Papa Mali

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Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter who grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, and lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.His debut recording Thunder Chicken, produced by Dan Prothero, has been referred to as "one of the few truly wild and unruly records to come from the rock & roll tradition in the 21st century".BiographyWhile still in grade school, he was conning his cousin to take him into the French Quarter so he could buy every element of Brian Jones's outfit from the front cover of The Rolling Stones High Tides & Green Grass.He had taken up the guitar at age four, and was learning to play rock and blues by the time he was eleven. At the age of twelve he witnessed The Meters performing on the back of a flatbed truck in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day. This would influence the young musician. John Campbell took him under his wing when Welbourne was 14, and around that time he started taking the blues seriously. By the time he was 17, he had left home and was hitch hiking around the south, playing guitar on the streets for passing change, playing in juke joints, forming short-lived bands or backing up blues and soul singers.<ref name="Papa Mali's Facebook Music/Band page">

Bill Kreutzmann, Papa Mali, George Porter Jr. - 7 Walkers (2010)

Source: Something Else!
November 12, 2010

By Nick DeRiso Grateful Dead co-founder Bill Kreutzmann, great groovy Meters bassman George Porter Jr. and hoodoo guitarist Papa Mali have joined together to form 7 Walkers, a rousing fusion of Bay area jam-rock with greasy New Orleans rhythm and blues. Their self-titled debut, issued Nov. 2 on Response Records, bills itself in the liner notes as a love letter to New Orleans—where many of the band members have connections: Kreutzmann's mother was born there, and Louisiana native Mali has ...
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Festival

Hangout Fest Adds: R. Randolph Papa Mali, Honey Island Swamp

Source: JamBase
April 26, 2010

HANGOUT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES MORE ARTISTS ROBERT RANDOLPH AND PAPA MALI JOIN TREY ANASTASIO, BLACK CROWES, THE FLAMING LIPS AND MORE

Papa Mali The Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival is going toe-to-toe with the nations' biggest festivals by offering fans a radically different live music experience. Trade in the mud, and come to the beaches of the Gulf Coast for ocean and sand.

Music's biggest beach party will take place in the ocean resort community of Gulf Shores, ...
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Performance / Tour

7 Walkers Tour: Papa Mali, Bill Kreutzmann, George Porter Jr.

Source: JamBase
March 18, 2010

NEW PROJECT FEATURING FRESH ROBERT HUNTER LYRICS HITS THE ROAD

Bill Kreutzmann by Chad Smith Legendary drummer and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, Bill Kreutzmann, together with funky bluesman and voodoo electronic pioneer Papa Mali, officially unveil 7 Walkers' spring plans. 7 Walkers, which also features bass virtuoso Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green, JFJO) and multi-instrumentalist Matt Hubbard (Willie Nelson and Friends), will stop at select markets and festivals through out the country, all in anticipation of a ...
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Performance / Tour

Papa Mali's Supernatural Ball | 02.10 | Nola

Source: JamBase
March 3, 2010

Words & Images by: Jeffrey P. Dupuis

Papa Mali's Supernatural Ball :: 02.10.10 :: Tipitina's :: New Orleans, LA

Papa Mali :: 02.10 :: New Orleans Living in a place like New Orleans, the past is not really the past. The musical influence of people like Louis Armstrong and Professor Longhair is as palpable as the humidity. People talk about 'Fess as if he just played last week; The Meters aren't seen as an historical reference in NOLA funk, ...
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