Who Dat: New Orleans Party Songs

by Who Dat: New Orleans Party Song

Overview

Who Dat: New Orleans Party Songs is a collection of upbeat New Orleans party songs, at least on the surface. It's also a thinly veiled set of funky second line chants in support of the NFL's New Orleans Saints football team. But that's not all. It's also an exploration of the utilitarian street use of that old chestnut spiritual "When the Saints Go Marching In," which is deconstructed and reconfigured here in all sorts of ways. The "Who Dat" chant has deep New Orleans jazz roots, and became the rough template for the "Who Dey" chant that fans of the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals adopted in 1981. The chant was further popularized as "Who Dat" by Louisiana State University football fans a year later, and by Saints fans the year after that. While all of that is somewhat interesting, what makes this a very special cultural phenomenon is the hijacking of "When the Saints Go Marching In" into the equation, and the result is a pretty cool and funky set of jazzy chants that carries a ton of New Orleans DNA in its veins, and while it may be about a football team on the surface, there's 200 years of musical history bubbling just beneath. With all that said, this set is darn near irresistible, regardless of where one stands on the merits of saints marching in or running a quarterback draw on third and long. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	11/07/2006
Label:	MARDI GRAS RECORDS
UPC:	0096094100726

Tracks

1. Who Dat?  -  Neville
2. I Believe (Go Saints, All the Way)  -  Harrison Avenue
3. The Saints Will March Again  - Ray Johnson
4. Second Line  -  Stop Incorporated
5. Dat's Mardi Gras  -  Cuccia
6. Do Whatcha Wanna  -  Rebirth Brass Band
7. Are You a Who Dat?  -  Grothues
8. The History of the Saints  - Steve James
9. The Strike Song  -  Lafrance
10. Dat "Who Dat?" Jazz  -  Olympia Brass Band
11. A Who Dat Christmas  -  Who Dat Childrens Choir
12. They All Asked for You  -  Rockin' Dopsie Jr.
13. When the Saints Go Marching In  -  Rebirth Brass Band

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rebirth Brass Band   Primary Artist
Steve James   Primary Artist
Ray Johnson   Primary Artist
Olympia Brass Band   Primary Artist
Stop Inc.   Primary Artist
Harrison Avenue   Primary Artist
Rockin' Dopsie Jr.   Primary Artist
Andy Lafrance   Primary Artist
Charlie Cuccia   Primary Artist
Mike Grothues   Primary Artist
Who Dat Childrens Choir   Primary Artist
Aaron Neville & The Singing Saints   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Warren Hildebrand   Executive Producer