At one point in Les Blank’s 1978 documentary “Always for Pleasure,” footage of the Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians hitting the streets of New Orleans on Mardi Gras day gives way to the tribe’s George “Big Chief Jolly” Landry performing onstage…

Cyril and Ivan Neville look back on their 1977 Jazz Fest performance with their uncle, George "Big Chief Jolly" Landry, and his Wild Tchoupitoulas. 

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Liner Notes: The Wild Tchoupitoulas featuring the Neville Brothers, New Orleans '77 (TRC, February 2025)