Program Type:
Arts & CreativityAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
Join talented local musician Michael Tobar for a concert featuring piano music from New Orleans in the tradition of Dr. John and Professor Longhair, along with a composition of his own in that style. This concert includes Tobar's spoken "liner notes" for a little history and musicology behind the songs.
The timestamps for the songs of this 45-minute concert are as follows with the names of the original composers in brackets:
1:12 -- "Honey Dipper" [Joe Liggins]
4:50 -- "Blue Monday" [Dave Bartholomew]
8:20 -- "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" [Louis Armstrong]
13:48 -- "Cabbage Head [Song]" [Doc Watson]
18:32 -- "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey" [Shifty Henry]
23:16 -- "How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around)" [Dr. John]
27:40 -- "Crawdad Hole" [Doc Watson]
32:06 -- "St. John's Victory Dance" [Michael Tobar]
37:42 -- "The Nearness of You" [Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington]
Watch this concert on ACPL's YouTube channel Dec. 1-31 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4NulecOQbA