When Irma Thomas and Deacon John Moore played the first night of the Dew Drop Inn’s grand reopening party, it had been more than 50 years since live music filled the historic Central City venue. The ...
In recent years, a vintage sign hanging on the front of the Dew Drop Inn was one of the few reminders of the legendary hotel and music venue’s midcentury heyday. Its halls once echoed with the sounds ...
Sixty-three years ago, Irma Thomas borrowed the saucy song “Hip Shakin’ Mama” from Patsy Vidalia, the drag emcee at the Dew Drop Inn. On Friday, Thomas brought it back. The Soul Queen of New Orleans ...