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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 7h

C'mon Peppermint, throw on some orange blotter, jump on your Fuji Rabbit and let your hair down a little bit. I know you got some Tura Satana deep inside ya somewhere.

Dave S. Trio - Devil's Daughter (Birthstone)

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 1d

Dave S. Trio - Devil's Daughter (Birthstone records)

If you were in a gritty barroom in 1963 in Tacoma, Washington, drinking dime beers and looking for a fight this cut was the soundtrack.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyfE...

YouTube video by Fonsoul Bcn

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 2d

Grapico, founded in New Orleans in 1914, the best soda pop to ever come out of the South

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Grapico - Bhamwiki

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 3d

Hoshoryu became unstoppable today at the "Centennial Tournament: Traditional & Modern Sumo."

Entering a "yokozuna gonin-gakari" event, he faced five lower-ranked wrestlers—Gounoyama, Hiradoumi, Ura, Rouga, and Meisei.

Surrounded, he threw each out effortlessly, finishing with five straight wins.

Fela & Africa 70 – Before I Jump Like Monkey Give Me Banana

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 4d

Fela & Africa 70 – Before I Jump Like Monkey Give Me Banana. 1975

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BgG...

Tony Allen (drums), Tunde Williams (trumpet), Lekan Animashaun (baritone sax)

YouTube video by DISCOS REDONDOS ( FULL ALBUMS )

Bobbie Gentry - Okolona River Bottom Band - 1968 Americana Singer/ Songwriter

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 5d

Bobbie Gentry - Okolona River Bottom Band - 1968

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jHo...

Gentry’s first single after “Ode to Billie Joe”, and the lead track from her second LP, The Delta Sweete (1968).

That's James Burton on the Telecaster in case you were wondering

YouTube video by Scott Johnson

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 5d

Simmer down there, Nancy Sinatra. And watch out for them Teddy Boys when you deplane.

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 5d

Great write-up. I'm hereby commanding @theguardian.com to hire you, embed you with the rikishi, and have you issue daily reports from the UK. A nice wage and hefty per diem will be part of the bargain. Let me start pulling strings right now.

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 5d

Toody Cole would be a better bet.

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 6d

Peppermint-san!
Ace of Cups are my favorite band du jour.
Glad y'all are enjoying them

San Francisco's (Almost) Forgotten All-Girl Band: The Ace of Cups 🎵 | KQED Arts

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 7d

San Francisco's (Almost) Forgotten All-Girl Band: The Ace of Cups 🎵 | KQED Arts. 7 minute doc.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP3u...

the gals walking around SF today and talking about their drug and sex fueled 60s romps makes it well worth your while. Oh, and they were and are badasses

YouTube video by KQED Arts

Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi - Yakhal' Inkomo

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 7d

Bone-in loin end pork chops. Season-All is a Texas only blend. Cured Hickory fire. 9th Ward, New Orleans

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 9d

Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi - Yakhal' Inkomo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-r...

Cut July 23, 1968 — Manley van Niekerk Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa. Ngozi was the beating heart of the tenor sax

YouTube video by Bokete7

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 9d

Balloon release for Damien Kendrick. Thursday October 2nd, Treme, New Orleans.

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 10d

When they see me coming they get the shugga ready

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 10d

Damien Kendrick funerary second line. Treme neighborhood, New Orleans. September 2025

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 11d

Don't give those sorry bastards any oxygen. You are beloved in New Orleans.

Robert Charles Guidry, Sr. Obituary January 14, 2010 - Vincent Funeral Home

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 11d

Louisiana music legend Bobby Charles' obit

www.vincentfuneralhome.net/obituaries/4...

and his debut LP from '73

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8sZ...

His friends/collaborators: Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, James Taylor, Willie Nelson, The Band and Dr. John

View Robert Charles Guidry, Sr.'s obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

www.vincentfuneralhome.net

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 12d

If you want to set the party on fire in New Orleans in fall 2025 this is the shit you put on the turntable

TUCKA - TURN ME LOOSE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLx6...

Any Barry White, R. Kelly fans on here?

TUCKA - TURN ME LOOSE

YouTube video by Tucka KingofSwing

Sugar Pie DeSanto @ the Ponderosa Stomp 2010

RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 12d

New Orleans has some of the US' best street food.
The shrimp fried rice man in 3rd Ward is nearly sold out

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 13d

I was at this show, then Ronnie Spector came out as the surprise guest.

T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 13d

Sugar Pie DeSanto @ the Ponderosa Stomp 2010
youtu.be/o3auxWLihkM
'Sugar Pie's still got it at 74, seducing the crowd at the 9th Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans, Sept. 25th 2010. "Go Go Power." '

YouTube video by nooawlinzcat

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 13d

And he is now, somehow, 13 years old

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RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social · 13d

Anybody want some Cold Gin?

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live cut of "Cold Gin" fr. KISS's Reunion Tour in Chicago on Oct. 21, 1996, their first tour with the original lineup since 1979. The show featured the return of Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in full makeup and costumes.

Hendrick's anyone?

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