Mardi Gras Folk Songs

Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday" in French) falls 47 days before Easter, which works out to between February 3 and March 9. It is a popular holiday in the South, especially New Orleans. Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the last day to "live it up" before Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday.

"Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez" Let the Good Times Roll

Dates of Mardi Gras:

2011 	March 8 	  	2018 	February 13
2012 	February 21 	  	2019 	March 5
2013 	February 12 	  	2020 	February 25
2014 	March 4 	  	2021 	February 16
2015 	February 17 	  	2022 	March 1
2016 	February 9 	  	2023 	February 21
2017 	February 28 	  	2024 	February 13
[played 2008]
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band\ Mardi Gras In New Orleans\ Collection\ Shout Factory
Tim O'Brien\ House Of The Risin' Sun\ Cornbread Nation\ Sugar Hill
Doug Kershaw\ Louisiana Man\ Diggy Diggy Lo\ Susie Q
Lucinda Williams\ Crescent City\ Lucinda Williams\ Koch
Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard\ Mardi Gras Jig\ Under A Green Oak Tree\ Arhoolie
The Dixie Stompers\ When The Saints Go Marching In\ Stock Yard Strut\ Delmark
Jimmie Rodgers\ My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans\ The Early Years, 1928 - 1929\ Rounder
Dave Van Ronk\ St. James Infirmary\ Two Sides Of Dave Van Ronk\ Fantasy
Del Rey\ Going Back To New Orleans\ When the Levee Breaks\ Hobemian

[new to me]
Mardi Gras in New Orleans \ FATS DOMINO \ They Call Me the Fat Man \ Imperial
Lisa Haley & the Zydekats   Mardi Gras
    Waiting for the Sky...    lhz
Snooks Eaglin    I Went to Mardi Gras
    Soul's Edge   Black Top
CJ Chenier    Zydeco Mardi Gras
    Step It Up!    Alligator
TOMMY MALONE -- Fat Tuesday -- Soul Heavy -- Louisiana Red Hot Records
SAVOY-DOUCET CAJUN BAND -- Mardi Gras Jig -- Sam's Big Rooster -- Dejan's Olympia Brass Band/ Mardi Gras in N. O./ Best of New Orleans Jazz
Bobby Charles/ Walking to N. O./ Wish You Were Here Right Now - Arhoolie
DAVID & ROSELYN -- Carnival (Throw Me Something, Mister) -- Carnivale
MIKE WEST & MYSHKIN -- Mardi Gras Song -- Redneck Riviera -- Binky
MARY GAUTHIER/Mama Louisianna/Dixie Kitchen/In the Black
BEAU JOCQUE & THE ZYDECO HI-ROLLERS - Beau's Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras In New Orleans (Rounder)
GARY COMEAU - Home of the Mardi Gras
Letters From Eve (Monkeyboy)

[old favorites]
Norman Blake & Tony Rice\ It's Raining Here This Morning\ 2\ Rounder
Digney Fignus\ Trouble On The Levee\ Trouble On The Levee\ Self
John Stewart\ New Orleans\ The Day the River Sang\ Appleseed
Beausoleil\ La Chanson de Mardi Gras\ Live! From the Left Coast\ Rounder
Rosie Ledet\ New Orleans Mardi Gras\ Zesty Zydeco\ Maison de Soul
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys\ La Danse de New Orleans\ La Toussaint\ Rounder
Queen Ida\ Mardi Gras!\ Mardi Gras!\ GNP
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys\ Instrumental: Mardi Gras Jig/Scott Playboy Special\ 'Tit Galop Pour Mamou\ Rounder

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