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DJ Sessions: The Music Of Mardi Gras

Published March 4, 2014 at 12:50 PM EST
Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson performs with New Orleans All-Star R&B Revue hosted by Deacon John at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 26, 2009 in New Orleans. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson performs with New Orleans All-Star R&B Revue hosted by Deacon John at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 26, 2009 in New Orleans. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

On this Fat Tuesday, the music of Mardi Gras will ring through the streets of New Orleans — during parades, at bars and from residents' homes.

Producer and DJ George Ingmire of WWOZ in New Orleans tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson two quintessential Mardi Gras songs are "Mardi Gras Mambo" by the Hawketts and "Carnival Time" by Al "Carnival Time" Johnson.

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