thus spake drake: Treme "At the Foot of Canal Street": Always for Pleasure

It was an embarrassment of riches, as far as music goes. In fact, if "At the Foot of Canal Street" had a fault, it's that there's perhaps too many cameos and name drops of musicians throughout (beyond a lagniappe). Mentioned, but not heard or seen are Al Hirt, Tommy Tate, Terrence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Christian Scott, Donald Harrison, the Balfa Brothers (I guess we can count Janet Jackson, Beyonce and Bernie Williams) and then there are cameos from Steve Earle with son Justin Townes Earle (pictured below), McCoy Tyner (with the "powerful left hand"), trombonist Glen David Andrews, pianist Joe Krown, John Boutte (who sings the theme song).

Trumpeter Al Hirt was believed to have been hit in the lip by a bit of concrete tossed during the Bacchus parade during Mardi Gras in 1970. Saturday Night Live's long lost 1977 Mardi Gras episode had some fun with it.

Favorite musically oriented line, though, comes from Delmond on doing a New Orleans tour with Donald Harrison: "Portland, Oregon? I played Portland before, nice folks. But you know they clap on the one and three?"

Final line from Antoine ("New Orleans is always for pleasure,") is a nod to the 1977 Les Blank documentary Always For Pleasure, which served as inspiration to creators David Simon and Eric Overmyer.