The Creole String Beans are the quintessential New Orleans jukebox band playing favorites ranging from Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Dr. John to Louis Prima, Chuck Berry and Earl King, while putting their own youthful exuberance into each song. An all-star band made up of long time friends and accomplished musicians from many of the most adored regional groups, The Creole String Beans, released their first-ever CD recently at the world famous Rock n Bowl in New Orleans. Specializing in golden era Rhythm & Blues and Swamp Pop from the 50’s and 60’s, the band strives to keep alive those party classics that South Louisiana still dances to at weddings, crawfish boils and tailgate parties.
The Creole String Beans have been performing at local clubs and festivals since 2004. Garnering a growing following through their epic performances at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Family Gras in Metairie, Bayou Boogaloo, Ogden Museum of Art and many other locations, these retro-roots rockers fill the dance floor wherever they perform.
Offbeat Magazine awarded Creole String Bean’s CD Shrimp Boots & Vintage Suits the Best Roots Rock Album of 2011 award!
Be My Guest (Fats Domino)
Holy Cow (Lee Dorsey)
Sea Cruise (Frankie Ford)
Cry Like A Baby (The Box Tops)
I Wanna Be Like You (Louis Prima)
Unchain My Heart (Ray Charles)
She’s About A Mover (Sir Douglas Quintet)
C’est La Vie (Chuck Berry)
Get Rhythm (Johnny Cash)
Funky Spillway (Creole String Beans)
Shirley (John Fred & The Playboys)
Eyes Like A Cat (Wonder Boy Travis)
Here Come The Girls (Ernie K-Doe)
You Can’t Do That (The Beatles)
Only Time Will Tell (Bobby Charles)
I Don’t Know Why I Love You But I Do (Frogman Henry)
All These Things (Art Neville)
Little Chickee Wah Wah (Huey Smith & The Clowns)
Alimony (Frankie Ford)
Love Me (Elvis Presley)
I Knew The Bride (Nick Lowe)
Let The Four Winds Blow (Fats Domino)
Blus Cha Cha (Edgar Blanchard)
Poison Ivy (The Coasters)
Shout Bamalama (Otis Redding)
Don’t Ya Just Know It (Huey Smith & The Clowns)
Mother In Law (Ernie K-Doe)
Mathilda (Cookie & The Cupcakes)
Before I Grow Too Old (Tommy McLain)
Beginning To See The Light (Ellington & Armstrong)
Spooky (Classics IV)
Down Home Girl (Alvin Robinson)
I Got Loaded (Lil’ Bob & The Lollipops)
Louisiana Fairytale (Fats Waller)
Groove Me (King Floyd)
Sally Put A Spell On Me (Creole String Beans)
Barefootin’ (Robert Parker)
Just Because (Lloyd Price)
Lipstick Traces (Benny Spellman)
Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers)
Tell It Like It Is (Aaron Neville)
Big Chief (Earl King)
No Buts, No Maybes (Professor Longhair)
People Gonna Talk (Lee Dorsey)
Creole String Bean Original Compositions:
Funky Spillway
Sally Put a Spell On Me
Shrimp Boots & Vintage Suits
What I Know Now
Knock Me Down Again
St. Gabriel
Instant People
Stand Out From The Crowd
