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Now, onward to Frenchman Street, easily the best street in New Orleans, although the dreamy shoppes and boutiques on Royal Street are really close. I have posted the video clips in order of the night. I believe the quality of the music goes up in such order as well, although I have no complaints with any of them. Let's start with the honky tonk yet loveable band with a washboard at 8p.
Here you'll find yourself watching a fantastic swing band that apparently had been playing since 6p, but ended at 10p, so I only got an hour in of the awesome music and dancing starting at 9p. I thought it was incredibly cool that the piano player was puffing on a stogie the entire time. Personally, my motivation for picking back up the dancing with Eric has skyrocketed. It wasn't too hard to imagine what 1920's New Orleans may have been like. The hour flew by with the combination of the music and the excellent dancing that was there.
Finally, I'll close with a couple of my favourites from the Uptown Jazz Orchestra; a slightly more pricey affair at $25, especially compared to the $5 or just the house rule of "1 drink per set"; however, incredibly and totally well worth it. I even got to dance with the old guy in the last video, who liked to demonstrate "aging" ... until he starts dancing. Wow. Apparently it is I who is old.