"From the Big Apple to the Big Easy" started at 7:00 PM

[mcscajun]

It's only available on PPV -- 100% of the proceeds go to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

It's got a fantastic line-up including many displaced musicians.

[hippiechick]

1. I would LOVE to see/hear it !!!

My man Ray is making his 'big time' debut there tonight !!!

:hi:

[mcscajun]

2. "Ethnic Cleansing in New Orleans" is on the artist's T-Shirt.

I recognize the voice but not the face. :shrug:

The Music so far is purely magical.

[hippiechick]

3. What was the song ?

Maybe I can help ya ID who it was ...

:hi: Ray is the shaggy dude in my sigline pic, BTW. :loveya:

[mcscajun]

4. The tune was a New Orleans/Zydeco classic.

"Big Chief"

[hippiechick]

5. Yikes, so they're doing covers ...

.... then I'm probably not going to be able to help :(

I hope there's a DVD available for sale later this week, though ... it sounds like an awesome show !

[mcscajun]

6. Totally awesome, and yes, I'm 'praying' for a DVD

afterward!

[OneBlueSky]

16. that was Cyril Neville, one of the Neville Brothers . . . n/t

.

[mcscajun]

18. Thanks!

I was thinking maybe he was a Neville Brother. Despite differences in clothing, I noticed a number of men wearing that same cap.

That explains how I recognized the voice. :)

[mcscajun]

7. Aaron Neville just performed with Simon & Garfunkel, wearing...

...a baseball cap emblazoned with one word:

EVACUEE

[mithnanthy]

8. Bette Midler....

...spoke and said to the repukes, "Go Fuck Yourselves." Then she said * had been a fan, back in the 70's when he came to see one of her concerts. She said he got the tickets from his COKE DEALER! Some people booed but the croud went wild.

[PennyK]

9. My girl!

Love Bette...she is so into the cause. The New York Times made fun of her in its gossip column today, because she was so upset about New Orleans. Can you tell me what song she did?

[mithnanthy]

14. sorry...

after Bette's comments, I was blown away and can't think...ugh, I hate when that happens.

[mcscajun]

20. "I Think It's Going To Rain Today."

Very apropos.

[PennyK]

21. One of my favorites

It's by Randy Newman...and she does it in "Beaches"...but it comes up quite often on her concert tour.

[HeeBGBz]

15. Ooh, Bette!

Tell it!

[mcscajun]

10. Big finale: everyone on stage for "When the Saints Go Marchin' In"

:woohoo:

Even host Ed Bradley's taking part. :)

[halobeam]

12. guess that answers my question when S. Nicks played LOL

Did she show up at all?

[halobeam]

11. I turned it on 20 mins after 7...

did Stevie Nicks open? Haven't seen her yet and it's almost over... maybe she's closing it?

Fantastic concert... it's a must for DVD...

sorry, don't know the exact name of the song Bette did... I'll bookmark and ask hubs in the a.m..... he'll know.. and then I'll re-post.

[mcscajun]

13. Depending on your cable system, you may be able to catch it

again in 35 minutes. :)

Of course, that assumes you can stay up all night. :bounce:

I don't recall hearing or seeing Stevie Nicks at all. She may have been at the Radio City Music Hall concent held simultaneously with the Madison Square Garden concert, which was the only one aired.

[OneBlueSky]

17. great show! . . . loved almost every minute . . .

although I still don't understand what people see in Jimmy Buffet . . . must be me . . .

highlight for me was Simon & Garfunkel doing "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" with Aaron Neville . . . also loved the Dixie Cups doing "Iko Iko" with Irma Thomas and Cyndi Lauper . . . the whole show kicked some serious New Orleans butt! . . . :)

[mcscajun]

19. Let's really hope it comes out on DVD

Wonderful show!