Preston Lauterbach's Blog, page 6
September 15, 2011
The Chitlin' Circuit on World Cafe with David Dye
It was a real joy to talk chitlin' circuit with David Dye. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more knowledgeable interviewer for this stuff. World Cafe will broadcast our discussion September 15, though air times vary with affiliates. It's a two-hour program, and the chitlin' circuit will play in the second hour. Check for your [...]
September 6, 2011
The Stroll Then & Now: Monroe, LA
"We are now driving down DeSiard Street, the stroll in Monroe, Louisiana," wrote chitlin' circuit pioneer Walter Barnes in 1936. DeSiard buzzed back then, at least in Barnes' infectious, up-tempo telling. "The Red Goose Barber Shop is the place where all the boys have their grooming done…Lovely Brown's Beauty Shop is where all the ladies [...]
August 25, 2011
The Sax Kari Photo Collection III
Back to New Orleans in 1963! First you're backstage at the auditorium with Smiling Lewis (l), Danny White (c), and one of their pals (ID, anyone?): Don't dally, head over to Sax Kari's record shop/studio, where Wardell Quezergue is hanging out: Finally, how about a little pinball with Esquerita? As always, thanks go to the [...]
August 19, 2011
The Chitlin' Circuit on WNYC
W/ Lee Fields, Friday August 19, 2 pm EST: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/...
August 1, 2011
The Sax Kari Photo Collection II
More from the chitlin' circuit's jack-of-all trades. First, promotion man Dave Clark, left, and Ernie K-Doe, singer of "Mother-In-Law," in New Orleans, 1962-3. It looks to me like the Magnolia Homes in the background, which would put them across La Salle Street from the Dew Drop, but that's just a guess. Next, one of the [...]
July 29, 2011
Report from a Raucous Reading
"The Uptown crowd was delightfully shocked." Brad Rhines paints a picture of a memorable evening for the NOLA Defender, a publication celebrating "Blood – Alcohol – Content."
Chitlin’ Circuit: The Edible Edition!
Devour yours today! 
Chitlin' Circuit: The Edible Edition!
Devour yours today!
July 20, 2011
Ray Charles Desegregates NOLA, 1963
At least that's the way Sax Kari told it. This little installment of the Sax Kari Photograph Collection comes from Sax's career as a chitlin' circuit promoter. He brought Ray Charles to New Orleans, Louisiana's Loyola University auditorium in 1963. According to him, it was the first show in New Orleans to allow racially mixed [...]
July 17, 2011
The Sax Kari Photograph Collection
Folks are getting to know Sax Kari through the book The Chitlin Circuit, a work that would not have been possible without his guidance and insight. He worked every angle of the black music business, as a bandleader, cabaret act, stand-up second fiddle, straight man, bag man, producer (The Falcons "You're So Fine" among his [...]
