Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes Bring NOLA Funk, New Year's Cheer, to The Green Parrot

Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes, one of the hottest emerging bands on the fertile New Orleans music scene bring their special brand of NOLA funk to the Green Parrot with shows at 5:30 and 10 PM on Friday, December 31st, 5:30 and 10 PM on Saturday, January 1st,and 5:30 PM on Sunday, January 2nd.
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Be there for the 10 PM New Years Eve show, join your friends for a champagne toast and help these Sons of The Crescent City ring in the New Year and party into the wee hours as only they can,

David Fricke of Rolling Stone recently had this to say about Johnny
Sketch and The Dirty Notes: "The band's Jazz Fest set was a
revelation...jam band bonhomie and Louisiana stroll spiced with
klezmer-style violin and funeral-parade horns...what you get if Phish
had been born at Tipitina's and studied under George Clinton and Frank
Zappa late every night on the levee."
The six-piece, classically trained Crescent City Funk/Rock band is
schooled in making the house ROCK! From a calm, funky groove to a full
blown frenzy at the drop of a hat. JSDN rocks the house, every time,
all the time.

Since it's inception in 2001, JohnnySketch & The Dirty Notes (JSDN)
has gained a loyal following in a competitive New Orleans music scene.
Most recently, JohnnySketch and the Dirty Notes won Offbeat
Magazine's "Best of the Beat" award for best emerging band in the
Funk/R&B category. Their unique FUNK/ROCK style blends guitar, violin
and harmonica with a hard driving rhythm section reminiscent of the
Radiators' swamp funk added to the punchy horns of Tower Of Power.
It did not take long for these young musicians to land slots in
most of New Orleans' prominent live music clubs. On the strength of
those performances, JSDN was added to the roster of many notable
festivals and special events. JSDN's debut album, Bandicoot
was voted by Offbeat Magazine as 2003 Best Rock Album by a Louisiana
Artist. This award was a flattering follow up to winning the 2002
Best of the Beat Award for Best Emerging Roots Rock Band. JSDN was
also voted Best Rock Band in 2003 for The Big Easy Entertainment
Awards.

In essence, JSDN is a classically trained tight unit.
All of the members studied music in college, but a night with JSDN is
very different than a night at the symphony. They combine the manic
energy of 1980s Fishbone with Deep South soul. It is this energy that
fuels the crowd into an enthusiastic frenzy, and the band has been
known to jump into that frenzy head first (sometimes literally).
The Green Parrot, your Southermost Center for NOLA Culture at the
corner of Southard and Whitehead Streets. For more information call
The Green Parrot at 294-6133.

Green Parrot Parties "Local-Style"

The Green Parrot was flattered to find themselves mentioned in Florida Travel and Life Magazine as one of only five"insider' local spots in Key West. We hope to always retain that distinction.
We found ourselves in good company being mentioned along with with Virgilio's, just around the corner, and our friend Pete's Seven Fish restuarant on Olivia St being listed as other "off the beaten path" treasures.
In mentioning The Parrot as a "quintessential local dive bar", (we'll accept that) they included a great photo of some late-night Green Parrot music action but did not mention that the band on stage in that photo was our good friends from New Orleans, Aaron Wilkerson and Chris Mullet's Honey Island Swamp Band.

Green Parrot Christmas Party Tonight 9 PM

The Annual Green Parrot Christmas Party is tonight at 9 PM featuring musical guests The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn, a vist from Santa and a live broadcast from Bill Hoebee. Don't miss it.

Green Parrot January and February 2011 Cultural Calendar

Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes

Green Parrot January 2011 Entertainment Calendar

Saturday, January 1st, 5:30 PM soundcheck and 10 PM show, Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes
Sunday, January 2nd, 5:30 PM soundcheck Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes

Thursday, January 6th,10 PM show Eric Lindell
Friday, January 7th, 5:30 PM soundcheck and 10 PM show, Eric Lindell
Saturday, January 8th, 10 PM show, Eric LindellEric Lindell Last Time at The Parrot

Monday, January 10th, 5:30 and 10 PM, Greensky Bluegrass
Tuesday, January 11th, 5:30 and 10 PM, Greensky BluegrassGreensky Blugrass

