Bop Bop New Orleans
Bop Bop New Orleans
This playful and fun ode to New Orleans culture is a danceable party of cross rhythms where Raveis' cheerful vocals make you feel like you're right there in the French Quarter enjoying soul food with your buddy Rocky P before heading back out to collect glass beads and listen to street-corner jazz.
Bop Bop New Orleans
Words and Music by Laurie Raveis & Dennis Kole
© ℗ 2023 Bop Records
Hey cher guitar, how about a lagniappe?
Meet me back at the secret den
I got a gris gris lucky charm, a good vibe talisman Let’s place it center stage on our float
Handmade fun notes and bop beanie hats
Glass beads, garden seeds, and salty crunchy snacks Fill up our signature bag of throws
Laissez les bon temps rouler
Who dat passing by my way
Where Y’at! That’s the Krewe of Bopitude
Bebop blows the horn so hot
Shake your tail like Little Bop
Rocky P. cooks up good for the soul food
Auntie Allie braids and bakes the brioche king cake Snowflake hides the coin, Stardust twirls her cape Royal fun with green purple gold, swing the beat
Carribean, Africa, Spain, c’est la vie France
Fuse with roots, jazz and blues, and native american chants Sound hangs in the humid air, New Orleans
Laissez les bon temps rouler
Who dat passing by my way
Where Y’at! That’s the Krewe of Bopitude
Bebop blows the horn so hot
Shake your tail like Little Bop
Rocky P. cooks up good for the soul food
Uncle Big Bop calls out from the cockpit of the float “Hold on, I’m revving it up, ready? here we go”
Float jerks, Chickie wiggles a mini twerk , whoooah
Laissez les bon temps rouler
Who dat passing by my way
Where Y’at! That’s the Krewe of Bopitude
Bebop blows the horn so hot
Shake your tail like Little Bop
Rocky P. cooks up good for the soul food
Laissez les bon temps rouler
Who dat passing by my way
Where Y’at! That’s the Krewe of Bopitude
Bebop blows the horn so hot
Shake your tail like Little Bop
Rocky P. cooks up good for the soul food
Bop Bop Bop, Bop Bop
Sync Licensing
Bop Bop New Orleans
ISRC: QZCTY2210006
UPC: 860007283093
Song Length: 4:14 minutes
Licensing: 100% Clear
Contact: Laurie & Dennis here
Music Credits
Laurie Raveis: Vocals, Gibson Acoustic Guitar, Collings Acoustic Guitar
Dennis Kole: BGVS, Takamine Classical Guitar
Words and Music by Laurie Raveis (BMI) and Dennis Kole (BMI)
Published by Bop Records, Raveis Kole, LLC (BMI)
Produced and Arranged by Laurie Raveis, Dennis Kole and Matt Smith
Recorded at Six String Ranch, Austin, TX and Bop Studios, Bellingham, WA
Mixed by Matt Smith, 6 String Ranch, Austin, TX
Mastered by Nick Landis, Austin, TX
Photography by Mark Turner
Album Cover by Awah (Laurie Raveis)
"Fat Tuesday vs "Where's the Beef" - Do You Know the Difference Between Mardi Gras and Carnival? Special treat: Join the krewe of Bopitude!"
Mardi Gras is synonymous with New Orleans, while Carnival is primarily associated with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - with both renowned for big, enthusiastic public parties with lots of music, colorful float parades, and flashy costumes.
Mardi Gras—is a world-famous New Orleans party/parade tradition complete with elaborate floats, historic krewes (many of which are secret societies), live bands, and lots of plastic beads—and is also known as “Fat Tuesday.” That’s because it was traditionally the last time for Roman Catholics to enjoy rich foods before Ash Wednesday, which kicks off the lean fasting season of Lent. The first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States is said to have occurred in what is now New Orleans in March 1699.
Although Mardi Gras is technically just one day within the carnival season, in most places, and especially in New Orleans, it’s now used to denote a period of up to one or two weeks preceding the grand culminating events which are held on Fat Tuesday.
What Is Carnival?
Carnival is loosely translated to “kiss your flesh goodbye” in Latin as in “time to give up meat” (instead of something more sinister!)
While the word “carnival” does encompass Mardi Gras, it also includes similar celebrations in other traditionally Roman Catholic countries such as Italy (i.e., Venice has an especially strong mask and costume tradition) - and they’re all part of the carnival season which begins on Three Kings’ Day (or the Feast of Epiphany, on Jan. 6) and ends on Ash Wednesday.
Some fun Mardi Gras expressions to liven up your Fat Tuesday:
“Beads and bling: It’s a Mardi Gras thing."
“We don’t hide the crazy. We parade it down the street."
“Let’s get jazzy.”
“Leave a little sparkle wherever you go.”
“New Orleans, new me.”
“Mardi on.”
"Everywhere else, it's just Tuesday."
This Fat Tuesday, embrace your inner “bopitude", grab a slice of "king cake," and join us on a magical musical discovery tour of New Orleans guided by our colorful krewe of bopitude: Rocky P, Stardust, Uncle Big Bop, Chicky, Snowflake, BeBop, and our resident tail shaker extraordinaire: the one and only Little Bop!
Catch some smiles , swing to the groove, and sing along to the pulsating cross rhythms with our acoustic guitars and spirited lyrics of our new song: "Bop Bop New Orleans."
Your Fat Tuesday destination today: Bourbon Street and the French Quarter!
“LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER”
(Let the good times roll!)
