MIDNIGHT AT ST. JUDE'S:
The music in this collection was recorded live during weekly midnight masses at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, The International Shrine of St. Jude. Built in 1826 as a mortuary chapel during one of the Crescent City's periodically devastating yellow fever epidemics, this beautiful little church has stood on the edge of New Orleans' French Quarter throughout the Cival War, Reconstruction, bloom years when cotton was king, the heyday of the Storyville District, where Jazz was born up to present times.
This "Church That Would Not Die" continues to inspire faith, hope, and love among city councilmen and street people, constables and conmen, international pilgrims and nearby neighbors, and saints and sinners.
Many of New Orleans' finest musicians have offered their considerable talents inside these old walls. We are blessed with a taste of the spirit through these uplifting, heartfelt, soulful recordings. All artist's royalties will be donated to St. Jude's Community Center, New Orleans.
THE ORLEANS RECORDS STORY:
The New Orleans musical renaissance of the 1990s that’s made the city come alive with creative sounds of unprecedented variety has been seriously aided and abetted by the handful of locally-based record labels that document and distribute the otherwise obscure sounds of the Crescent City.
Carlo Ditta’s Orleans Records is definitely in the very first rank of New Orleans record companies active in the ’90s. Label owner and acclaimed producer Carlo has labored to produce a series of fine recordings by overlooked or under-recorded artists whose works are now recognized as important and colorful strains of the rich musical fabric of New Orleans. One-of-a-kind characters like Danny and Blue Lu Barker, Coco Robicheaux, Roland Stone, Ironing Board Sam, Little Freddie King, Rockie Charles and the elusive Guitar Slim Jr. are Carlo’s specialty and stock-in-trade. Read More Here
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Various Artists
The Orleans Records Story
Mighty Sam McClain - Pray | Dorothy Goodman - Born with the Blues |
Guitar Slim Jr. - It's a Privilege, Baby, to Be Loved by You |
Danny Barker - Ham and Eggs | C.P. Love - True Blue |
Willy DeVille - Jump Steady Come My Way | Roland Stone - Remember Me |
Coco Robicheaux - Cottonmouth | Johnny J & the Hitmen - J-Walkin' |
Blue Lu Barker - Bring the Greenbacks When You Call |
Robert Lowery - A Good Man Is Hard to Find |
Pin Stripe Brass Band - I Ate Up the Apple Tree |
Marva Wright - I'm Not Coming Back | Little Freddie King - Mean Little Woman | Ironing Board Sam - Chillin' Like an Ice Cube | Tony Green - Waltz for Pud |
Rockie Charles - Don't Let Me Go
Originally Released: March 30th, 1999 _______________________________________________________ Mighty Sam McClain - “Pray” Written by Carlo Ditta [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Mighty Sam McClain - Lead Vocals A.J. Loria - Piano Deacon John Moore - Guitar Erving Charles - Bass Bobby Williams - Drums Lady B.J. - Background Vocals Ward Smith - Sax Eddie Weber - Trumpet Chaka - Percussion ________________________________________ Dorothy Goodman - “Born with the Blues” Written by Dorothy Goodman [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Dorothy Goodman - Lead Vocals Rick Allen - Organ Carlo Ditta - Guitar Robert Wilson - Bass Mr. Lippy - Drums ________________________________________ Guitar Slim Jr. - “It’s a Privilege, Baby, to Be Loved by You” Written by R.&.B. Armstrong [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Guitar Slim Jr. - Lead Guitar & Vocals Ernie Vincent - Bass Doug Duffy - Organ Barry Armstrong - Tambourine Mr. Blue - Drums ________________________________________ Danny Barker - “Ham & Eggs” Written by Danny Barker [DannyLu Publishing, ASCAP] Danny Barker - Guitar & Lead Vocals Carlo Ditta - Alarm Clock & Background Vocals ________________________________________ C.P. Love - “True Blue” Written by C.P. Love & Carlo Ditta [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] C.P. Love - Lead Vocals Leo Nocentelli - Guitar George Porter Jr. - Bass Merle Saunders - Hammond B-3 Tony Braunagel - Drums Dave Tucker - Percussion Camille Mendoza & Susie Moretti - Background Vocals ________________________________________ Willy DeVille - “Jump Steady Come My Way” Written by Willy Deville [Crosstown Music, BMI] Willy Deville - Lead Vocals Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack - Piano Leo Nocentelli - Guitar Freddie Koala - Lap Steel, Guitar & Percussion George Porter, Jr. - Bass Kerry Brown - Drums ________________________________________ Roland Stone - “Remember Me” Written by Mac Rebennack [Ace Publishing, MCI-BMI] Roland Stone - Lead Vocals Mac “Dr. John Rebennack” - Piano & Rhythm Guitar Johnny J - Lead Guitar Solo Earl Stanley - Bass Charlie Miller - Flute & Flugelhorn Johnny Vidacovich - Drums ________________________________________ Coco Robicheaux - “Cottonmouth” Written by Curtis John Arceneaux [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Coco Robicheaux - Rhythm Guitar & Lead Vocals Kenny Holladay - Lead Guitar Roy White - Bass Dave Easley - Pedal Steel Guitar Smokey Greenwell - Harmonica Nancy