It has been closed for years and Cosimo has been in retirement. They interviewd my friend Earl Stanley for that video who worked with Mac amny times. I was trying to get on that gig for the shoot and it did not work out. Paz
Michael on 11/28/01 2:55 AM, Paul Castle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After reading about Michael's amazing 'star studded' > New Orleans night - so enjoyed reading that - thanks! - > I was interested to see a documentary about Dr John > on UK TV (The South Bank Show) last week, with Mac > driving around New Orleans visiting his childhood haunts, > talking about his early influences and guitar teachers before > discovering the 'Texas Boogie' on the piano. > > The show included some great archive footage at places > like the Dew Drop Inn, and of Fats Domino, The Meters, etc > and interviews with J & M studio boss Cosimo Matassa > and producer Harold Battiste. Is J & M still going, Michael? > I found this interview http://www.offbeat.com/text/cosimo.html > with 70-year-old Cosimo and a listing of the 'classics' he > recorded there - on this Cosimo 101 site - > http://www.louisianamusic.org/cosimo_101.htm > what an amazing producer/engineer!!
