A rare New Years night with the those hippies from "'N'awlins The Neville Brothers doing Iko Iko
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Some friends invited me to go New Years to see the Grateful Dead with NB's and this video actually has great quality , at this time these guys held all Touring box office records that even Michael Jackson , the Stones or U2 couldn't beat . So popular were they The Neville Brothers after this run were catapaulted into the national spotlight & their fortunes were truely made , especially Aaron Neville who then went solo with great success .
(Also Dr John's career was helped immensely when he took a turn opening & playing for them )
Though barely watched quality Youtube vid & maybe now drifting into legacy of past decades of musical eras , this would be as good a night as any to remember Jerry Garcia who was in top form & great spirits that evening, though not long for this world . Met pro basketball player Bill Walton , Ken Keysey , Waavy Gravy, lyricists Robert Hunter & John Barlow , some CEO's of Silicon Valley tech companies & out in the parking lot by an old friend & gem dealer's car up from Brazil , along came a fellow Doug Irwin introducing himself as the one that made the guitar Jerry's playing in the vid . And had a wonderful impromtu chat in a night filled with serendipty ...
Note: in the closeups of Garcia's guitar "Tiger" dueting with the NB's guitarist, went onto to sell for a world record of almost $1mil twice that of the next high seller which was "Brownie" that Eric Clapton played on Layla . (Irwin spent 1000's of hours in the making )
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