9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr

New Orleans has the best street dancers in the U.S. Every Sunday afternoon, hundreds of them take to the avenues to show what they got while the hottest brass bands in the country perform. Nell Rhee is one of the top second line strutters in our city. Here she is preparing to get down in the Holy Cross neighborhood.

9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr

Fruit Cup Man shows up at all the 9th Ward second lines. This being New Orleans, those delicious, healthy fruit cups are drenched in PGA. You won’t need more than one of them to get your mind right.

9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr

Listening to ZoeWithdaFlow’s collab with G-lep – “Paid Em Off” on Zoe’s latest mixtape. It’s already up on Youtube if you don’t have time to roll down to Mike’s on St Claude.

9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr

When I was a little kid about the age of the young boy in the photo I thought Fats Domino was the coolest man on the planet. I’d swoon when he came on the radio. “Reeling and Rocking” by Fats came out in 1952, and was the “b” side of the “Going Home” 45 on the Imperial label.

Musicians:

Fats Domino(v/p), Wendell Duconge(as), Robert “Buddy” Hagans(ts), Harrison Verrett(g), William “Billy” Diamond(b), Cornelius Coleman(d).
Producer: Al Young
Engineer: Cosimo Matassa