Word: catfish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Here some of dey t'ings, doll, dey ain't got on dat men-you: Jumbalay', Crawfish Etouffe, Boudin, Red Beans and Rice, Pee-cohn Pie (wid plenny o'shoo-gar!), Shrimp Po' Boys, Dixie Beer, Catfish, Dirty Rice, Snappy-Gator Tail with Jolie Blon Beer, Potato Pirogue, Tasso, Pralines, and ol' Zydeco records. You know dee ones - Clifton Chenier. Zachary Richard. Rockin' Dopsie. All dem people...
...characters and settings; almost the whole second act takes place on a kind of Kittiwah Island. But instead of Gershwin's "lampblack Negroisms," as Ellington aptly called them, Queenie Pie has the authentic sass and soul of black America. This is what really happened to Bess after she left Catfish Row. Following its three-week run in Philadelphia, Queenie Pie moves to Washington's Kennedy Center for a month. After that, there ought to be a boat that is leaving for New York City. Are you listening, Broadway...
...York, he likes to slip out on the street and play a tune or two because you can pick up cash quickly that way. Then he got his guitar, an expensive Martin, and after making sure there were no women in earshot, he swung into Catfish Blues, a song so lowdown nasty he said "I ain't gon' give you too much." Most of the verses were difficult to understand -- there was something about "belly to belly" and "skin to skin" in the middle there -- but it did sound downright filthy nonetheless. It gave you the feeling you had been...
...Merigold he looked in on a white blues band called the Tangents and ate catfish and hush puppies at the home of a musician called Catfish. On the radio a man was advertising a 75-ft. by 14-ft. mobile home for $1,000 down and $143 a month. "Don't worry about the wind 'cause Jesus said in the Scriptures let it be still," he said. Moreover, "I bought one. Still got one. I wouldn't have nothin' but one. When I trade this one, I'm gon' go down get another one. Praise God." In Clarksdale, White...
...Catfish Hunter...