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Re: iko iko

From: lester@gandalf.etdesg.TRW.COM (Jeff Lester)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 93 10:14:06 PDT
Subject: Re: iko iko
To: Love-Hounds@uunet.UU.NET

>The Dixie
>Cups made an early recording, and Professor Longhair and Dr. John are
>known for their spirited piano renditions (I like the Neville Brothers 
>recording on their album Fiyo on the Bayou), but most know it as a
>carnival street song. 

It's also a longtime concert staple of the Grateful Dead, though it has never
appeared on one of their albums.

-Jeff Lester