I am stationed in Louisiana and will be going back to visit New Orleans for the long weekend. What are the Stones-related sites (besides the Superdome) there?

Thanks in advance!

None that I am aware of. Unless you want to go hang out at the Maple Leaf where Keith was interviewed during the Voodoo Lounge tour, which doesn't make any sense really other than to see it. Is that what you want to do? Horribly attended show too. Almost nobody went.

I would love to visit new Orleans it's # 1 on my list of places in USA.

Have a nice trip.

I live in New Orleans, and I wouldn't say that there are any Stones "landmarks" in the city.

If anything, New Orleans music had/has an influence on the Stones, so I would catch some live music while you are here.
You can start looking for gigs here: [www.offbeat.com]
Lots of other links on that site will help you with your visit.

The town of Gretna, just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, is having their annual festival this weekend.
You can see what's happening at GretnaFest here: [www.gretnafest.com]
If you go to the festival, I would take the Gretna Ferry from the foot of Canal Street to get there.
You can enjoy the ride along the river, and the ferry delivers you right to the festival.
Make sure the ferry you get on is going to Gretna.

The official New Orleans tourism site is here: [www.neworleansonline.com]

Have fun, but don't get Bourbon-faced on Shit Street!

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None that I am aware of. Unless you want to go hang out at the Maple Leaf where Keith was interviewed during the Voodoo Lounge tour, which doesn't make any sense really other than to see it. Is that what you want to do? Horribly attended show too. Almost nobody went.

94 show had low attendance,however - 80,000 in 78, 87,500 in 81 and a 55,000 sellout in 89. Not bad.

BTW, if you find yourself doing laundry, stop by The Clothes Spin on the corner of Dumaine & N. Rampart.
This is the location of the original J&M Music Shop, where many of the great R&B artists of the 40s & 50s recorded.
Jerry Lee Lewis made his first recording here as well.

The "dryer room" is where the studio was.
A really small room considering the equipment, including a piano that was squeezed in there.

You might find me using the machines in there this weekend.

Ok, thanks for the info! I passed by the Clothes Spin by chance the first time I was there. Bourbon Street...been there, done that...I prefer the rest of French Quarter and the Garden District. Going to check out that website now...

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BTW, if you find yourself doing laundry, stop by The Clothes Spin on the corner of Dumaine & N. Rampart.
This is the location of the original J&M Music Shop, where many of the great R&B artists of the 40s & 50s recorded.
Jerry Lee Lewis made his first recording here as well.

The "dryer room" is where the studio was.
A really small room considering the equipment, including a piano that was squeezed in there.

You might find me using the machines in there this weekend.

Is that the place near Hula Mae's launderette and some weird Voodoo church opposite Louis Armstrong Park on Canal St? Cosimo Matassa's studio?

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None that I am aware of. Unless you want to go hang out at the Maple Leaf where Keith was interviewed during the Voodoo Lounge tour, which doesn't make any sense really other than to see it. Is that what you want to do? Horribly attended show too. Almost nobody went.

94 show had low attendance,however - 80,000 in 78, 87,500 in 81 and a 55,000 sellout in 89. Not bad.

So what was the attendance for the 94 show?

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BTW, if you find yourself doing laundry, stop by The Clothes Spin on the corner of Dumaine & N. Rampart.
This is the location of the original J&M Music Shop, where many of the great R&B artists of the 40s & 50s recorded.
Jerry Lee Lewis made his first recording here as well.

The "dryer room" is where the studio was.
A really small room considering the equipment, including a piano that was squeezed in there.

You might find me using the machines in there this weekend.

Is that the place near Hula Mae's launderette and some weird Voodoo church opposite Louis Armstrong Park on Canal St? Cosimo Matassa's studio?

That is the place. New owner, new name.

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BTW, if you find yourself doing laundry, stop by The Clothes Spin on the corner of Dumaine & N. Rampart.
This is the location of the original J&M Music Shop, where many of the great R&B artists of the 40s & 50s recorded.
Jerry Lee Lewis made his first recording here as well.

