OffBEAT magazine calls Louie Ludwig a "New Orleans iconoclast." Now he breaks the mold on the city's most cherished form: the Mardi Gras song.Using traditional forms and modern production, Ludwig has created a dizzying aural joy ride unlike anything... except Carnival itself.
Drops:
George 'Keys' Iquierdo: Electric Piano
Craig Klein: Trombone
Derek Huston: Saxophone
Mark Mullins, Tracy Griffin, Brian Graber (I think): Horn stack
Rosie Rosato: Percussion
United States Air Force Band
Loops:
LoopLoft: MarchMadness, Johnny Vidocavich Collection
Live:
Boo LaCrosse: Trumpet
Louie L: Percussion, piano
LL, Dana Embree, Naomi Duffey: "Fee Nah Nay"
Friends and neighbors: Party backup vocals
Special thanks to Natural Light Orchestra
Sounds:
LL field recording: Mardi Gras crowd 2016
Hollywood Edge FX: party, stadium, street crowd, bottle pour, whistles
fressound/soundesigner: Mardi Grass crowd 2011
fressound/laurent tintamere: festival crowd
fressound/therabid frog: party handclaps
Produced and engineered by Louie Ludwig. Mastering engineer: Bruce Barielle
ISRC USWGE1900001 ASCAP Work 896189867
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