PARTY
PARTY MUST GO ON STILL AND THERE'S DIFFERENT UNIQUE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT. SO WHY DON'T WE
HAVE OK GUYS THIS IS VERY
EXCITING. SO LASER LEVEL
TEMPORALLY I DON'T KNOW FRENCH
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT THAT
RIGHT BUT I'M HOPING SO IT
MEANS LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
AND OF COURSE THAT'S GOING TO
LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR. LONG TIME FRIENDS IVAN
NEVILLE AND JOHN CLEARY ARE
PUTTING ON A MARDI GRAS SPECIAL
AND YOU CAN LIVE STREAM THEM
AND THEY'RE JOINING US THIS
MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US, GUYS. HEY, HOW ARE YOU
DOING? DOING WELL. HAPPY MARDI
GRAS. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU SAY
IT PROPERLY? WHAT WAS THAT?
LET'S SAY BONTEMPS. THERE WE
GO. SEE, I'D RATHER LEAVE IT TO
YOU GUYS, THE PROFESSIONALS.
ALL RIGHT, IVAN, I WANT TO
START WITH YOU. TELL US
OF COURSE COMING FROM NEW
ORLEANS MUSICAL ROYALTY HOW
YOUR DAD INFLUENCED THE MUSIC
THAT YOU MAKE, WHAT THAT
JOURNEY HAS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU.
MY DAD , MY UNCLES, MY GREAT
UNCLE IT'S BEEN AMAZING. IT'S
BEEN A BLESSING. ABSOLUTELY. MY
GREAT UNCLE WAS AN INDIAN CHIEF
OF MARDI GRAS INDIAN CHIEF
GEORGE LANDRY ALSO KNOWN AS BIG
CHIEF GEOLOGY OF THE WILD
CHOCOLATIERS AND HE INFLUENCED
MY DAD AND MY UNCLES AND OUR
CHILDREN CHARLES OR SO WE HAD A
BAND CALLED THE AARON AND
CHARLES CHARLES AND ALL THE
BROTHERS THE NEVILLE BROTHERS.
SO I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON.
BUT IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE
BLESSING TO BE A PART OF THAT
AND BE A PART OF THIS NEW
ORLEANS BEAUTIFUL THING THAT WE
DO HERE. AND JOHN, FOR YOU IT'S
BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A
DIFFERENT STORY YOU'RE FROM THE
UK TELL US ABOUT I MEAN THAT'S
KIND OF A DIFFERENT MUSIC STYLE
TO TIE INTO NEW ORLEANS MUSIC.
HOW DID THAT COME TO BE FOR YOU
?WELL, I GREW UP IN A FAMILY
OF MUSICIANS WHO LOVE NEW
ORLEANS MUSIC AND SO THE
SOUNDTRACK TO OUR FAMILY GET
TOGETHERS WAS NEW ORLEANS
RHYTHM AND BLUES AND NEW
ORLEANS JAZZ AND I DECIDED VERY
YOUNG THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO
BE. SO I LEFT SCHOOL WHEN I WAS
17. I GOT ON A PLANE AND CAME
TO NEW ORLEANS AND I WAS FORTY
YEARS AGO THIS MONTH AND NOW
YOU GUYS ARE JOINING US TODAY
BECAUSE OF COURSE THINGS ARE
LOOKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
WITH THE PANDEMIC GOING ON. BUT
YOU GUYS ARE STILL BEING ABLE
TO MAKE MUSIC VIRTUALLY PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO BE JOINING YOU FOR
THAT VIRTUAL CELEBRATION. TELL
US ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN
EXPECT, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO
LOOK LIKE AND HOW IS IT GOING
TO BE DIFFERENT FROM YEARS
PAST? IVAN, LET'S START THE
SHOULD BE FUN. WE DON'T KNOW
HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK. YOU'LL
SEE BOTH OF US PLAYING SOME
KEYBOARDS, PIANOS AND WHATNOT
WILL BE PLAYING SOME MUSIC THAT
WE LOVE SOME STUFF, SOME MARDI
GRAS MUSIC AND SOME DIFFERENT A
COUPLE OF SONGS AND ORIGINAL
SONGS AND SOME STUFF. IT'S JUST
GOING TO BE A FUN TIME PLAYING
TOGETHER TO GUYS GET RESPECT
EACH OTHER'S TAKE ON ALL
OF THIS STUFF AND LIKE YOU SAID
,JOHN, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU COME
YOU COME FROM ENGLAND, YOU COME
OVER HERE AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE
40 YEARS AND HE'S MADE ENOUGH
GUMBO AND RED BEANS AND RICE
AND ALL THAT. SO HE'S ONE
OF US. SO THERE YOU GO. HE'S
JOINED THE GROUP. JOHN AND
JOHN, GIVE US A LITTLE FOOD AT
FOOD ATTORNEY INTO A REAL NEW
ORLEANS. SO IF YOU EAT ENOUGH
FOR THAT YEAH. JOHN, HOW DID
YOU GUYS COME TO JOIN TOGETHER?
HOW DID YOU JOIN FORCES THAT WE
BUILD ON EACH OTHER FOR A LONG
TIME? YOU KNOW, NEW ORLEANS IS
A SMALL CITY BUT EVERY TIME
THAT MUSICAL COMMUNITY BUT THEY
SAY, YOU KNOW, PIANO PLAYERS
RARELY GET TO PLAY TOGETHER AND
THAT'S KIND OF TRUE. YOU WANT
PEOPLE PLAY BAND AND WE'RE
ALWAYS WORKING ON THE SAME
NIGHT. SO FOR US IT'S A KIND
OF A NOVELTY REALLY TO GET
TOGETHER AND PLAY. SO AS
FRIENDS AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO
THE SAME JOB, IT'S A RARE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SO ENJOY
EACH OTHER'S MUSICAL COMPANY
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN TONIGHT REALLY. BUT YOU
FIVE WELL WE JUST GOING TO MAKE
IT UP AS WE GO ALONG AND HAVE A
BIT OF A PARTY AND HOPEFULLY
WE'LL HAVE LISTENERS ON THE BIG
WIDE WORLD TO JOIN IN AND GET
SOME OF THE MARDI GRAS GROUPS.
ALL RIGHT. PRETTY EXCITING
TONIGHT AT 6:00 PM IVIN JOHN,
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US
ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. WE'VE
GOT ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT IN THE
SHOW AND BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK,
I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT
MINUTE TO GIVE US A LITTLE
TASTE OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
TONIGHT. YEAH, GO