Amid all the Carnival hoopla going down this weekend, don’t let this concert/street party/crawfish boil fly under your radar. Besides being a major bash, it will raise funds for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and celebrate the life and spirit of Jamie Galloway.
Galloway, pictured above, passed away unexpectedly last year at 41, and his musical friends are determined to keep his memory alive. He was the harmonica player in the seminal New Orleans noveau funk band Juice and a well-regarded chef around town.
The second annual “big ass party” takes place at the Maple Leaf Bar from 3- 10 PM on Sunday. The musical lineup is off the hook.
Expect to see George Porter Jr., Dave Jordan and the Neighborhood Improvement Association, Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes with special guest guitarist Camile Baudoin, Chris Mule and the Perpetrators with Brint Anderson (doing Little Feat tunes), and Single Atom Theory.
A highlight of the afternoon and evening will be a rare appearance by Juice with Joe Krown and special guests. Saxophonists Jeff Watkins and Jimmy Carpenter, guitarist Billy Iuso, and percussionist Chris Jones are also scheduled to appear. I also expect numerous other musicians to show up and support the cause.
If that is not enough, there will be a massive crawfish boil and a gift raffle. To donate to the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic in Jamie’s name click here.
