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Les Bon Temps Rouler!

It's Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, and this year the parades and parties are in full swing. So if you're not in the Big Easy to sample the music, food and fun, here's an hour plus of music to get you in the swing of things:

Kermit Ruffins - "Drop Me Off in New Orleans"

Marcus Roberts - "New Orleans Blues"

Cyril Neville - "New Orleans Cookin'"

The Hot 8 Brass Band - "New Orleans, After the City"

Irma Thomas and Marcia Ball - "I Just Can't Get New Orleans Off My Mind"

Wynton Marsalis - "New Orleans Bump"

Booker Ervin - "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"

Lil' Queenie & The Percolators - "My Darlin' New Orleans"

Dave Bennett - "A Funeral in New Orleans"

George Benson - "Walkin' to New Orleans"

Dr. John with the Donald Harrison Band - "You Ain't Such a Much"

Delfeayo Marsalis And The Uptown Jazz Orchestra - "So New Orleans!"

Harold Lopez-Nussa - "Van Van Meets New Orleans"

Harry Connick Jr. - "Mardi Gras in New Orleans"

Earl King - "No City Like New Orleans"