“Most harp players wish for chops such as his.” Nashville Music Guise “Greenwell on harmonica is incredible.” Easy Reeding, Hohner, Inc. Publications “When it’s time to step up, the good groovester does, letting his Marine Band harmonica go wild like a bunch of sailors on a three-day pass.” Offbeat Magazine “Open secret: one of America’s top harmonica pros is also one of New Orleans’ top tenor sax players as well.” WWOZ, New Orleans South Louisiana Blues is the result of some fortuitous circumstances among Smoky Greenwell’s band members, all of whom have been working steadily in the New Orleans for decades in blues, jazz, and other Louisiana genres. Smoky’s bands produce a special chemistry that has been noted by writers and reviewers throughout his forty year career here. Smoky, a former member of WAR, has long been associated with Johnny Neel (the Allman Brothers), Warren Haines (Government Mule), and numerous of New Orleans’ best musicians. Appropriately, the players on this recording include some of the top tier of New Orleans’ mucicians: Jack Kolb, David Hyde, Doug Belote, Wilie Pankar, Joe Krown, Johnny Neel, Pete Bradish, and Lynn Drury. All of these songs were written by south Louisiana songwriters.