Just in case, - to clarify: Royal and St.Louis (and Royal street in general) is the place where I've seen a bunch of musicians playing on the street. That's in the heart of the French Quarter. On Frenchman Street, sometimes there are people playing on the street, but otherwise, it has several musical bars.
As for Bourbon Street, - it is "colorful", and the main tourist attraction, but it is somewhat sleazy, especially in the evening. But it is famous. It has a bunch of music bars, but I found only one that was consistently good: Fritzel's European Jazz Pub http://www.fritzelsjazz.net/ 733 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116. I don't if you'll have a car while being in N.O., - keep in mind that parking in French Quarter can be a problem. If you are lucky, you might find some free or metered street parking mid-way between Frenchman Street and French quarters. Igor Wed Nov 27 12:30:28 EST 2013 Walt wrote: You're talking my language, Igor! Thanks! I'd planned on making a special effort to get to Frenchman Street, but wasn't aware of Royal and St. Louis. I hope I'll be fairly fortunate in my timing as far as tourist crowds go. Maybe early December will be relatively slow. I'll do my best to make it to Preservation Hall, but I'm going to be on a fairly compressed schedule, hoping to get as much done as possible in three days. I have a feeling I'm going to be dog-tired by the end of this little excursion. But, I've always wanted to go, and the opportunity just fell into my lap, so I'm going to make the most of it. -- Walt On 11/27/2013 12:22 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > Walt, > > Here are some thoughts: > > I would recommend going to Frenchman Street, - while this has many > tourists (which part of NOLA doesn't?), it has several interesting > musical bars, and you can find some interesting music most of the > days/nights. My personal preference would be "The Spotted Cat": > http://www.spottedcatmusicclub.com/ - they have nice blues and jazz. > > I would look for some small-house architecture that is of typical > Louisiana style. > > Also, not far from Bourbon street, there is Royal Street that usually > has musicians playing daytime (at least on the weekend). > It's been a while, but close to the corner Royal and St. Louis there > used to live a couple of jazz bands (Loose Marbles and > G-Strings [G-String FAmily Orchestra/Quarter, - depending on the > number > of people]). And you could find a piano in the entryway of one of the > buildings on Royal that belonged to those bands. > On a good day, that piano would come out onto the street. > And you would find people dancing swing on the street, e.g. like this: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZISKM9KaWA > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HU1wgSQUME > > I would also recommend going to Preservation Hall for an evening > performance you can make it. > > > HTH, > > Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
