Unofficial Performer Listing [Archive] - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

heyhon

01-26-2007, 11:37 AM

How about that group of perennial, unofficial performers who, for good, bad or ugly, have become part of the rich fabric of jazzfest experience.

For starters:
Beatle Bob
Shamat
Wing

Who ya got?

Zbonnie

01-26-2007, 12:12 PM

Was it Wing or Mossman that I remember hearing was no longer with us?

Another character is Dusk with the brightly colored bushy mustache. And then there's Jake the Tutu man, aka one of the Watermelon Sacrifice guys. And then there's all of us wackos!:eek:

pokerchick66

01-26-2007, 12:14 PM

Who's the girl with the hair?

Staxsun

01-26-2007, 12:16 PM

tangledupinblue

01-26-2007, 12:18 PM

I think Tye Dye Guy really sticks out. He hasn't been on the boards in a long time. Ran into him all over the place last year.
Remember Amyp and Jeff? He was right near us with those sticks he was playing with like crazy.

I know many of you know him....he tripped me out last year. Lots of fun.

glinda

01-26-2007, 12:40 PM

Here's one my gentlemen friends enjoyed....

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r119/lindarasins/bottles-1.jpg

mdfest

01-26-2007, 12:56 PM

A Gnat

Headless Hornman

01-26-2007, 12:56 PM

Here's one my gentlemen friends enjoyed....

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r119/lindarasins/bottles-1.jpg

Crap, as soon as I remember her name I'll be able to Google up the nude shot of her at Burning Man.

(please don't let this became a 5 page thread bashing whatshername and BB)

NeenAtlanta

01-26-2007, 01:22 PM

Crap, as soon as I remember her name I'll be able to Google up the nude shot of her at Burning Man.

(please don't let this became a 5 page thread bashing whatshername and BB)

Is it Sona? I know her from Joe & Marisol of the PDKK, and I think that is her name.

funkkjunkie

01-26-2007, 01:36 PM

If she could dance, i might not have minded her being onstage with some of my fave bands last year. Shamat can dance. Tambourine Lady used to be unofficial but now she's officially on the schedule.

Headless Hornman

01-26-2007, 01:38 PM

Is it Sona? I know her from Joe & Marisol of the PDKK, and I think that is her name.

MDfest posted it while I was typing. It's Anat.

I'm laughing because I just remembered last year that her picture was in the Times Pic and Joe was jealous because she's in the paper more than he is. I'm not sure, but he may have said "what's she got that I don't?"

Joe should be on this list too--he's quite a celebrity. At the Magnolia Fest last year the Wild Maggies called him up on stage with all the other Pet de Kats and Joe took the mic with a great war chant. And remember Joe and the balloons at the first day of fest last year?

NeenAtlanta

01-26-2007, 01:43 PM

MDfest posted it while I was typing. It's Anat.

I'm laughing because I just remembered last year that her picture was in the Times Pic and Joe was jealous because she's in the paper more than he is. I'm not sure, but he may have said "what's she got that I don't?"

Joe should be on this list too--he's quite a celebrity. At the Magnolia Fest last year the Wild Maggies called him up on stage with all the other Pet de Kats and Joe took the mic with a great war chant. And remember Joe and the balloons at the first day of fest last year?

That's right - Anat. Somehow I missed that connection from MD Fest's A Gnat.

Sona is someone different. Yeah, to lots of folks Big Chief Joe Pony dancer is an unofficial celebrity. And he loves every minute of it. What a media hound! :D

I wasn't at fest last year, but the year before we did a big PDKK balloon release at Congo Stage during Terrence Simien, because he played his new Pet De Kat song. Very cool!

glinda

01-26-2007, 01:55 PM

That's funny - I figured somebody on the board would know her.

Headless Hornman

01-26-2007, 01:56 PM

Hey Neen, that reminds me. Snookums and I are leaving for Atlanta in about an hour. I think we might end up at the Northside tomorrow night. If you get the chance...

La Ti Da

01-26-2007, 03:16 PM

And remember Joe and the balloons at the first day of fest last year?

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r300/LaTiDaLi/pdkballoon-1.jpg

saturn

01-26-2007, 03:23 PM

How about that group of perennial, unofficial performers who, for good, bad or ugly, have become part of the rich fabric of jazzfest experience.

