Part Two of “Herlin Riley Plays for Powers of the Most High” features converations with the drummer by Don Paul and Maryse Déjean where Herlin reveals more of what moves his playing, interspersed with tracks from Herlin’s 2005 Cream Of The Crescent and 2016 New Direction albums plus songs by Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, the TBC Brass Band, James Black, John Boudreaux, and Earl Palmer as well as a poem by q.r. hand.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
NEW DIRECTION
ROOTS & BRANCHES 29
Don Paul, Spiritual: New Orleans, December 28, 2018 [19018]
Herlin Riley Conversation with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul
Ray Charles: The Sun Has Died
Louis Armstrong: After She’s Gone
Aretha Franklin: Spirit In The Dark
Herlin Riley Conversation with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul
TBC Brass Band: Second-Line Rhythms
Herlin Riley Conversation with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul
James Blac: Monkey Puzzle >
Eddie Bo: Hook And Sling
Lee Dorsey: Riverboat”
AFO Executivess: WYLD
Dr. John: I Walk On Gilded Splinters
Earl Palmer Medley
Smokey Johnson
Idris Muhammad.
Herlin Riley Conversation with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul
Herlin Riley: from New Direction and Cream Of The Crescent
q. r. hand: All Asound Us
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Don Paul for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by Don Paul at Sticking Up For Kids in New Orleans
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2019 Don Paul. Used with permission.