Here is an interesting artist that's new to me, and I wanted to share his music.

***** Personally, I'm also curious to know what makes New Orleans so special to the people who were born there?*****

I don't know the answer to that.   I went there once to pick up my car at the port.   I was not impressed, but I didn't stay for the night life.

I think Katrina took the last remaining sheen off of New Orleans.
(Too much crime, too many poor folks, too much corruption.)

The phrase 'borrowed time' comes to mind.
The city is still 10 ft below sea level.
The gulf of Mexico is still there.
We still get hurricanes every year.
Water still cannot be compressed.
You do the math.

Las Vegas is a better destination for sin city, plus it's family friendly.

Cheers

*****apparently folks here only respond to things "New Orleans";*****

That is always my problem with 'threads'.  I love all good music, so i always get into trouble in regards to the subject of the thread.  

Maybe the best name for a thread would be "The Good Stuff", be it music, all music, dance, or gear.  Of course,, one man's good stuff is another's noise.
Oh well, , it's lonely at the top.   hahahhah

Cheers

Rok, I'm going to write a long thesis that will explain strange behavior. First, what I call "strange", is not strange to the inhabitants of that particular community, be it the projects on the West Side of Chicago, the Bronx, or New Orleans

This has nothing to do with race, but everything to do with "culture". Wherever you go, people have a unique culture that explains their behavior; the weird thing is the fact that this "culture" is carried down from generation to generation, which makes it quite normal.

Maybe that explains why people who were born in New Orleans, only feel comfortable in New Orleans.

Charles Mingus often spoke highly of the musicians in New Orleans;



      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0H2G_W-O0I

Trust me, there are folks in the bayous of Louisiana that will make  New Orleans and any other place  seem normal.

All folks revert when they loose contact with and  the influence of the dominant society.

Nice Mingus clip.

Cheers