New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy Jazz Fest 08 "Handa Wanda" ..
RHYTHM CO-CONSPIRATORS:
** A partial list of who's who in the New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy ~
Jack Cruz - Bass, Vocals
Sally Stevens, aka Sneakin' Sal - Concepts, Writing, Organizing, Photos, Videos,
Social Cultural Animato & All- Around Rabble Rousing
Chris Polacek - Guitar
Uganda Roberts - Percussion
Jermal Watson - Drums
Van Odom - Drums
Dave Woodard - Trombone
Jimmy Carpenter - Sax
Dave Jumper- Trumpet
Tom Fitzpatrick-Sax
Walter "Wolfman" Washington - guitar
Ivan Neville-B3
Spencer Bohren-Guitar & Lap Steel
Big Chief Roderick Sylvas, Wild Tchoupitoulas and
Golden Comanche Spy Boy Juan Pardo,
Wild Tchoupitoulas Wild Man John
And many more!
2008 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ& HERITAGE FESTIVAL
CONGO SQUARE
Photos copyright 2008 Sally Stevens
The New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy has both a short and a long history. Born of a hurricane, the Rhythm Conspiracy was initially conceived by Sally Stevens in July, 2005. During her Hurricane Katrina evacuation to Memphis she teamed up with fellow conspirators George Sartin and Jack Cruz to develop the group as a way to pay homage to and continue New Orleans’ musical and cultural legacy, a legacy that began with an intense rhythmic collaboration of two cultures – Native American and African – long ago in Congo Square. A grant Stevens wrote to the Higher Ground Foundation garnered the funds to produce the Rhythm Conspiracy's debut CD, "Dancin' Ground", the title cut conceived and lyrics written by Stevens with Spy Boy (& now War Chief of the Red Flames) Juan Pardo and Wild Tchoupitoulas Big Chief Roderick Sylvas and Wild Man John Ellis and music by Jack Cruz. Dancin' Ground is a call home to the city's people displaced by hurricane Katrina, and the further actions of uncaring self-serving politicians and businessmen.
Sally Stevens, is a writer, photographer, community organizer and cultural activist, known for organizing the New Orleans Blues Project, a music and cultural economic development project and the first of its kind. The Blues Project was also the managing organization of The BLUES HIGHWAY Millennium Trail, a designation received from the Clinton Administration’s White House Millennium Council.
Bassist, songwriter, arranger and producer, Jack Cruz is best known for his long association with Walter “Wolfman” Washington, as well as James Booker and Mighty Sam McClain.
As of spring 2008, the New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy is becoming more than a band, and is forming into a collective, The New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy Collective, to include all the musicians and artists involved in its three year evolution along with other musicians, artists and creative cultural enterprises in the city and region. A related enterprise being formed that will be under the collective umbrella is Rhythm Conspiracy Productions, a worker-owned booking and event production agency.
More information on the New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy Collective, the coop enterprise Rhythm Conspiracy Productions, and the band will be available soon at our website, www.rhythmconspiracy.com
To book the New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy and other New Orleans and southern region roots artists, call or email RHYTHM CONSPIRACY PRODUCTIONS at
hoodoonola@yahoo.com or (504) 427-4638
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New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy's Friend Space (Top 40)
Flynn Amps here, coming to you in 3D! I was in New Orleans in 1994 for the Mardis Gras and couldn't get enough of your fine funky city. All the best to you RC dudes and dudesses. Make my Funk the P-Funk!
Hi everybody, We've finally moved the repair workshop from Jamaica Street to Otago Street in Glasgow's West End. We'll be open for business again on the 21st of June. Check the website for more details.Thanks for all the support,
Thanks for puttin'NORC on the page. I'm gonna try come see u later this year. Got a song bout Katrina & the Big Easy you might like too! How bout Horns &/or Sax on ShoesBlues?
Yeah! That's funky and groovy. Cool sound. I'll come back and visit to buy some guitar strings and a CD here in the near future. Keep the momentum goin. Willy
we might never have liked you. point of fact, we despise you. but that doesn't suggest we don't respect you. dying in our sleep is a luxury our kind is rarely afforded.