1. Brother John
2. Meet The Boys On The Battlefront
3. Here Dey Come
4. Hey Pocky A-Way
5. Indian Red
6. Big Chief Got A Golden Crown
7. Hey Mama (Wild Tchoupitoulas)
8. Hey Hey (Indians Comin')
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Mardi Gras remains one of America's most other-worldly cultural riots, never more exotic than in the beaded, feathered spectacle of New Orleans' black "Indian" tribes. Each year they stir the city's African, Native American, and European influences into an intoxicating gumbo roiling with syncopated rhythms and coded with their own sense of the festival's competitive spirit. It's that tradition that explains this deliriously infectious 1976 project, which magnifies the Tchoupitoulas' fanny-shaking bravado with a formidable studio crew helmed by producer Allen Toussaint, who enlisted the Neville Brothers and the Meters to give these tracks a kinetic R&B push-and-pull. With the Nevilles' choral vocals fleshing out traditional chants, this is funky prancing of the highest order, from the infectious "Brother John" to a ripe remake of the Meters' "Hey Pocky A-Way." One need only hear the tough bragging of "Meet the Boys on the Battlefront," with its promise that "the Wild Tchoupitoulas gonna stomp some rump," to get the outrageous picture. --Sam Sutherland
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The Wild Tchoupitoulas
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1991-07-01)
- Publisher: Fontana Island
- Label: Fontana Island
- Studio: Fontana Island
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 17 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #8677
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Summary: Eclectic and fun.................... 2008-04-05
Comment: Love this CD......too bad they only made the one. You'll recognize some of the voices - although a very different style. I keep it in my selection of CD's being played all the time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: The Wild Tchoupitoulas 2007-02-10
Comment: Maybe this isn't a big seller because the name is so hard to remember. Other than that it is really fabulous. The Tchoupitoulas are one of the black indian tribes in New Orleans. The efforts of a year are devoted to the wild silk and rhinestone costumes they make for Mardi Gras; kind of Indian in drag or in a Las Vegas revue. Their music is driving and hypnotic. Cajun. I can think of little that's as high spirited as the Wild Tschoupitoulas. I hope they are still gluing rhinestones on their feather headdresses somewhere.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: no one doesn't like it 2006-10-11
Comment: from the Iko-Iko-like kickoff, this sly rampage unfolds into pure pleasure. 'Think a cut or two in the middle are sub-par? You'll like them soon enough and see how they fit in the groove. How many records do I take down from the shelf 30+ years on and like exactly the same way? This is in that small club.
I met Cheif Landry way back when. They never saw dime-one out of this, but that he wasn't mad. He was getting mail from all over the world!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: The Mudsnark 2006-09-14
Comment: Hoon-don-day--low down dirty ways!!!
It doesn't get any better than this.
These guys are to pop music like the Cubs are to Baseball-
How can you not like 'em?
Thank God this came out on CD, becuase my LP (original)
is worn to the bone.
Buy it!!- Buy 2 or 3 and give them to your friends. Everybody need the the "Tchoups" once in a while.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Ya Indians Comin 2005-07-13
Comment: Fine, fine, fine. If you own no other New Orleans music, own this.
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