For starters:
Beatle Bob
Shamat
Wing

Who ya got?

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/BBob.jpg

NeenAtlanta

01-26-2007, 03:32 PM

Hey Neen, that reminds me. Snookums and I are leaving for Atlanta in about an hour. I think we might end up at the Northside tomorrow night. If you get the chance...

Cool - you going for Mudcat? He's amazing. Wish I could come have a drink, but we're already booked for a friend's dinner party tomorrow night. Next time you're up this way, give me a little notice, and I'll grab some kats and meet up for a drink with ya'll.

breambob

01-26-2007, 03:42 PM

How about the "King of Jazz Fest"? Can't remember his name, wears a crown and a ton of beads. He has a beautiful JF poem he wrote and hands out copies. I need to go back through my pics and lagniappes.

VWGal

01-26-2007, 03:51 PM

My eyes! My eyes! :eek:

Zbonnie

01-26-2007, 04:07 PM

That's right - Anat. Somehow I missed that connection from MD Fest's A Gnat.

Sona is someone different. Yeah, to lots of folks Big Chief Joe Pony dancer is an unofficial celebrity. And he loves every minute of it. What a media hound! :D

I wasn't at fest last year, but the year before we did a big PDKK balloon release at Congo Stage during Terrence Simien, because he played his new Pet De Kat song. Very cool!

Sonna died a year or two ago, way too young. She was a beautiful woman with a beautiful spirit. She had a wild lion's mane of dirty blond hair and a gorgeous body always wrapped in tight, torn, fringed, animal print or colorful apparel. She had this big hula hoop with long ribbons mounted on a pole that she could carry through the festival all day long, never stopping except to wave it over some happy dancing folks. She also had a big rubber band-type thing that a bunch of people would put around their waists and get in a circle and bounce around together. She always made people smile. I miss her all over again as I remember.

electric_lady

01-26-2007, 04:13 PM

wait? she passed away? am i reading this wrong? i took this at last year's fest.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/electric_lady/crazygypsylady.jpg

mdfest

01-26-2007, 04:23 PM

No, shes still around. You can count on her hair getting in your beer at LMF.

ohio

01-26-2007, 04:50 PM

A Gnat

bwahahaha! very apt MD!

Amy Winette

01-26-2007, 05:36 PM

Amy Winette

01-26-2007, 05:38 PM

wait? she passed away? am i reading this wrong? i took this at last year's fest.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/electric_lady/crazygypsylady.jpg

I think they're saying Sonna passed, not Anat. I've never met either . . .

La Ti Da

01-26-2007, 05:48 PM

I think this is the one Zbonnie is talking about
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r300/LaTiDaLi/Swampfest-R1-024-10A2.jpg

Corona

01-26-2007, 05:54 PM

Here's one my gentlemen friends enjoyed....

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r119/lindarasins/bottles-1.jpg
ugggh, that's Anat.....hit me and Miss 2for in the face with her hair quite a few times at LMF instores...uggggh.....

Corona

01-26-2007, 05:58 PM

ugggh, that's Anat.....hit me and Miss 2for in the face with her hair quite a few times at LMF instores...uggggh.....
I know you don't want a bash Anat thread but when one female says to another female (after hitting her in the face with her hair 4-5 times) that she has the greatest ass in the world....said woman does not become a 'friend' to the other woman....lol.....

pokerchick66

01-26-2007, 05:59 PM

I know you don't want a bash Anat thread but when one female says to another female (after hitting her in the face with her hair 4-5 times) that she has the greatest ass in the world....said woman does not become a 'friend' to the other woman....lol.....

LMAO @ the visual I'm getting of your facial expression when she told you that. :D

Corona

01-26-2007, 06:49 PM

I was stunned that she actually said that....I laughed and said "well more power to ya sister" then edged her out of the front row for the rest of the show at LMF...lol I'm such a chick ;)

mdfest

01-26-2007, 07:28 PM

Im not clear. Which one of you- Corona or Poker- liked her ass??

Amy Winette

01-26-2007, 07:32 PM

It looks alright to me, but the best? Hardly! ;)

glinda

01-26-2007, 08:16 PM

Heehee I'm confused too - who's ass was she talkin about, hers or yours?

ibjamn

01-26-2007, 08:28 PM

Anat likes her own ass.

