law
  • K-Doe, Ernie
  • 2:32

  • 13
  • That's Enough of That Stuff
  • Ball, Marcia
  • 4:30

  • 14
  • Confidential
  • Radiators
  • 4:11

  • 15
  • Hey Pocky A-Way
  • Meters
  • 4:03

  • 16
  • I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
  • Morton, Jelly Roll & His New Orleans Jazzmen
  • 3:13

  • 17
  • Foot of Canal Street
  • Sanchez, Paul [4]
  • 3:48

  • 18
  • Down in Honky Tonk Town (Live)
  • Bagneris, Vernel
  • 3:01

  • 19
  • Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
  • 2:17

  • 20
  • More Hipper
  • Cleary, Jon & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
  • 5:28

  • 21
  • Release Me
  • Adams, Johnny
  • 2:51

  • 22
  • Preachin' Blues
  • Bechet, Sidney & His New Orleans Feet Warmers
  • 3:13

  • 23
  • Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (Live)
  • Chenier, Clifton
  • 3:35

  • 24 (2)
  • Dog Days
  • Harris, Leigh
  • 5:49

  • 25 (2)
  • No City Like New Orleans
  • King, Earl
  • 4:33

  • 26 (2)
  • Salée Dames, Bon Jour
  • 2:48

  • 27 (2)
  • Marshall's Club
  • Balfa Toujours
  • 3:42

  • 28 (2)
  • You Can Have My Husband (Live)
  • Thomas, Irma
  • 3:13

  • 29 (2)
  • Go Go
  • Galactic
  • 3:04

  • 30 (2)
  • Not Too Eggy
  • New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
  • 2:11

  • 31 (2)
  • St. James Infirmary
  • Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  • 5:37

  • 32 (2)
  • Going Back to New Orleans
  • Moore, Deacon John
  • 2:45

  • 33 (2)
  • Hot Tamale Baby
  • Buckwheat Zydeco
  • 4:08

  • 34 (2)
  • Fear, Hate, Envy, Jealousy (Live)
  • Neville Brothers
  • 4:25

  • 35 (2)
  • Poop Ain't Gotta Scuffle No More
  • Andrews, James
  • 5:37

  • 36 (2)
  • Mardi Gras Mambo
  • Hawketts
  • 2:16

  • 37 (2)
  • Ice Cream
  • Lewis, George's Ragtime Band
  • 5:48

  • 38 (2)
  • No Doubt About It
  • Monque'd, J.
  • 4:08

  • 39 (2)
  • Don't You Feel My Leg
  • Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  • 4:17

  • 40 (2)
  • Dog Hill
  • Chavis, Boozoo
  • 2:38

  • 41 (2)
  • Au Bord de Lac Bijou
  • Richard, Zachary
  • 4:41

  • 42 (2)
  • Mardi Gras in New Orleans
  • Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band
  • 6:12

  • 43 (3)
  • Shrimp and Gumbo
  • Bartholomew, Dave
  • 2:05

  • 44 (3)
  • St. Phillip Street Breakdown
  • White, Michael
  • 5:01

  • 45 (3)
  • Going Back to Louisiana
  • Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth"
  • 4:40

  • 46 (3)
  • Tell It Like It Is
  • Neville, Aaron
  • 2:41

  • 47 (3)
  • The Saints
  • Coolbone
  • 3:15

  • 48 (3)
  • Canaille
  • 3:06

  • 49 (3)
  • Carnival Time
  • Johnson, Al
  • 2:41

  • 50 (3)
  • La Negra Tomasa
  • Omar, Fredy Con Su Banda
  • 5:04

  • 51 (3)
  • Let the Good Times Roll
  • Shirley & Lee
  • 2:24

  • 52 (3)
  • The Broken Windmill
  • 3:53

  • 53 (3)
  • Way Down
  • Dupree, Champion Jack
  • 3:48

  • 54 (3)
  • Hallelujah (Live)
  • Myles, Raymond
  • 3:58

  • 55 (3)
  • I Hear You Knocking
  • Lewis, Smiley
  • 2:45

  • 56 (3)
  • La Crève de Faim (Starvation 2-Step)
  • Riley, Steve [1] & the Mamou Playboys
  • 3:07

  • 57 (3)
  • Main Street Blues
  • Red Stick Ramblers
  • 4:37

  • 58 (3)
  • Sea Cruise
  • Ford, Frankie
  • 2:44

  • 59 (3)
  • Tee-Nah-Nah (Live)
  • Butler, Henry
  • 3:49

  • 60 (3)
  • Smoke That Fire
  • New Birth Brass Band
  • 3:06

  • 61 (3)
  • Give Him Cornbread (Live)
  • 4:15

  • 62 (3)
  • I Like It Like That
  • Kenner, Chris
  • 1:57

  • 63 (3)
  • Classified (Version Two)(Live)
  • Booker, James
  • 3:08

  • 64 (3)
  • Southern Nights
  • Toussaint, Allen
  • 3:34
  • 65 (4)
  • Tipitina
  • Professor Longhair
  • 2:39

  • 66 (4)
  • Party
  • Wild Magnolias
  • 4:43

  • 67 (4)
  • Dr. Jazz
  • Marsalis, Ellis
  • 4:29

  • 68 (4)
  • Ooh Poo Pah Doo
  • Andrews, Troy
  • 3:15

  • 69 (4)
  • South of I-10
  • Landreth, Sonny
  • 3:40

  • 70 (4)
  • Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)
  • Spellman, Benny
  • 2:25

  • 71 (4)
  • The Right Key but the Wrong Keyhole (Live)
  • 5:46

  • 72 (4)
  • Rip It Up
  • Little Richard
  • 2:23

  • 73 (4)
  • Royal Garden Blues
  • Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
  • 3:31

  • 74 (4)
  • Stoned, Drunk & Naked
  • Osborne, Anders
  • 4:52

  • 75 (4)
  • Laissez Faire (Let It Be)
  • Daigrepont, Bruce
  • 2:28

  • 76 (4)
  • Digga-Digga-Do (Live)
  • New Orleans Jazz Vipers
  • 5:25

  • 77 (4)
  • Tailspin
  • Washington, Walter "Wolfman"
  • 3:03

  • 78 (4)
  • Lawdy Miss Clawdy
  • Price, Lloyd
  • 2:32

  • 79 (4)
  • Havin' Fun in New Orleans
  • Bo, Eddie
  • 5:01

  • 80 (4)
  • King of the Mardi Gras
  • Laughlin, Tim
  • 4:03

  • 81 (4)
  • Red Beans
  • Eaglin, Snooks
  • 3:53

  • 82 (4)
  • S.U.V.
  • 3:43

  • 83 (4)
  • 'Tits Yeux Noirs (Little Black Eyes)
  • Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
  • 3:49

  • 84 (4)
  • Lazy River (Live)
  • Fountain, Pete & His Band
  • 3:39

  • 85 (4)
  • Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
  • Armstrong, Louis & His Dixieland Seven
  • 2:58

  • Credits

    • Eric Traub
    • Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Guest Appearance
    • Chuck Taggart
    • Liner Notes, Photography, Cover Photo, Compilation Producer
    • Sonny Landreth
    • Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Slide Guitar, Guest Appearance, Producer
    • Joe Cabral
    • Percussion, Vocals, Sax (Tenor), Arranger, Bajo Sexto
    • Steve Conn
    • Organ, Guest Appearance, Producer, Vocals (Background), Organ (Hammond), Piano, Accordion
    • George Davis
    • Guitar, Bass (Electric), Sax (Alto), Producer