It's Back! - THE NEW ORLEANS BINGO! SHOW VOL.1: SOFT EMERGENCIES

NOW AVAILABLE FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD!
The New Orleans Bingo! Show Vol.1: Soft Emergencies

Somewhere in the French Quarter, in the darkened backroom of a family-style café, a drum roll is sounding. Through air made thick with the competing waft of fried chicken and second-hand smoke, a standing-room-only crowd of costumed regulars and disheveled miscreants is fumbling for their cards. A foul-mouthed clown in a ruffled tuxedo jacket is waving an air raid siren while a one-eyed drum major with a dead raven perched perilously at the peak of his chin-strapped hat is handing you what you hope is the luckiest board in the room. And seated at the pump organ, Clint Maedgen, the spiky-haired troubadour of Lower Decatur Street, has a question for the room:

“DOES ANYBODY WANNA BE… A WINNAH?”

It’s been almost five years since your humble New Orleans Bingo! Show played their final show at Fiorella’s Cafe on Lower Decatur Street. A lot has changed. A lot hasn’t. If you’re not among the lucky number who had the opportunity to watch this group evolve in the creative furnace of the fabled chicken shack, you now have the opportunity to own the fruit of those early years’ labor. The New Orleans Bingo! Show Vol.1: Soft Emergencies is a sterling representation of this group at its early, acoustic best. Originally made available only in a limited run, this seventeen-track album features some of the most touching and quirky songs ever written about a life led in this anachronistic American city. Fueled by the softer side of instrumentation, from pump organ and violin to upright bass and crash-box percussion, this recording is a must-have for any who remember (or want to know more about) the early acoustic incarnation of downtown New Orleans’ favorite multi-media cabaret gameshow fiasco.

NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON iTUNES, eMUSIC, AND RHAPSODY!

Wanna Know More?
NEW!!! FIORELLA'S GALLERY at NEWORLEANSBINGOSHOW.COM!
Exclusive photography from the early years!
EXTREME LIMITED AVAILABILITY!!!
Original Physical Pressings of Volume 1, available only through our webstore!

*Many Thanks to Shannon Brinkman for access to her amazing galleries of these early days!

Clint with Preservation Hall in December in New Orleans!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CLINT MAEDGEN MAKES HIS NEW ORLEANS DEBUT
WITH THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND;
NEW YEAR’S EVE AT TIPITINA’S!
JANUARY FIRST AND THIRD AT PRESERVATION HALL!

New Orleans, LA: Please join Clint Maedgen of The New Orleans Bingo! Show as he makes his hometown debut as a full-time member of The Preservation Hall Jazz Band:
12/31/08: PHJB and Galactic ring in the New Year at Tipitina’s
01/01/09: The Preservation Hall Hot 4 f/Clint Maedgen at Preservation Hall
01/03/09: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, live at Preservation Hall

In April of 2004, The New Orleans Bingo! Show played their last-ever gig at Fiorella’s Café on lower Decatur Street. In attendance at that performance, amongst many others, was Ben Jaffe, Creative Director of Preservation Hall. A newcomer to the Bingo! experience, it was a performance that would leave a lasting impression. Immediately won over by the group’s loving embrace of New Orleans’ musical heritage and Maedgen’s musical mastery and innate sense of showmanship, Jaffe put forth a daring proposition: Would Clint Maedgen like to sing some songs with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band?

It’s been nearly five years since that fateful evening. The fruits of the cross-pollination between Preservation Hall and The New Orleans Bingo! Show are now a matter of public record. Clint Maedgen has traveled the globe singing, playing saxophone, and most recently playing The Albert System Clarinet with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. And yet, unbelievably, this New Year’s Eve will mark the first time New Orleans will have the opportunity to experience this remarkable lineup here at home.

Please don’t miss the rare occasion to witness this amazing roster in a rare hometown performance! Join us for any or all of these exclusive dates! Everything’s still lovely…