Product Description

The New Orleans Mardi Gras "Indian Tribe" the Wild Magnolias issued a critically acclaimed LP for Polydor in 1974. Bo Dollis, Monk Boudreaux, June Johnson, Jr., Crip Adams, Tobias Johnson, Bubba Scott, and James Smothers brought the rich, fervent flavor of New Orleans to vinyl, backed by Willie Tee's band. A second LP They Call Us Wild was released in Europe a year later but not in the US.
The present 2CD set includes the music of the 2 LPs plus tracks never released before. Also embedded in CD #2 is a high resolution Acrobat PDF file that contains a sixty-eight pages booklet describing the historical context in which the New Orleans Indian tribes developed, detailed annotations regarding the recordings, and dozens of photographs.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Handa Wanda
2. Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right) [Single Edit]
3. Two Way Pak E Way
4. Corey Died on the Battlefield
5. (Somebody Got) Soul, Soul, Soul
6. Oh! When the Saints
7. Meet the Boys (On the Battlefront)
8. Ho Na Nae
9. (My Big Chief Has A) Golden Crown
10. Shoo Fly (Don't Bother Me)
11. Iko, Iko
12. Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right) [Single Edit]

Disc 2:

1. They Call Us Wild
2. New Suit
3. Ah Anka Ting Tang Boo Shanka Boo
4. Fire Water
5. Injuns, Here We Come
6. New Kinda Groove
7. Jumalaka Boom Boom
8. We're Gonna Party
9. Ho Na Nae

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #140648 in Music
• Released on: 2007-06-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

Absolutely magnificent funk classic!
Wilson "Willie Tee" Turbinton, his brother Earl, and their New Orleans Project band were the first to provide full musical backing to the Mardi Gras Indian street chants and thus expose this culture to the world. The rhythmic dexterity behind these tunes is just stunning--and I'm especially fond of Earl's soaring soprano sax solo on "Smoke My Peace Pipe." This set contains the complete contents of "The Wild Magnolias" (1974) and "They Call Us Wild" (1975), with all bonus tracks from the 1993 CD release of the former. The 1994 CD release of "They Call Us Wild" was the first in the US--after almost 20 years! The newcomer to digital format is the single mix of "Smoke My Peace Pipe." Besides being shortened from over six minutes to 2:39, the single replaces the verse beginning with "There's nothin' like a real good high..." with more innocuous lyrics to make the tune more radio-friendly.

I have the Polydor discs, but this would be worth buying on CD for the booklet as described in the editorial review. Even so, you haven't seen Indian costumes until you've seen them in person. And on the subject of booklets--hey Amazon! When will you have digital booklets as iTunes already does?

Sadly, this work is now part of the Turbinton brothers' legacy. Earl passed away on August 3, 2007, followed by Wilson on September 11.