WWOZ Radio

I'm taking a break from organizing the myriad of bottles and jars in my cooking sauce collection. My son's girlfriend is threathening to do a fridge intervention, so I decided that this is my project for today. Anyway, I'm breaking - you see, you can do that when you're retired - because a friend of mine just called and told me to put my radio on WWOZ (a New Orleans jazz and heritage station). The "Tuesday New Orleans Music Show", with Tom Morgan, is broadcasting. Ross O'Keefe is sitting in for Tom. I just heard a set of "Summertime" (Presevation Hall Jazz Band), "Fever" and "I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt on You" (Alvin Robinson), and "Where Ya At" (Dr. John). IMHO, there is nothing like New Orleans music! For that matter, there's nothing like our music, food, history, people ... "sigh"...I could go on and on. As a matter of fact, I think I will ... in a future blog.

In the next set, I heard a great tune that reminded me of swinging out, but I didn't catch the title of the song. So, I just called the station, talked to Ross, and asked him for the name of the song. He told me it was "Wear Your Black Dress" (Willie Egan). Well, it wasn't that song, but that also was a great swingout song. I thought that was nice of Ross to take the time to give me the info, so I decided to look him up, and found an interview. I decided to do a test to find out if he would say how great the city is, so I listened to his interview, and he did! I also liked the way he described WWOZ as "...the musical heartbeat of the Crescent City" How poetic is that! Most people try to describe the food or the music or the people. Ross' statement sums it up nicely, "Whenever you leave the city, you start to miss what makes it special". So true!

You can hear Ross' entire interview at:
http://videos.nola.com/nola/2008/04/wwoz_show_host_interview_ross.html