79RS GANG COMING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PRESERVATION HALL
December 17, 2022
Capping our Fall season at Music Box Village is a performance from the 79rs Gang, coming home for the holidays after a much celebrated tour in France earlier this month. They'll be joined by special guests from Preservation Hall for a one-of-a-kind show that combines the traditions of Mardi Gras Indians and New Orleans Jazz with the experimental sounds of our musical village made in harmony.
ABOUT 79rs GANG
79rs Gang originally formed in 2013 when Big Chief Romeo Bougere of the 9th Ward Hunters and Big Chief Jermaine Bossier of the 7th Ward Creole Hunters put their differences aside and came together to build a bridge with music, releasing a traditional Mardi Gras Indian music album (Fire On The Bayou) in 2014. Today, Jermaine and Romeo - working alongside writer/ producer Eric Heigle (Arcade Fire, The Soul Rebels, Lost Bayou Ramblers) - have created an album that is rooted in the unique traditions of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian culture, while launching that culture forward, bringing each track to dance floors and block parties around the world. Supported by a full band of local talents, they'll build their sound, founded on the streets of New Orleans, in the sonic village of the Music Box Village.
ABOUT PRESERVATION HALL
Preservation Hall was established in 1961 in the heart of the French Quarter as a place where the traditions of New Orleans jazz, and the musicians who play it, could thrive. Today, over 60 local musicians make up the Hall's greater network of jazz practitioners – enchanting visitors from all over the world with nightly performances at 726 Saint Peter Street; spreading the influence of New Orleans music as the touring Preservation Hall Jazz Band; and passing the torch of this music through educational clinics, masterclasses, open soundchecks and online instruction, facilitated by the Preservation Hall Foundation, which works to protect, preserve and perpetuate New Orleans musical and cultural traditions.
Featured Preservation Hall musicians:
Ben Jaffe
Stephen Gladney
Walter Harris
Gregg Stafford
Kerry "Fatman" Louis