Friday, January 14th, 5:30 PM soundcheck, 10 PM show The Carter Brothers
Saturday, January 15th, 5:30 PM soundcheck, the Carter BrothersThe Carter Brothers

Saturday, January 15th, 10 PM show, The Spam Allstars
Sunday, January 16th, 5:30 PM soundcheck Biscuit Miller
Sunday, January 16th, 10 PM show, The Spam AllstarsThe Spam Allstars

Wednesday, January 19th, Barry Cuda and Mitch Woods 10 PM show

Friday, January 21st, Festivus, 5:30 PM Soundcheck, 10 PM show
Saturday,January 22nd, Festivus,5:30 PM Soundcheck, 10 PM show
Sunday, January 23rd, 5:30 soundcheck TBA

Thursday, January 27th 10 PM show Bryan Lee
Friday, January 28th 5:30 PM soundcheck 10 PM show Bryan Lee
Saturday,January 29th,The Stray Dogs, 10 PM show

Green Parrot February 2011 Entertainment Calendar

Thursday, February 3rd, Piper Road Spring Band 5:30 & 10 P.M.


Friday, February 4th, J.P. Soars, 5:30 and 10 P.M.
Saturday, February 5th,J.P. Soars,5:30 and 10 P.M.
Sunday,February 6th, Moose and The Bulletproof Band 5:30 P.M.

Friday, February 11th, Sol Driven Train, 5:30 and 10 P.M.
Saturday, February 12th, Paul Cebar, 5:30 and 10P.M.
Sunday, February 13th, Paul Cebar, 5:30 P.M.


Friday, February 18th, Ever So Klever, 5:30 and 10 P.M.
Saturday, February 19th, Suenalo 10 P.M.
Sunday, February 20th, Suenalo Jam Session 5:30 and Suenao 10 P.M

Friday, February 25th, TBA, 5:30 and 10 P.M.
Saturday, February 26th,TBA 5:30 and 10 P.M.


Sunday, February 27th TBA 5:30P.M.

Avant-garde musician Captain Beefheart Dies

Avant-garde musician Captain Beefheart died this morning in California from complications of multiple sclerosis. He was 69.

An all-time favorite of rock critics — and known to readers of lists of the best rock albums of all time as the guy with the hat and the fish face — Beefheart earned a reputation for making challenging music. But his work was, at its root, well-executed blues-based rock.

His given name was Don Vliet — he added a Van in between his first and last names later. He was one of those musicians who sold fewer records than his best-known fans: Tom Waits, members of R.E.M. and New Order are just a few of dozens. The late British DJ John Peel called Beefheart a true genius, possibly the only one rock ever produced.

Read Ben Ratliff's entire New York Times obituary here.

Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, with the guitarist Jeff Morris Tepper in 1980.

Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio Brings Post-Bop Jazz, Muscle Shoals Soul, Epic Rock to Green Parrot

The Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio returns to The Green Parrot stage
with shows at 5:30 and 10 P.M. on Friday and Saturday, December 17th and 18th.

Bobby Lee Rodgers taps into the primal mojo of '50s pioneers embellished with the captivating twists & turns of post-bop jazz, Muscle Shoals soul, fleet fingered acoustic picking, and huge scale epic rock.

A stellar songwriter, vocalist and guitarist, Bobby Lee Rodgers was for years the mainstay of The Codetalkers, a jazz, rock and roll band whose music has been described as a mix of jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass and funk with improvised jams being the main theme in their live performances. Some of their unique sound comes from their use of a rotating Leslie cabinet used for Rodgers' guitar.
Rodgers high level of playing has attracted luminaries like guitarist Jimmy Herring (Phil Lesh, The Dead) and Hubert Sumlin (Howlin’ Wolf), who have toured with him. Other guests include Allman Brothers Derek Trucks & Warren Haynes, Phish’s Mike Gordon, Susan Tedeschi, jazz pianist Art Lande, Joe Craven (Psychograss/David Grisman Quintet) and violin giant Vassar Clements.
His mountain of positive press includes a recent interview on NPR's “Morning Edition.
The Green Parrot
Bar is your Southernmost Center for Culture, at the corner of
Whitehead and Southard Streets.
For additional information call The Green Parrot at 294-6133