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The music of the black Mardi Gras Indians is a vital part of New Orleans culture, and some of the most African-influenced traditional urban music remaining in America. Recorded live during the summer of 1987 at the H&R Bar in the Second Ward of New Orleans, this is the first-ever 'live in the context' Indians recording, and one of the few to feature the underrecorded Monk Boudreaux. And, unlike the majority of Mardi Gras Indians recor… MORE