The "dryer room" is where the studio was.
A really small room considering the equipment, including a piano that was squeezed in there.

You might find me using the machines in there this weekend.

Is that the place near Hula Mae's launderette and some weird Voodoo church opposite Louis Armstrong Park on Canal St? Cosimo Matassa's studio?

That is the place. New owner, new name.

Why do ya' washing at a lauderette..when ya' can just buy a washing machine and do it at home like we all do down here..gee finding the time and with the hassle pissing around at some lauderette..it'll be different if ya' on holiday or something

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Why do ya' washing at a lauderette..when ya' can just buy a washing machine and do it at home like we all do down here

I have a very small flat and no plumbing for a washing machine, but that launderette is a big step up from banging my dirty clothes on the rocks by the river!

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Why do ya' washing at a lauderette..when ya' can just buy a washing machine and do it at home like we all do down here

I have a very small flat and no plumbing for a washing machine, but that launderette is a big step up from banging my dirty clothes on the rocks by the river!

Lauderettes are very American they seen to be in alot of ya' TV programmes

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None that I am aware of. Unless you want to go hang out at the Maple Leaf where Keith was interviewed during the Voodoo Lounge tour, which doesn't make any sense really other than to see it. Is that what you want to do? Horribly attended show too. Almost nobody went.

94 show had low attendance,however - 80,000 in 78, 87,500 in 81 and a 55,000 sellout in 89. Not bad.

So what was the attendance for the 94 show?

19,000. Close to that. U2 came through three years later and had maybe 25,000. Neither have been back and probably never will.

When the Stones were profiled on 60 MINUTES awhile back they were hitting—on camera—some New Orleans spots. Charlie and Keith visited a New Orleans club. Mick sang in a parade on the street with Ed Bradley tagging along. If you could track that piece down maybe you could place the New Orleans locations in it.

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None that I am aware of. Unless you want to go hang out at the Maple Leaf where Keith was interviewed during the Voodoo Lounge tour, which doesn't make any sense really other than to see it. Is that what you want to do? Horribly attended show too. Almost nobody went.

94 show had low attendance,however - 80,000 in 78, 87,500 in 81 and a 55,000 sellout in 89. Not bad.

So what was the attendance for the 94 show?

19,000. Close to that. U2 came through three years later and had maybe 25,000. Neither have been back and probably never will.

Thanks. Any idea why such a huge drop of popularity occurred suddenly?

BTW: I think the Stones were going to play there in 2005 but the show was canceled due to Katrina.

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When the Stones were profiled on 60 MINUTES awhile back they were hitting—on camera—some New Orleans spots. Charlie and Keith visited a New Orleans club. Mick sang in a parade on the street with Ed Bradley tagging along. If you could track that piece down maybe you could place the New Orleans locations in it.

I'm pretty sure the club Keith & Charlie visited was Cafe Brasil, no longer in operation.
The second-line parade, I believe was in the Treme neighborhood, adjacent to the French Quarter.

I remember hearing Mick was spotted at the old Rock-n-Bowl years ago, but that has since moved to a new location.
Mick was also spotted at an Uptown club some time ago, but I can't remember the name of the place.

IMO, a Stone simply visiting a club or whatever, does not qualify that place as a "landmark" unless, of course, YOU happen to be there when they walk in.

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BTW: I think the Stones were going to play there in 2005 but the show was canceled due to Katrina.

Yes. BV had a rumored date in March, 2006 listed at the New Orleans Arena, but took it down just days after the hurricane hit the city.

As it turns out, there was an event at the Arena that day in March, 2006.....of all things, a Billy Graham Crusade.
I think I'll put that on the Stones/irony thread.

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So what was the attendance for the 94 show?

19,000. Close to that. U2 came through three years later and had maybe 25,000. Neither have been back and probably never will.

Ah, but we have the New Orleans Arena now!

Before that, the next largest arena in the city sat about 5000-6000.