Papa Mali
Tipitina's Free Fridays Concert Series Featuring Papa Mali Trio + James Martin Band
Tipitina's Uptown
501 Napoleon Ave
New Orleans, LA 70115
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+ James Martin Band
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AGES 21+ ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS!
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**** NO TICKET REQUIRED! ****
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Sponsored by:
New Orleans & Company, Crystal Hot Sauce, & Crescent Canna
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Tipitina's is one of New Orleans’ most iconic music venues of all time.
Started in 1977 by a group of young music lovers, Tipitina’s has stood the test of time as one ...
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Papa Mali Biography
Malcolm Welbourne's personification "Papa Mali" is a salute to his home territory of north Louisiana. Malcolm was raised in Shreveport, where absorbing the blues along Bayou Pierre was just as much a matter of course as chasing the mosquito fogging truck with friends -- and equally intoxicating. He spent his summers with grandparents in New Orleans digging that city's rhythm (and blues) and after hearing the Wild Tchoupitoulas and the Meters on the streets of New Orleans at age eleven, he developed an early and ongoing attachment to Crescent City funk.
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