southcoastukes
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I’d like to indulge the UU community for just this one post with a question which is only barely related to the ukulele.
Treme is pronounced “tre –may”. French, of course, and I can’t type the accent on the second “e”. It’s one of our oldest neighborhoods, right behind the French Quarter – the back side of Rampart Street.
New Orleans is kind of insulated from the rest of the country – geographically (surrounded by water) and culturally. We see this new show about us as the best ever depiction of the culture of our city, and especially what life is like for a musician here. While MTV has its’ reality shows, I don’t remember any sort of (barely) fictional drama that focuses so much on the life of an average musician, at least as they have it here in our city. No television drama I’ve ever seen lets musical performances (and what performances!) so dominate their time on the screen.
I’m just curious, do many of you watch this show? And if there are musicians among you, do you live like this? Music is such a part of everyday life in the city – a lot of people dedicate their life to it, and see no higher calling.
BTW, the closest we got to an ukulele performance was in season one when Debbie Davis & the Pfister Sisters sang on one or two episodes. She's a fabulous jazz rhythm ukulele player - too bad she didn’t have her (ahem: Southcoast long-neck) Soprano with her for that session. And what a bummer that Steve Earle got blown away last week. I’ve walked that block dozens of times.
Treme is pronounced “tre –may”. French, of course, and I can’t type the accent on the second “e”. It’s one of our oldest neighborhoods, right behind the French Quarter – the back side of Rampart Street.
New Orleans is kind of insulated from the rest of the country – geographically (surrounded by water) and culturally. We see this new show about us as the best ever depiction of the culture of our city, and especially what life is like for a musician here. While MTV has its’ reality shows, I don’t remember any sort of (barely) fictional drama that focuses so much on the life of an average musician, at least as they have it here in our city. No television drama I’ve ever seen lets musical performances (and what performances!) so dominate their time on the screen.
I’m just curious, do many of you watch this show? And if there are musicians among you, do you live like this? Music is such a part of everyday life in the city – a lot of people dedicate their life to it, and see no higher calling.
BTW, the closest we got to an ukulele performance was in season one when Debbie Davis & the Pfister Sisters sang on one or two episodes. She's a fabulous jazz rhythm ukulele player - too bad she didn’t have her (ahem: Southcoast long-neck) Soprano with her for that session. And what a bummer that Steve Earle got blown away last week. I’ve walked that block dozens of times.
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