Chris Barber Jazz Band with Dr. John
Tipitina's
New Orleans
Tuesday, May 4, 1982

First Set
1. //Bourbon Street Parade (Paul Barbarin) 4:54
2. Mary Had A Little Lamb (Matt Malneck/Marty Symes) 6:52
3. Perdido Street Blues (Lil Hardin Armstrong) 5:10
4. Ory's Creole Trombone (Kid Ory) 3:12
5. Dr. John is introduced 1:54
6. Tipitina's Blues 9:49
7. Good Queen Bess (Duke Ellington) 6:49
8. Band intros 2:37
9. Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael) 9:56
10. Big Bass Drum (On A Mardi Gras Day) (Dr. John) 5:49
11. Big Bass Drum ending-alternate :47

Second Set
12. //Take Me Back To New Orleans (Barber) 4:27
13. Wild Cat Blues (Clarence Williams) 4:33
14. The Weight > Caledonia Mission (Robbie Robertson) 6:22
15. Ride On (Ian Wheeler) 9:30
16. //Iko Iko (Sugarboy Crawford) 6:44
17. One Room Country Shack (Mercy Dee Walton) 7:26
18. unknown instrumental blues 8:32
19. Such A Night (Dr. John) 7:43
20. Tipitina (Professor Longhair) 9:55
21. Good Bye-band intros (Barber) 6:46
Total 2:09:56

Source: unknown mics > Tommy Stevenson's master cassettes (TDK AD-C90s, #13/82 and #14/82)

Transfer: master cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A > Metric Halo MIO-2882 > Macintosh MacBook Pro > MIO Console 5.6 > wav > Audacity 3.7.5 (DC offset corrected, normalized, tracked) > xACT 2.57 (tagged) > flac

Notes
The recording is from the Tommy Stevenson collection. Special thanks to his son, Thomas, for locating the surviving masters and loaning them out for transfer. Transferred by Richard Russell, March 2026.

This recording filled up most of Side 2 of one 90-minute cassette and all of a second 90-minute cassette.

Chris Barber introduced "Tipitina's Blues" as a song without a name but, for that night, they're calling it "Tipitina's Blues."

Tape flips during Good Queen Bess and between Ride On and Iko Iko.

There is no explanation for the complete version of Big Bass Drum to be followed by the ending of a different version. The listing in the Times-Picayune only says one 10:30 show.

Chris Barber - trombone
Roger Hill - guitar
Johnny McCallum - guitar, banjo
Vic Pitt - bass
Norman Emberson - drums
Ian Wheeler - clarinet, sax, harp
John Crocker - sax, clarinet
Pat Halcox - trumpet, flugelhorn
Dr. John - piano, vocals (tracks 6-10, 15-20)