Spent
Brothers Productions
Gazette 140
THE HENDERSONS DO NEW ORLEANS
12-20 June 2015
16 June 2015
Jade's eye infection wasn't clearing, so we went to an urgent care clinic to consult a doctor* /
Sign outside doctor's surgery
After getting Jade's antibiotic eye drops we rode the Canal Street streetcar up to the overground Cemetries district
Jade & Sheila walking down Orleans Avenue to pick up the streetcar back to the Quarter /
Jade in the Chart Room
Picnic on the bank of the Mississippi / Dinner at Felix's - crawfish boil...
...blackened alligator & Oysters Rockefeller*
View of the hotel lobby whilst awaiting the nightly hot chocolate delivery
17 June 2015
Old Absinthe House* / Photoshootout in the bar
Sporting memoribilia in the bar / Sheila & Jade strolling in the French Quarter
Jade outside the premises at 523 Governor Nichol's St which housed Cosimo Matassa's second studio 1956-65, where he
recorded many classic tracks by Earl King, Professor Longhair, Aaron Neville, Dr John, Lee Dorsey, etc /
Sign on portable lavatory
The Spotted Cat Music Club, one of the numerous music venues on Frenchmen Street /
Jade & Sheila outside the premises at the corner of North Rampart & Dumaine streets which housed Cosimo Matassa's
first studio J & M Recording 1946-56, where he recorded many classic tracks by Fats Domino, Big Joe Turner,
Little Richard, Ray Charles, Aaron Neville, etc.
Photographs © Derek & Sheila Henderson 2015 except * © Jade Henderson 2015