Weekly Beat: OffBeat's Best of The Beat Sweepstakes Winner Announced, RIP Tabby Thomas, Clark Vreeland, Noise Ordinance Update and More

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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 1 JANUARY 2, 2014 New Orleans and Louisiana's Music and Culture Newsletter In This Issue BEST OF THE BEAT VOTING NOW OPEN! MOJO MOUTH THIS WEEK ON OFFBEAT.COM NEWS YOU CAN USE OFFBEAT LIVE SHOW PICKS OF THE WEEK PODCAST: CALVIN JOHNSON JR. LOUISIANA MUSIC ON TOUR NEW ALBUMS  SUBSCRIBE  concerts  restaurants Our Sponsors HEADLINE BEST OF THE BEAT 2013 WEEKEND SWEEPSTAKES WINNER ANNOUNCED! OffBeat congratulates Jim Lehrman and wife Virginia of Austin, TX on winning the "Visit New Orleans" 2013 Best of the Beat sweepstakes. Jim and Virginia will travel to New Orleans, compliments of Visit New Orleans, OffBeat and the sweepstakes sponsors, for Best of the Beat Music Awards weekend. Read more...  Don't forget to vote for your favorite Best of the Beat 2013 Music Awards nominees by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 10. Public voting is now open here.  Purchase your Best of the Beat Music Awards show tickets online now through January 17 and receive $5 off tickets. Performance line-up and more here.  SAVE THE DATE: Best of the Beat 2013 Awards are Saturday, January 18 at Generations Hall!   MOJO MOUTH: A BLOG Jan Ramsey, OffBeat Publisher and Editor-in-Chief FANATICS WHO WANT POWER RUIN IT FOR NEW ORLEANS MUSIC   I hope you had a stunning, happy and not-too-drunk New Year's Eve, and you ate your black-eyed peas and greens on New Year's Day (for luck and money).   It's a brand-new year in New Orleans, but we're still fighting to keep live music alive here in our fair city. It galls me how a few residents can have such sway over the politics of an entire city, especially as it relates to live music.   OFFBEAT.COM AT A GLANCE RIP CLARK VREELAND Famed New Orleans guitarist dies at 62.   Clark Vreeland was one-of-a-kind. Were you one of the lucky ones who got to see him perform with the Rhapsodizers at Luigi's near UNO before the band transmogrified into the Radiators?  Vreeland passed away from cancer on December 26 at a hospice center near Atlanta, GA. He was an instrumental musician, songwriter and bandleader key to New Orleans' rock heritage. Read more...       MORE @ A GLANCE:   P-Funk had a ball at Tipitina's last weekend. City Council signs "Seven Essentials Plan" as base document for the new New Orleans noise ordinance.  New Orleans Musicians Clinic to lose Medicaid funding beginning January 1, Big Chief Bo Dollis urges you to donate now.  New Orleans Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness distributes $42,000 to 15 local charities to help fight hunger and homelessness.  Donate your old beater to the WWOZ charity car donation program this month!     Treme Blog: Season 4, Episode 5 Recap: A Tale of Two Cities - Series Finale in Review by John Swenson PHOTO GALLERY:    George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at Tipitina's by Elsa Hahne    FEATURED VIDEO:    Zachary Richard - "Laisse Le Vent Souffler"    NEWS YOU CAN USE BLUES HERO TABBY THOMAS DIES AT 84 King of Swamp Blues, Rockin' Tabby Thomas. OffBeat regrets to report that Tabby Thomas, renowned blues pioneer and founder of famed Baton Rouge blues club, Tabby's Blues Box, passed away early on New Year's Day, just days before his 85th birthday.  Read more...    MORE NEWS:   Get Involved! Help shape the new New Orleans noise ordinance and preserve New Orleans live music traditions: attend this Friday's MACCNO citizens meeting (January 3 at 4 p.m.) and January 9's City Council hearing.    Celebrate Pat Jolly's bornday with silly hats on Saturday, January 4 at Cafe Istanbul.  All-star line-up announced for Cyril Neville's lifetime achievement award tribute at the Best of the Beat Awards.  