Buchan - Violin Paul Santopadre - Drums ________________________________________ Johnny J & the Hitmen - “J-Walkin’” Written by Johnny J [Solid Splendor Music, BMI] Johnny J - Lead Guitar Wayne Bennett - Rhythm Guitar Robert Tevault - Bass Mike Sipos - Drums ________________________________________ Blue Lu Barker - “Bring the Greenbacks When You Call” Written by Blue Lu Barker [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Blue Lu Barker - Lead Vocals Danny Barker - Guitar Greg Stafford - Trumpet David Grillier - Clarinet Frank Naundorf - Trombone Walter Lewis - Piano Edmond Foucher - String Bass Shannon Powell - Drums ________________________________________ Robert Lowery - “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Written by Robert Lowery [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Robert Lowery - Guitar & Vocals Virgil Thrasher - Harmonica ________________________________________ The Pin Stripe Brass Band - “I Ate Up the Apple Tree” Written by Dave “Fat Man” Williams [French Market Music Co., BMI] Herbert A. McCarver III - Snare Drum & Lead Vocals Mark Smith - Tuba Robert Harris - Trombone Jeffery Herbert - Trombone Brice Miller - Trumpet Raymond Jones - Trumpet Rickey Paulin - Clarinet George Johnson - Trumpet Dwight Miller - Alto Saxophone Oscar Washington - Bass Drum Terrance Hilliard - Percussionist ________________________________________ Marva Wright - “I’m Not Coming Back” Written by Marva Wright [Blues with a Feelin, BMI] Marva Wright - Lead Vocals Sammy Perfect - Piano & Hammond B-3 Benny Turner - Bass Earl Smith - Drums Tracy Griffin - Trumpet & Horn Arrangements David Woodward - Trombone Ken “Snakebite” Jacobs - Baritone Saxophone Greg Dawson - Tenor Saxophone Pam Landrum, Earl Smith & Charles Elam III - Background Vocals Mark Sterling - Duet Vocal Finale ________________________________________ Little Freddie King - “Mean Little Woman” Written by Freddie Martin [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Little Freddie King - Lead Guitar & Vocals Rick Allen Wurlitzer - Electric Piano Earl Stanley - Bass Kerry Brown - Drums ________________________________________ Ironing Board Sam - “Chillin’ Like an Ice Cube” Written by Sammie Moore [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Ironing Board Sam - Electric Keyboard & Vocals ________________________________________ Tony Green - “Waltz for Pud” Written by Tony Green [Attid Music Co., ASCAP] Tony Green - Solo & Rhythm Guitar Gregor Sneddon - Rhythm Guitar Vitus Paukstaitis - Bass ________________________________________ Rockie Charles - “Don’t Let Me Go” Written by Charles Merrick [New Attid Music Co., BMI] Rockie Charles - Guitar & Vocals Jerry Pekinto - Bass Wayne Lohr - Organ Tony D’Alessandro - Drums Karlene Arena & Rhea Kahler - Background Vocals & Snaps ________________________________________ Produced by Carlo Ditta “Pray” produced by Carlo Ditta & A.J. Loria “A Good Man Is Had to Find” produced by Carlo Ditta & Ice Cube Slim Photographs by Carlo Ditta, Barry Kaiser, Keith Calhoun, Chandra McCormick, Owen Murphy, Diane Wanek, Sydney Byrd, Marie Dominique Verdier, Janus Sikura, Judy Hill, Scott Keyes and Marta Design by Diane Wanek, Zigzag ℗© 1999 Orleans Records, Inc.
Various Artists
Midnight At St. Jude's
Aaron Neville - Lady in Blue | Group - The Last Time |
Allen Toussaint - The Rest of the Way | Mighty Sam McClain - Pray |
Lady B.J. - Precious Lord | A.J. Loria - I Confess... Kyrie |
A.J. Loria - Gloria | Fr. Jack Franko - Mystery of Faith |
Mighty Sam McClain - The Lord Will Make a Way |
Edgar Blanchard - Our Father | A.J. Loria - Lamb of God |
Shirley Stewart - I Want Jesus to Walk With Me | Aaron Neville - St. Jude Hymn |
Group with Aaron Neville - Down by the Riverside/Amen
Originally Released: 1993 _______________________________________________________ Tracks 4-5, 7 & 9 Recorded May 3rd, 1987 Engineered by Steven Smith Alan Pecora - Drums Al Bernard, Jr. - Bass A.J. Loria - Piano Carlo Ditta - Guitar Siobhan O’Quinn - Viola Chris Mason & Dennis Taylor - Saxophone Oneida & Sylvia Joseph - Backing Vocals _______________________________________________________ Tracks 1-3, 6, 8 & 10-14 Recorded March 19th, 1988 Engineered by Charles Hancock and David Farrell Ray Lambert - Drums Al Bernard, Jr. - Bass Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, A.J. Loria & Stephen Lee - Piano Carlo Ditta - Guitar Siobhan O’Quinn - Viola Michael Carson - Vocals _______________________________________________________ All Traditional songs except: “Lady in Blue” written by Aaron Neville Irving / Rondor Music, BMI “The Rest of the Way” written by Allen Toussaint Marsaint Music, ASCAP “Pray” written by Carlo Ditta Attid Music, ASCAP “I Confess… Kyrie”, “Gloria” and “Lamb of God” written by A.J. Loria Mentis Music, ASCAP “The Lord Will Make a Way” written by Thomas A. Dorsey Unichappell, BMI _________________________________________________________ Produced by Fr. Jack Franko, A.J. Loria & Carlo Ditta Art & Design by Kevin Combs Photograph by Marie-Dominique Verdier Aaron Neville appears courtesy of A&M Records All artists’ royalties will be donated to St. Jude’s Community Center, New Orleans ℗© 1993 Orleans Records, Inc.