NOJO - and Haley - on the West Coast - Nov 2014

[Tom22]

I tried to film half of Casey's show november 13th and when I tried to prop up my phone discretely, it immediately fell between a crack of the cushion of the booth seat. Not only poor video but no video...not a matter of not holding my camera steady but of dropping the phone entirely and losing it ! I couldn't dismantle the booth to get it back till after the show. I did get 30 minutes of pretty good audio (likely because I couldn't touch anything) with it under there till it shut off itself right after the last song before the encore.

Hats off to you guys again ! there is no limit to how much worse someone can do evidently.

[Swansteel]

^^LOL. This is sad but funny, Tom. Thanks for the chuckle!

[Tusk]

This review gave Haley more credit than another I saw

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra give the VPAC one of the most entertaining performances yet

The night continued, the crowd enjoyed a special guest appearance by American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart as she sang her soulful version of “Come Rain or Come Shine” to much applause.

Nice to see Irvin perform “May He Rest in Peace,”, that song stuck out for me when I heard it first at Carnegie Hall. I think I read that Irvin has never recorded it.
(The name changes for the song, at Carnegie Hall, he said the song's name was "May His Soul Rest in Peace" tho the reporter might've got it wrong)

[john]

Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra bring down the house!


...Some of your favorite songs were also on the set list including Duke Ellington’s “Star Crossed Lovers,” featuring Jeronne Ansari and “Come Rain or Come Shine” which was sung commendably by American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart....

http://www.axs.com/news/irvin-mayfield-t...ouse-29650

[Tusk]

Yeah, that review, "sung commendably"

(I can picture her passing out "participation ribbons" )

[john]

A couple days ago I played the MHSRIP video and found your visuals touching. I imagine it brought a tear to Mayfield's eye if he saw it. And you gave the info about his club at the end. Lots of nice touches, Tusk. Bravo. I think I watched it when you first posted it, but I feel more of a connection now.

[Tusk]

A couple days ago I played the MHSRIP video and found your visuals touching. I imagine it brought a tear to Mayfield's eyes if he saw it. And you gave the info about his club at the end. Lots of nice touches, Tusk. Bravo.

Thx , as a matter of fact... it was an investment I didn't know I was making.....

Other than Haley's performances at Carnegie Hall, This song truly did stick out for me. It was an obvious choice if I were going to post a non Haley song from that show. The problem was it was a looooong song, 10 minutes (Including Irvin's dedication). What was I going to do visually for that much time? So I did some photoshopping of found images, which meant I started learning more and more about Katrina, and the circumstances surrounding the death of Irvin's Father. Which then lead to the creation of the trumpet named after the street where his Father's body was found.

Suddenly, I had a story to tell. While the beginning of the song was somber intoning the tragedy of Katrina, the second half of the song was more upbeat, hopeful... the story practically wrote itself, the mourning for the Father to the creation and inscription on the Trumpet dedicating it to his Father. It was Irvin's magical item, his call to arms as it were. ( Big Fan of Campbell's "The Hero's Journey)

It was the story of Death then Rebirth, turning tragedy to inspiration, which was the message/tenor of the song

Anyway, cut to the Wednesday at Irvin's PlayHouse, at the break after his first set, I got to talking to Irvin, I told him about MHSRIP, how the first time I heard it at Carnegie, it made such an impact on me leading me to make the video which lead me to learning about his Father and the Elysian trumpet.

He raised one eyebrow, "That was You?" He had retweeted that video before. When NOJO performed in Russia, I had a bump of Russian viewers, they had searched the song out because it was performed on a Russian TV show (video's been taken down) I think knowing that about me, that even though I was Haley's fan, I had something of a knowledge about him, bothered to do some research.... I think that maybe went a long way to form his opinion and comfort level of me possibly influencing what was to happen the rest of my time in NOLA

It's all connected somehow, I'm just enjoying the ride