On September 30, 2005, Walter "Wolfman" Washington played the Maple Leaf's first post-Katrina show in New Orleans. Owner Hank Staples remained in New Orleans to guard the bar and his other properties while vowing in interviews with to host the first concert in New Orleans after the storm. The Maple Leaf was closed for several weeks in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. JSTOR ( November 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Poems about it can be found in Mirror Wars and Shards by Nancy Harris, Body and Soul and Rhythm & Booze by Julie Kane The Everette Maddox Song Book, Bar Scotch, and American Waste by Everette Maddox and in the anthologies The Maple Leaf Rag (1980), The Maple Leaf Rag 15th Anniversary Anthology (1994), and Maple Leaf Rag III (2006). The Maple Leaf is thinly disguised in the Ellen Gilchrist short story "The Raintree Street Bar and Washerteria" (the bar used to contain a laundromat). The Krewe of OAK starts and ends its parades at the Maple Leaf, where it holds its Krewe Ball. The Maple Leaf hosts poetry readings and fashion shows. Poet Everette Maddox was so closely tied to the venue that his ashes are buried in the bar's patio area. Porter still holds a weekly, Monday night residency at the bar with his trio, featuring Terrence Houston, and Michael "Goldenthroat" Lemmler. In recent history, the bar has weekly hosted residencies from acts such as Tank and the Bangas, The Revivalists, George Porter Jr., Jon Cleary (musician) and Johnny Vidacovich. The bar has been an incubator for young bands formed by students at Tulane University, Loyola University, and the University of New Orleans. Musical styles represented include blues, funk, R&B, rock, zydeco, jazz, jam bands.įrequent performers have included James Booker, Rebirth Brass Band, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Henry Butler, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Papa Grows Funk, and The Radiators. The Society Jazz Band left in the summer of 1981 but have played there several times since then, including the 30th birthday party in 2004 and the 40th birthday party in 2014. Many of the old time musicians were featured, including members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. On the first night Andrew Hall's Society Jazz Band played and were there every Saturday for seven years. Opened on February 24, 1974, it is one of the longest continuing operations of New Orleans' music clubs with live performances seven nights a week. The Maple Leaf is on Oak Street in the Carrollton neighborhood. It is also a bar and hosts other events.īackground Rebirth Brass Band performing at the Maple Leaf on December 15, 2015 The Maple Leaf Bar is a music performance venue in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. JSTOR ( September 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įxterior view of the Maple Leaf on Oak Street in 2007.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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