John Papa Gros
Putting The Time In

Putting The Time In

If you want to contribute to the New Orleans music tradition, then you can never take a day off. If your goal is set high, the bar is set even higher by the "greats" who came before you. You'll never get there if you don't put the time in. You'll never have a chance....

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Why’d You Do It?

Why’d You Do It?

About the song "Why'd You Do It?" I was in Jamaica for a week and came back with a little Reggae melody. which became "Why'd You Do It". I told the guys, "I hear this as Reggae but I don’t want to make it sound Reggae. Let’s do something different with it.“ Brian...

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Announcing Summer Tour Dates (updated)

SUMMER TOUR DATES July 19th   Houston, TX    Last Concert Cafe July 20th   Austin, TX    Continental Club July 21st   Dallas, TX    Sundown @ Granada August 11th   St. Louis, MO    The Pageant w/ Little Feat (special guest) August 15th   Buffalo, NY    Larkin Square...

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More About The Leslie Speaker

The Leslie speaker has a high end speaker and a low end speaker built into a wood cabinet. They each have a motor spinning the individual speakers in opposite directions creating a “doppler effect.” They can spin fast and slow. The rotating speakers throw the sound...

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13 Years of Monday Nights

About the song "Cocaine and Chicken Fricassée" - My previous band, Papa Grows Funk, played on Monday nights for 13 years. Over the course of those years, I saw all kinds of crazy things. I saw so much that that type of craziness becomes the norm. So, when something...

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