2008 New Orleans Traveling Road Show (ONE TIME ONLY SHOW) on 8/27/08 at Belly Up Aspen, Aspen's Best Live Music Venue

Wed, Aug 27th

Friends of New Orleans and the Tipitina’s Foundation Present

2008 New Orleans Traveling Road Show (ONE TIME ONLY SHOW)

at Belly Up Aspen

Doors 8:00 PM
Show 9:00 PM

(Under 16 Must be w/Parent or Guardian, All Others Must Present Valid Photo ID)

Tickets are $200, includes open bar

$300 VIP Seating is available, must contact April to purchase: april@bellyupaspen.com 970.544.9800×123

Featuring a performance by New Orleans music royalty The Voice of the Wetlands All Stars lead by Tab Benoit, George Porter Jr., Cyril Neville, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Vidacovich, Anders Osborne, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone.

Also featuring a rare performance by members of the Original Meters – George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste, and Leo Nocentelli – with Special Guests John “JoJo” Herman, Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Henry Butler.
John Oates of Hall and Oates, a resident of Aspen, will also perform.

Special guests include the New Orleans Brass All-Stars with Donald Harrison, Jr., Kirk Joseph, and James Andrews.

Also featuring an authentic “second-line” parade with the Soul Rebels Brass Band and the Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians. Opening the show will be New Orleans songstresses Lauren Barrett and Mary McBride.

Waylon Thibodeaux

Born in Louisiana’s “Bayou Country” just a few miles southwest of New Orleans, Houma native Waylon Thibodeaux, has been dubbed “Louisiana’s Rockin’ Fiddler”. Today, this talented, self-taught Cajun musician has gained a notable reputation as one of Louisiana’s best known recording… (Read More)

Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone

Johnny takes his songwriting cues from the things he sees in his New Orleans home. Many of the songs on Crescent City Moon, his debut for Rounder’s Bullseye Blues label, are inspired by the sights, sounds, and smells of the Crescent… (Read More)

Anders Osborne

Anders is a Grammy winning songwriter and singer. Anders was born in 1966 in Uddevalla, Sweden, left home at age sixteen, and hitchhiked and played music throughout Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the U.S. He settled in New… (Read More)

Cyril Neville

Cyril is a percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville’s funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He joined Art in the prestigious Neville Brothers band upon the dissolution of the Meters. He… (Read More)

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

Monk is the Big Chief of the Mardi Gras Indian tribe, the Golden Eagles. He is widely known for his long time collaboration with Big Chief Bo Dollis in The Wild Magnolias. In the late 1960’s, Boudreaux joined the Wild Magnolias… (Read More)

Tab Benoit

Tab Benoit first hit the radio airwaves in 1992 with a self-penned song that was written for a Benefit Record the Homeless in Houston Texas. The song was called “Nice and Warm”. The first line sung was “I can’t wait to… (Read More)

Johnny Vidacovich

Johnny is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Playing since the early 1970’s with the quartet Astral Project (which includes James Singleton, Tony Dagradi and Steve Masakowski), he has become widely renowned as a prominent and sought after New… (Read More)

Leo Nocentelli

Leo is one of the original members of the Meters, a groundbreaking funk group based in New Orleans from the mid-’60s to the mid-’70s. The band, playing mostly instrumentals, stayed at the forefront of the music scene in the Big Easy… (Read More)

Zigaboo Modeliste

Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste is a Master Drummer, Rhythm-Innovator, Percussionist, and a New Orleans Legend, the most highly acclaimed drummer ever to hail from the Crescent City. Ziggy’s creativity has been a wellspring of Funk Influence for Three decades of all musicians… (Read More)

George Porter, Jr

Few bass players in the history of modern New Orleans music are as storied as George Porter Jr. During the course of a career spanning four decades, Porter has not only made a deep impression with his work in the Meters… (Read More)

Henry Butler

An eight-time W.C. Handy “Best Blues Instrumentalist – Piano” award nominee, Henry Butler knows no limitations. Although blinded by glaucoma since birth, Butler is also a world class photographer with his work displayed at exhibitions throughout the United States. Playing piano… (Read More)

Lauren Barrett

Influenced by her father’s vocal capabilities and piano playing, at a young age Lauren Barrett was exposed to great sounds of New Orleans music. As a pre-teen she sang with the group “The Prescriptions” in live venues across the greater New… (Read More)

John Oates

John Oates was destined to be a musician. Singing from the time he could talk and playing the guitar since the age of five, his calling in life was never in question. Born in New York City, his family moved to… (Read More)