Editor’s Note: This is a repost from last year, or the year before – whatever.
Mardi Gras is the final big blowout before the period of fasting and sacrifice called Lent. Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, is the end of carnival season and the final day you can indulge in those earthly pleasures we all love so much. Ash Wednesday is next Wednesday.
Feel free to party as you please; here’s some music to help you on your way. Play ‘em loud, play ‘em often and play ‘em all year – make every day a Mardi Gras Day.
Don’t forget: You can tune in to real-time live webcams for a ringside seat to the madness and Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans. NOLA webcams
MP3: “Life Is A Carnival/Party” by the Wild Magnolias
MP3: “Mardi Gras Mambo” by the Hawketts
MP3: “Second Line, Part 1” by Bill Sinegal & the Skyliners
MP3: “Who Dat at Mardi Gras” by Luther Kent
MP3: “Carnival Time” by My Morning Jacket w/the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
MP3: “Brother John/Iko Iko” by the Neville Brothers
MP3: “My Indian Red” by Dr. John
MP3: “Shake That Thing” by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
MP3: “Walking To New Orleans” by Fats Domino
MP3: “Tipitina” by Professor Longhair
MP3: “When The Saints Go Marchin’ In” by Louis Armstrong
MP3: “Mardi Gras Mambo”/”Hey Pocky-A-Way” (live) by the Meters
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