Three Generations Of New Orleans Musicians Come Together For “Take Me To The River Nola Live” Tour This Fall

Featuring Performances From The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ivan + Ian Neville, George Porter Jr., Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Lost Bayou Ramblers Duo + More In A Once In A Lifetime All-Star Band

This fall, the producers of the acclaimed documentary "Take Me To The River," directed by award-winning filmmaker and GRAMMY-nominated producer Martin Shore, will present an extensive nationwide tour based around the forthcoming follow up film "Take Me to the River NOLA", which - like the film itself - will bring together multiple generations of iconic New Orleans musicians, and chart the musical evolution of the region while exploring the unique influence of the New Orleans music to the entire world. This tour and film is the follow up to the inaugural, award winning "Take Me to the River" project which featured musicians of Memphis and the Mississippi, which included historic performances at Bonnaroo, SXSW and a 40 city SOLD OUT tour.

The New Orleans tour will feature the legendary Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ivan + Ian Neville from Dumpstaphunk, the Grammy Award winner, George Porter Jr. of the Meters, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 2017 Grammy Award winners Lost Bayou Ramblers, the 79rs Gang, Terence Higgins, and director Martin Shore rounding out the bill, all sharing one stage for a historic performance. Full list of tour dates included below.

In addition to performance events, there will be educational workshops and activities available for students at each stop as the tour moves around the country, helping to inspire the goals of social consciousness and community building. Fans and attendees will also have the opportunity to view a 40-minute preview of the "Take Me To The River NOLA" film. The Take Me to the River Education Initiative, a 501c3, in partnership with Berklee City Music and the Berklee College of Music has common core curriculum in hundreds of public schools across the country. This Fall in partnership for the New School in NYC a college course based around Take Me to the River will debut, taught in part by Mr. Shore. 

Celebrating over 40 years since their founding in 1977, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres including Bebop Jazz, Funk and R&B/Soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a 'musical gumbo,' has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across 5 continents and more than 30 countries, record 12 studio albums and collaborate with a range of artists from Modest Mouse to Widespread Panic to Norah Jones. Forty-plus years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world famous music machine whose name is synonymous with genre- bending romps and high-octane performances.

Hailed by the New York Times as the Best Funk Band in New Orleans and Rolling Stone as New Orleans' most prestigious modern funk ensembles, Dumpstaphunk members, Ivan + Ian Neville stand out among New Orleans' best. Born on the Jazz & Heritage Festival stage, and descended from Neville family bloodlines, these soldiers of funk ignite a deep, gritty groove that dares listeners not to move. Their performances combine ingenious musicianship and complex funk and jazz arrangements with soulful melodies that are simple enough for anyone to enjoy.

Winner of the GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, bassist George Porter Jr. of the Meters is one of the most important figures in New Orleans music and in the funk movement. His mind-blowing skills as a bassist have influenced generations of musicians. Called the Best Bass player by Offbeat Magazine consistently for the past 20 years. During the course of a career spanning more then four decades, Porter Jr. has not only made a deep impression with his work in the Meters but he's notched session work with artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Patti LaBelle, Robbie Robertson and live performances with Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Warren Haynes and John Scofield just to name a few. Early in his career, Porter Jr. worked with artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Patti LaBelle, Robbie Robertson and live performances with Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Warren Haynes and John Scofield just to name a few. Early in his career, Porter Jr. worked with seminal New Orleans artists like Allen Toussaint, Earl King, Lee Dorsey, and Johnny Adams, Irma Thomas, The Lastie Brothers -- again to only name a few. 

GRAMMY WINNERS Lost Bayou Ramblers' evolution as a perversely progressive band rooted in Cajun traditions continues to excite, challenge, and redefine both genre expectations as well as cultural preconceptions. Produced by Korey Richey (LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire) their latest studio album, Kalenda, was released in 2017 on Rice Pump Records. 

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, one of the most dedicated, respected and talented - as a singer, composer, recording artists, designer and sewer - decades-long chiefs in the Mardi Gras Indian Nation, is heralded not only in his hometown of New Orleans but around the world. The leader of the Golden Eagles, a Mardi Gras Indian tribe of New Orleans, Louisiana, Boudreaux was born in New Orleans on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941. Boudreaux is a vital figure in the tradition, and has steadfastly distinguished himself as a gifted folk artist and dynamic performing musician through his unwavering dedication to this singular African American culture. Boudreaux can be seen portraying himself in several episodes of HBO's original series Treme. 

Joining the stage with these legends will be acclaimed drummer Terence Higgins and the 79rs Gang, featuring Big Chief Jermaine Bossier of the 7th Ward Creole Hunters and Romeo Bougere, chief of the 9th Ward Hunter gang. 

"Take Me To The River" (the original film) previously premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, where it won the highly prized Audience Award as well as 12 other festivals around the world. Now playing on Netflix. 

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER NOLA TOUR DATES: 
Oct. 12 - Milwaukee, WI - Potawatomi Casino
Oct. 13 - Skokie, IL - North Shore Center for Perf. Arts
Oct. 14 - Glen Ellyn, IL - McAninch Arts Center
Oct. 15 - Toronto, ONT - Roy Thompson Hall
Oct. 17 - Ft. Wayne, IN - The Clyde Theatre
Oct. 18 - Louisville, KY - Brown Theater
Oct. 19 - Meridian, MS - MSU Riley Center
Oct. 20 - Germantown, TN - Germantown Performing Arts Center
Oct. 21 - Fayetteville, AR - Walton Arts Center
Oct. 22 - Little Rock, AR - UA-Pulaski Center for the Arts
Oct. 24 - Washington, DC - The Hamilton
Oct. 25 - New York, NY - Sony Hall
Oct. 26 - Wilmington, DE - Grand Opera House
Oct. 27 - Westbury, NY - Theatre at Westbury
Oct. 28 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
Oct. 30 - Virginia Beach, VA - Sandler Center for Performing Arts
Nov. 1 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
Nov. 2 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall
Nov. 3 - Sandy Springs, GA - Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

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