Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias: "Big Chief" Bo Dollis, "Big Chief" Monk Boudreaux, Gerard Dollis (vocals); Norwood "Geehie" Johnson (vocals, bass drum, percussion); June Yamagishi (guitar, keyboards); Yushi Nobu (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Charles Moore (bass); Russell Batiste (drums); "Big Chief" Smiley Ricks (congas, percussion, background vocals); Michael Ward (bongos, percussion).

Additional personnel: Joe Soulberry (alto saxophone); Fred Kemp (tenor saxophone); Carl Blouin (baritone saxophone); Brian Murray, Barney Flowers (trumpet); Lisa Nelters, Terry DeGray, Roxanne Price, Corey Henry, Derrick Shezbie, Chanda Isadore, Tiffany Robertson, Valantine Robertson (background vocals).

Includes liner notes by Peter Noble.

The bontemps roulez big time on this infectious set from the recording auxiliary of the famous Mardi Gras Indians marching band. A gumbo of soul, R&B, funk, and blues, the Magnolias' mostly horn-driven music is about as danceable as it gets, but it's not without a serious side, as witness the album's lone ballad, "Louisian," an intensely gospelish story of a real-life flood disaster. Other highlights include an appropriately spooky cover of Dr. John's "Walk on Gilded Splinters," and the ridiculously catch "Hey, Hey," a Mardi Gras rewrite of the New Orleans standard "Iko Iko."