American Music!

I've been doing songs to celebrate Mardi Gras for the last couple of weeks, and it has me thinking about American music, and how much that music was influenced/created by the melting pot of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta.  What was it about New Orleans that brought about such an exciting creativity?  Was it the mixture of so many cultures - French, Spanish, Indian, English, South American, African?  Undoubtedly, but there must also be something in the water and also the adventure that the river and the sea and the strangeness of that below-sea-level city oozed to make jazz, blues, and eventually country and rock music be either birthed or influenced by that region. Of course European and particularly British music also influenced American music, but you have to know that that fertile delta of the Mississippi made American music what it is today -  especially the African music that favored the blue notes that created blues and jazz.  You can spend a lifetime wrapped up in this music and never get enough of the sultry feeling that music from the region possesses.  It's wonderful!  I hope you can celebrate it too with a little music inspired or created in New Orleans and some cayenne-spiced victuals to round you off.  Laissez les bons temps rouler!  Let the good times roll!

And I'll be celebrating a bunch of wonderful Mardi Gras music at the La Veta Inn 6-9ish on Mardi Gras (Tuesday.)  They're throwing a little party, and I'm going to "bring it" with my best Mardi Gras and party songs.  It's going to be a blast!

Then Friday I'll be at Magpies 7-10 with a few Mardi Gras leftovers and a little Irish music to prime the pump for St. Patrick's Day.  In fact, lets feature Irish tunes for the middle set of the night.  Wow!  I love doing those!  Slainte!  Hope to see you there!

Tom

Details this week:

Who:  Tom Munch
What:  playing & singing for Mardi Gras!
Where:  La Veta Inn, 103 W. Ryus Ave, La Veta.  719-742-3700
When:  Tuesday, March 4, 6-9 pm

Who:  Tom Munch
What:  playing & singing
Where:  Magpies, 229 S. Union, Pueblo.  719-542-5522
When:  Friday, March 7, 7-10 pm