Yesterday took me a couple miles east on the Lake Pontchatrain shoreline to Felix's Restaurant & Oyster Bar where Al Lauro / Big Al and the Heavyweights were mixing it for the big mix of people out and about for the holiday. Their repertoire provided something for everyone - the boater families, the party people, the slow dancers, and even for those outside the building dancing in the rain when the storm blew through. With four vocalists in the quartet, and each superb on their instruments the group has a groove that is definitely never a rut. Even the staff was smiling, as over-burdened as they were with delivering all those big trays of crawfish and oysters to capacity-filled tables.
Just in from a Florida run, Big Al and the guys had the same effect on the crowd at the Bradfordville Blues Club this past Saturday night. Check out the vids of that packed house dancing the night away, albeit for more of a solid blues crowd there. They will be back in Florida for short run in June, and back for a state-wide tour in October which might include their debut performance at The Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton. THAT will be a party! Well, they are a party whenever and wherever they play for fun people. And they never stop finding the places to do just that in!
MONDAY, May 30, 2022 ~ 4-8PM
Big Al and the Heavyweights
Al Lauro – drums/vocals
Mark Parsons – bass/vocals
Marcel Anton – guitar/vocals
Wayne Lohr - keys https://www.bigal.net/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/bigalandheavyweights
at
Felix's Restaurant & Oyster Bar
7400 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70124 (504) 304-4125 https://www.facebook.com/felixslakefront
https://www.felixs.com
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| 1st destination of the day... |
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| Huh. |
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| Takes a lickin' keeps on tickin'... |
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| Rock, rock, rockin' the rock-a-fellas! |
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| In New Orleans, even the rain loves the sun. |
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It's raining. Those are sailboats. This is Lake
Ponchatrain. There's a bridge out there.... Sing it for us Shaun... |
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