Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago
The story begins with us going to NOLA in 2007 for Jazzfest. We arrived in NOLA and were heading over to the WWOZ studios to get our Jazzfest tickets. We were passing thru Jackson Sq. and heard a band playing trad jazz on the uptown, river side of the square. The band was the "Loose Marbles" with Barnabus and Kiowa... and Meschiya singing (I posted some video on youtube in 2007). When we went to NOLA for Jazzfest 2008, we spent time searching Royal St. for "The Loose Marbles". We finally saw them in 2008 at Donna's. When we went to NOLA in 2009, we continued our Royal St. "crawl" searching for the "Loose Marbles" and Meschiya.
If I remember correctly (a BIG IF), as we walked on St. Peters St. we thought we heard Meschiya in the distance and followed the music to Royal St. We did not find Meschiya or the "Loose Marbles". Much to our delight we found "Tuba Skinny and his Tiny Men" and Erica Lewis.
What a lucky day and find for us. We have always found all the people in TS, friendly, gracious, great musicians and approachable. We spend hours watching our own vintage TS videos as well as the new ones on youtube. We are indebted to James Sterling and RaoulDuke504 for all the excellent videos they post as well as other fans throughout the world.
As two fans who have followed you through the years; we can not thank TS enough for the joy, happiness, smiles and great music you have given us.
I went back over the Tuba Skinny videos I took in 2007 and tried to improve them, I have posted an Anniversary edition on youtube (this video) .The original videos were taken in low resolution, so the resulting video leaves something to be desired.
The story begins with us going to NOLA in 2007 for Jazzfest. We arrived in NOLA and were heading over to the WWOZ studios to get our Jazzfest tickets. We were passing thru Jackson Sq. and heard a band playing trad jazz on the uptown, river side of the square. The band was the "Loose Marbles" with Barnabus and Kiowa... and Meschiya singing (I posted some video on youtube in 2007). When we went to NOLA for Jazzfest 2008, we spent time searching Royal St. for "The Loose Marbles". We finally saw them in 2008 at Donna's. When we went to NOLA in 2009, we continued our Royal St. "crawl" searching for the "Loose Marbles" and Meschiya.
If I remember correctly (a BIG IF), as we walked on St. Peters St. we thought we heard Meschiya in the distance and followed the music to Royal St. We did not find Meschiya or the "Loose Marbles". Much to our delight we found "Tuba Skinny and his Tiny Men" and Erica Lewis.
What a lucky day and find for us. We have always found all the people in TS, friendly, gracious, great musicians and approachable. We spend hours watching our own vintage TS videos as well as the new ones on youtube. We are indebted to James Sterling and RaoulDuke504 for all the excellent videos they post as well as other fans throughout the world.
As two fans who have followed you through the years; we can not thank TS enough for the joy, happiness, smiles and great music you have given us.
I went back over the Tuba Skinny videos I took in 2007 and tried to improve them, I have posted an Anniversary edition on youtube (this video) .The original videos were taken in low resolution, so the resulting video leaves something to be desired.
