BBtv - Russell Porter: Hot 8 Brass Band of New Orleans (music)

Posted by Xeni Jardin, July 21, 2008 7:20 AM |

Boing Boing tv's UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter of "Porter Report" fame interviews the legendary Hot 8 Brass Band, from New Orleans.

Band leader Bennie "Big Peter" Pete explains the history of second line, the roots of New Orleans jazz, and what it took to survive as jazz band in the French Quarter.

Today's BBtv episode is a little longer than usual -- 9 minutes -- so we can share with you an extended musical segment, with the Hot 8 performing their song "What's My Name" live on the streets of Brighton. Their performance is breathtaking, and quite possibly the funkiest, most soulful sounds you've ever heard on Boing Boing. The band is currently on tour throughout the USA. Enjoy!

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Link to Boing Boing tv post with discussion, downloadable video, and instructions on how to subscribe to the BBtv video podcast.

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Previous PORTER REPORT episodes on BBtv:

  • Russell Porter: Transgressive and rockfeedback.com, pt. 2
  • Russell Porter roundtable: Transgressive Records, rockfeedback.com, pt. 1
  • Russell Porter with Alice Russell, pt. 2
  • Russell Porter with Alice Russell
  • Russell Porter and Cadence Weapon, pt. 1.
  • Russell Porter and Cadence Weapon, pt. 2.
  • Russell Porter with George Pringle
  • Russell Porter with The Young Knives pt 1
  • Russell Porter with The Young Knives pt 2
  • Russell Porter with The Futureheads
  • Russell Porter with The Guillotines
  • Russell Porter with Peggy Sue and the Pirates
  • Russell Porter with Dockers MC
  • Russell Porter with Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
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    #1 posted by James David , July 21, 2008 7:38 AM

    Hot 8 is amazing! I'm working to bring them to Boston's HONK! Festival this October.

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    #2 posted by David Herman Author Profile Page, July 21, 2008 9:51 AM

    Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that song "Whats my name" is really a cover of Snoop's "Whats my name"

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    #3 posted by Xeni Jardin Author Profile Page, July 21, 2008 10:04 AM

    @#1, that's awesome. These guys are the genuine article, and I can't stop playing this episode loud with headphones.

    @#3 David Herman, ahhh, you may be correct!

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    #4 posted by eastern_branch , July 21, 2008 10:12 AM

    @ #3 David Herman - the Snoop track seems to owe at least a little bit to the Clash's What's My Name as well ...

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    #5 posted by littlesoda , July 21, 2008 10:42 AM

    Snoop's song is just a sampling of George Clinton's "Atomic Dog": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuyS9M8T03A

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    #6 posted by JArmstrong , July 21, 2008 1:08 PM

    Littlesoda is correct. Hot 8 was covering Clinton's "Atomic Dog", but also had bits of "Funkin' (For Fun)" and some other Parliament- and Funkadelic-era pieces.

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    #7 posted by insect_hooves , July 21, 2008 5:27 PM

    Wowee! (insect_hooves bounces around the room).

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    #8 posted by spacebrother , July 21, 2008 11:45 PM

    I believe that this new second-line trend began with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in the 1980s, and continued into the '90s with groups like the Rebirth Brass band and the Lil Rascals Brass Band--all of which kick ass.

    The best place to see this music, in my opinion is in New Orleans itself, in a small club, with dancers and band members sweating and music cutting through the thick air so loud it leaves your ears ringing without the need for any amplifiers.

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