I was so sad when Sonna died and then Wing got sick the next year. They just embodied the fest spirit for me and were often seen together, but also apart. I was so happy to see Wing last year I hugged him, I'm sure he thought I was a nut!!

pokerchick66

01-26-2007, 08:38 PM

((Anat likes her own ass.))

lmao! What she said.

swag

01-26-2007, 09:01 PM

I can't believe 35 posts here, and no one has mentioned Economy Hall Eddie!

They actually did an interview stage session back in '02 on "Jazzfest Folklore".
http://jazzfest.swagland.com/2002/105-0519_IMG.JPG
That's (L-R) the interviewer, B Bob, Eddie, PDKK Marisol & Joe, and the Watermeloners.

grisgris

01-26-2007, 09:18 PM

WE LOVE MR EDDIE

Dr. A.

01-26-2007, 10:03 PM

interesting in how many festgoers find some of the "characters" fun while others are annoying, and of course it is often the other way around with any given festgoer. me-i like wing, fun and charming (and very nice to my young children). Beatle bob is noxious to me, and i shudder when his presence is regrettably noted. i'm not sure why, and may be prejudiced by comments i have read over the years. Eddie is innocuous to me, which is good-nice to see him and now lets get back to the music.

i was sad to read of that young woman's passing a couple of years ago (sonna?). i found her a bit annoying the first few years, then came to appreciate her energy and politeness in not swirling that hair and hula hoop in others' faces. i cant say that for some of the others.

me, just another old guy with a shirt from 1990.

glinda

01-26-2007, 11:06 PM

Economy Hall Eddie, definitely my favorite. Love that they interviewed them!

mdfest

01-26-2007, 11:13 PM

Flyswatter Guy- best dancer of the bunch

NeenAtlanta

01-27-2007, 06:01 AM

No one has mentioned the tamborine lady in the gospel tent yet . . .

Corona

01-27-2007, 06:21 AM

Headless Hornman

01-29-2007, 09:57 AM

Cool - you going for Mudcat? He's amazing. Wish I could come have a drink, but we're already booked for a friend's dinner party tomorrow night. Next time you're up this way, give me a little notice, and I'll grab some kats and meet up for a drink with ya'll.

Good thing you didn't come looking for us at the Northside. We were at a reception at the Highland Inn; the dinking started early Saturday. We only got as far as Manuel's afterwards (half a block walk).

Will let you know next time, but don't get to Atlanta often. Only my second trip, first visit was 5 years ago.

saturn

01-29-2007, 10:01 AM

lol yes exactly....as she was shaking it, she glanced down at it, then back up to me and said "I've got the greatest ass in the world". No shit....exact words. What the hell do you say to that? lol!
She's a trip that little chica.....:p

Here is a pic of the ass in question -- nothing that great!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/LMF-BigSam2.jpg

NeenAtlanta

01-29-2007, 10:01 AM

Good thing you didn't come looking for us at the Northside. We were at a reception at the Highland Inn; the dinking started early Saturday. We only got as far as Manuel's afterwards (half a block walk).

Will let you know next time, but don't get to Atlanta often. Only my second trip, first visit was 5 years ago.

The Highland Inn is a cool place to stay. And Manuel's is a classic. It's been around forever and is a favorite of the local politicos. Jimmy Carter used to hang there a lot back in the day.

If you ever come this way again . . . just let me know.

Headless Hornman

01-29-2007, 10:37 AM

The Highland Inn is a cool place to stay. And Manuel's is a classic. It's been around forever and is a favorite of the local politicos. Jimmy Carter used to hang there a lot back in the day.

If you ever come this way again . . . just let me know.

Will do. You reminded me of an interesting clock I saw on the wall at Manuel's.

http://www.backwardsbush.com/

Zbonnie

01-29-2007, 11:09 AM

No one has mentioned the tamborine lady in the gospel tent yet . . .Yeah, I think someone mentioned tambourine lady early on as someone who used to be an unofficial performer but seems to have now become an official performer in the gospel tent. I love second-line Eddie! There's another woman with long gray hair who always second-lines in Economy Hall, often right behind Eddie, and she does some of the most sexy, salacious moves that blow people's minds because they seem to be totally at odds with her "little old lady" appearance.;)

Zbonnie

01-29-2007, 11:12 AM

"then edged her out of the front row for the rest of the show at LMF...lol I'm such a chick ;)" Right on, sister, that's the part I liked the best! You're my kinda chick, Corona!