OFFBEAT CONCERT PICKS Ani DiFranco is at House of Blues on Saturday, January 4. OFFBEAT DAILY PICKS OF THE WEEK Thursday 2: Irene Sage  at the Apple Barrel. Friday 3: Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole at the Howlin' Wolf. Saturday 4: Dr. Michael White at the Little Gem Saloon. Sunday 5: John Rankin at Snug Harbor. Monday 6: Jon Cleary  and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen  at the Maple Leaf.  Tuesday 7: Khari Allen Lee and Gregoy Agid performing the music of Harold Battiste and Alvin Batiste at Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse. Wednesday 8: John Fohl and Johnny Sansone at Chickie Wah Wah. Check out all of OffBeat's  CONCERT PICKS OF THE WEEK     View OffBeat's COMPLETE CONCERT CALENDAR PRINT ISSUE feature spotlight The 2013 CDs you MUST have - as selected by OffBeat critics and editors. OFFBEAT WRITERS NAME THEIR MUST-HAVE CDs of 2013   Overall, we've named the magazine's top Louisiana CDs of 2013. But our writers have their personal picks for top CDs of the year too.   Check them out here.   Thanks for reading this issue of  the Weekly Beat.   Please forward it to a friend who loves New Orleans music and culture!   OffBeat loves your input and feedback.  Please email comments to us at: WeeklyBeat@OffBeat.com, and please include your email as we may need your permission to publish your kudos, comments and criticisms. stay connected January 2014: Cyril Neville COVER STORY This issue of OffBeat honors our Lifetime Achievement in Music recipients, and is OffBeat's "Best of The Year" edition. The Lifetime Achievement recipients include Cyril Neville (Music); Jason Patterson (Music Education); Dr. Steve Price (HeartBeat Award) and Sherman Bernard (Music Business). Check out our editors' and writers' choices for Top CDs of 2013 here. BE IN THE KNOW If you can't find a copy of OffBeat at your nearest location, get in touch with us to get OffBeat distributed free in New Orleans in a rack near you. Please help us support OffBeat's great writers and photographers by subscribing to OffBeat now! It makes a great holiday gift for a friend who loves New Orleans. Look-Ka Py Py Podcast LAST WEEK: CALVIN  JOHNSON JR.    Last year, Calvin Johnson Jr. released his debut album, the stirring Jewel's Lullaby. Recently, he's followed up the effort with Native Son, an endeavor highlighted by Johnson's matchless soprano saxophone playing, its diverse list of performers and songs, and a shimmering rendition of his late uncle, Ralph Johnson's tune "Petit Fleur."   Tune in to hear Johnson talk about the significance of the New Orleans music family, his own upbringing and his new record...     Listen Here    Access all offbeat podcasts here louisiana music on tour Get the definitive list of Louisiana musicians performing outside New Orleans.   Jam Cruise 12 is leaving this Saturday from Miami, Florida performers include Bonerama, Galactic, Cyril Neville,  Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk,  Anders Osborne and the Revivalists (pictured).   new louisiana music recordings Get the latest info on new CDs and recordings from New Orleans and Louisiana musicians. Tuba Skinny  Pyramid Strut (Independent)     MUSICAL HISTORY LESSON Find out more about the  rich history of New Orleans and Louisiana's musical heritage in OffBeat's 26-year-deep archive. Journeyman guitarist Brian Stoltz has played with the likes of Bob Dyland, and the Neville Brothers and George Porter, Jr. in numerous bands. In this cover feature, Stoltz talks about his beloved Fender Stratocaster, and his life in music.  COLLECTIBLES   BUY THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.  Get a treasure trove of hand-selected old OffBeat issues PLUS mystery lagniappe collectibles in every box by  ordering our  "Pot Luck" special HERE. 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