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New Orleans music Official Tier Thread
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:23 am
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:23 am
This system represents an all-time ranking rather than current. Suggestions and edits encouraged.
Tier 1
Louis Armstrong
The Meters
Dr John
Allen Toussaint
Fats Domino
Cash Money Millionaires
The Neville Brothers
Professor Longhair
James Booker
Tier 2
Lee Dorsey
Kermit Ruffins
The Marsalis Family
Sidney Bechet
Harry Connick Jr
Anders Osborne
Galactic
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave
Rebirth Brass Band
The Radiators
The Wild Magnolias
Pete Fountain
Jelly Roll Morton
Tier 3
Huey Piano Smith
Louis Prima
Dumpstaphunk
Eddie Bo
Johnny Vidacovich Trio
Tab Benoit
Sonny Landreth
Irma Thomas
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Gaturs
Zebra
Papa Gros Funk
UNLV
Tier 4
C Murder
Bonerama
The Igunas
The subdudes
Dash Rip Rock
Morning 40 Federation
Acid Bath
Earphunk
Gravity A
Billy Iuso and Restless Natives
Soul Rebels
Hot 8 Brass Band
Ricky B
Down
Tier lol
Flow Tribe
The Revivalists
Cowboy Mouth
Benjy Davis Project
*Since there is so much interplaying and supergroups I tried to avoid listing people twice and instead put their most prominent act.
Tier 1
Louis Armstrong
The Meters
Dr John
Allen Toussaint
Fats Domino
Cash Money Millionaires
The Neville Brothers
Professor Longhair
James Booker
Tier 2
Lee Dorsey
Kermit Ruffins
The Marsalis Family
Sidney Bechet
Harry Connick Jr
Anders Osborne
Galactic
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave
Rebirth Brass Band
The Radiators
The Wild Magnolias
Pete Fountain
Jelly Roll Morton
Tier 3
Huey Piano Smith
Louis Prima
Dumpstaphunk
Eddie Bo
Johnny Vidacovich Trio
Tab Benoit
Sonny Landreth
Irma Thomas
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Gaturs
Zebra
Papa Gros Funk
UNLV
Tier 4
C Murder
Bonerama
The Igunas
The subdudes
Dash Rip Rock
Morning 40 Federation
Acid Bath
Earphunk
Gravity A
Billy Iuso and Restless Natives
Soul Rebels
Hot 8 Brass Band
Ricky B
Down
Tier lol
Flow Tribe
The Revivalists
Cowboy Mouth
Benjy Davis Project
*Since there is so much interplaying and supergroups I tried to avoid listing people twice and instead put their most prominent act.
This post was edited on 9/5/14 at 11:39 am
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:28 am to HeadyBrosevelt
My buy June is tier 1 fo sho
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:30 am to TreyAnastasio
June Yamagishi is represented by both The Vidacovich Trio and Papa Gros Funk
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:33 am to monsterballads
Added Dash Rip Rock, Acid Bath, and Down
This post was edited on 9/5/14 at 9:35 am
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:34 am to HeadyBrosevelt
Acid Bath are from houma though
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:35 am to monsterballads
quote:
Acid Bath are from houma though
Any band that is loosely based in NOLA counts (Tab Beniot, Sonny Landreth, etc..)
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:36 am to HeadyBrosevelt
Sonny Landreth and Tab Benoit are not from NOLA. Acadiana and BR/Houma, respectively.
ETA: See you got it covered. Carry on...
ETA: See you got it covered. Carry on...
This post was edited on 9/5/14 at 9:37 am
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:36 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Lil Wayne is represented by Cash Money Millionaires, along with Mannie Fresh, Birdman, Juvenile, BG, Turk, etc..
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:38 am to monsterballads
Lots of non-NO stuff here. Landreth is associated more with Lafayette.
Zebra and Sonny at Tier 3?? Not a chance. Zebra is a 2 at minimum. They're not a 1 only because they didn't last very long.
Normals = Tier 2
Back Beats = Tier 3
the Cold = tier lol
and if we're including BR like we seem to be, what about the Shitdogs?
Zebra and Sonny at Tier 3?? Not a chance. Zebra is a 2 at minimum. They're not a 1 only because they didn't last very long.
Normals = Tier 2
Back Beats = Tier 3
the Cold = tier lol
and if we're including BR like we seem to be, what about the Shitdogs?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:39 am to HeadyBrosevelt
Would Frank Ocean qualify for this thread? :nohomo:
August Alsina Tier 4
August Alsina Tier 4
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:41 am to Starrkevious Ringo
quote:
the Cold = tier lol
Isn't that Ellen deGeneres' brother's band?
Zebra was great, I agree. Their short career however has them stuck in upper Tier III.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:43 am to HeadyBrosevelt
quote:
Isn't that Ellen deGeneres' brother's band? Zebra was great, I agree. Their short career however has them stuck in upper Tier III.
uh huh. People used to fricking worship that damn band, and they were godawful.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:49 am to HeadyBrosevelt
quote:
Zebra was great, I agree. Their short career however has them stuck in upper Tier III.
zebra better than dash rip rock? I think bill having the career he's had is worth putting him and his band in tier 3
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:50 am to eye65
"The Fat man...tier 1"
You could argue that Armstrong and Fats should be in Tier 1 by themselves.
How about Pete Fountain?
You could argue that Armstrong and Fats should be in Tier 1 by themselves.
How about Pete Fountain?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:51 am to monsterballads
quote:
zebra better than dash rip rock?
Yes. Zebra is the only New Orleans-based rock band that still gets regular plays on FM radio.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:52 am to HeadyBrosevelt
Great list, but I feel like you're giving short shrift to what was once a vibrant early rock and then R&B scene. My problem is that I don't know that stuff so well.
Definitely add Fats Domino and maybe Ernie K-Doe, too?
Definitely add Fats Domino and maybe Ernie K-Doe, too?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:52 am to N.O. via West-Cal
Fats added to Tier 1, Fountain to 2
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