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Hi Doc,
Yes, we are kind of the odd duck of american cities.  Some say we have more in common with our neighbors to the south in the Carribean than our neighbors to the north in our own country.  Bourbon Street is alive and kicking but the breast baring and bead throwing is mostly kept to our carnival season and mostly done by tourist.  If you get a chance listen to that instrumental that I mentioned from Better than Ezra, they are a local rock band that were on the verge of hitting it big in the mid 1990's.  On this particular track you'll here a very clear jazz influence.  Even if bands down here don't play jazz per se you can't help but be influenced on some level by the sound.  I used to date a girl from out of state and after a few years of making the rounds of the local music scene, she could hear a "New Orleans sound" in a lot of different music.  Have you heard  of the "Rebirth Brass Band"?  Check them out http://www.rebirthbrassband.com/
I think you'll like them.
Take it easy,
Jim

Hi Phil,
Phish has a cult like following almost like the Greatful Dead in their prime.  There is a core group of fans that will follow that band all over the country.  You never really hear Phish on the radio over here (also like the Greatful Dead with the exception of one or two songs).  Are they still together and touring?  I'm not sure.

I don't know much about Incubus other than the fact that I love their music.  They have a very distinctive sound.  When you hear them you know it's them.

Jim

Their song Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground kicks a**.

Hey Bootlegger,
I've seen you mention Michael Kelly guitars before so I decided to go to the website to take a look for myself.  Sweet looking instruments for about the same price of Epiphone Les Pauls.  In your opinion overall (I know each instrument is different) does the Michael Kelly line outdo the Epi's in quallity and tone?  Just wondering.
Jim

Hi Will,
I was a big Eddie Van Halen fan when I was a teenager (some time ago).  But this quote kind of captures how I feel about Van Halen the band.  Brilliant flashes of guitar that are thrown into mediocre songs and often inane lyrics so that musically it doesn't make a lot of sense.  Of course at the time I thought it was great!   There are some exceptions, they still have a few songs that I can still listen to and I have to respectfully disagree with you about Eruption.  When that came out nobody had ever heard anything or played anything like it before.
Take care,
Jim

Hi everyone.  Great question.  For me the answer has changed as I have grown older.  In my early 20's I was sort of like Phil, the sound of the music and lyrics about partying were the only things that mattered to me.  In my late 20's agnst period, I could relate to bands like Everclear and Nirvana, we all seemed to have the same collective chip on our shoulders.  Now in my 40's those songs that reflect the "not old yet but getting there" mentality are the ones I'm relating to.  "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young and "Kite" by U2 are two that come to mind.

Hey Man,
I got the Epiphone LP Special II player pack about 6 months ago.  I wanted something inexpensive to learn on because I wasn't sure that I would stick with it.  Turns out that I love playing the guitar and now I'm already thinking about upgrading.  This is the downside to the packs.  If you catch the fever like I did you'll want better equipment pretty quickly.  I will probably upgrade the amp first because I really don't think the guitar is that bad to learn on.  In fact, I can't imagine ever getting rid of it even when I do upgrade.
EF

Wow, people are serious about their Esteban and Kurt Cobain in these parts.  I've only heard Esteban play the three songs that he always plays during his sales pitch but to me it doesn't even seem like you can compare the two because they are so different.  Esteban is probably a better player technically speaking but if Kurt were alive he'd probably even conceed that point.  Kurt's strength was to be able to convey emotion with his guitar and lyrics (granted those emotions were usually anger and depression).  Maybe Esteban can do this as well but it's hard to convey emotion when all I've heard you play is "Greensleeves."

Ouch Badeye.  That is a particularly bad one.

Eruption - Eddie Van Halen