Headless Hornman

01-29-2007, 11:16 AM

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r300/LaTiDaLi/pdkballoon-1.jpg

The original plan was to spell Pet de Kat Loves NOLA. Then one letter went POP! Then the 'E' escaped to the heavens. It was like playing scrabble trying to reconfigure the slogan with the letters that remained.

NeenAtlanta

01-29-2007, 11:40 AM

Will do. You reminded me of an interesting clock I saw on the wall at Manuel's.

http://www.backwardsbush.com/

YYR - It is not a republican-friendly bar!

Papins

01-29-2007, 11:41 AM

have any musicians told Aknat & Beatle Bob to "Get the f**k off the stage and outa my/or face(s)?

NeenAtlanta

01-29-2007, 11:41 AM

Yeah, I think someone mentioned tambourine lady early on as someone who used to be an unofficial performer but seems to have now become an official performer in the gospel tent. I love second-line Eddie! There's another woman with long gray hair who always second-lines in Economy Hall, often right behind Eddie, and she does some of the most sexy, salacious moves that blow people's minds because they seem to be totally at odds with her "little old lady" appearance.;)

I think I know exactly who you mean. When she gets up to dance, I can't resist joining in. She really can move. I hope I can be that sesnual when I reach her age.

mboard

01-29-2007, 12:08 PM

One year Royal Fingerbowl hung BB in effigy on stage. Quint and Festival Productions were not amused, however.

Headless Hornman

01-29-2007, 12:19 PM

have any musicians told Aknat & Beatle Bob to "Get the f**k off the stage and outa my/or face(s)?

I believe there's an interview with one of the Iguanas (Derek, maybe?) in which he says BB "harshed his mellow."

pokerchick66

01-29-2007, 12:28 PM

I believe there's an interview with one of the Iguanas (Derek, maybe?) in which he says BB "harshed his mellow."

lol, that's funny.

funkkjunkie

01-29-2007, 12:38 PM

My feelings exactly, hh. Please don't harsh my mellow.

Corona

01-29-2007, 01:58 PM

"then edged her out of the front row for the rest of the show at LMF...lol I'm such a chick ;)" Right on, sister, that's the part I liked the best! You're my kinda chick, Corona!
lol, thanks Bon! :)

Corona

01-29-2007, 02:00 PM

I believe there's an interview with one of the Iguanas (Derek, maybe?) in which he says BB "harshed his mellow."
not sure, I don't think Joe Krown was all that impressed at LMF...he just looked at her with a smirk on his face. I was cracking up :)

Corona

01-29-2007, 02:00 PM

oops, referenced the wrong post...that one was to Paps question about musicians telling them to get off the stage.....

Papins

01-29-2007, 07:41 PM

not sure, I don't think Joe Krown was all that impressed at LMF...he just looked at her with a smirk on his face. I was cracking up :)
yeah I remember that too, that's why I asked. To whomever posted the BB pic of him and his f''n cricket dance, he was doing that crap at Tower at the same Time aknat was doing her "look at me" dance-and-get-my-greasy-hair-in-your-face spins...it was annoying as hell

saturn

01-29-2007, 07:46 PM

yeah I remember that too, that's why I asked. To whomever posted the BB pic of him and his f''n cricket dance, he was doing that crap at Tower at the same Time aknat was doing her "look at me" dance-and-get-my-greasy-hair-in-your-face spins...it was annoying as hell

Hey Papins -- I was there (the photos on this thread of it are mine) - they were both annoying, but BB less so. I think he was pissed that she was getting all the attention.

heyhon

01-29-2007, 08:56 PM

whoa, back on the positive side, I guess that Ed Bradley could have been considered an unofficial performer, or stage host or other.

neverleft

01-29-2007, 11:33 PM

whoa, back on the positive side, I guess that Ed Bradley could have been considered an unofficial performer, or stage host or other.
I totally agree with you heyhon. I met Ed Bradley at Jazz Fest, and he was probably one of the nicest people I've ever met there. He said one thing to me I'll never forget. It was at a Robert Cray night show in 1987 and I told him "I came here to hear Robert play the guitar, I also play the guitar". He said "You just don't play the guitar my friend, you are also a musician, remember that".
That's the kind of guy he was.