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Always for Pleasure is a 1978 documentary film by Les Blank about social traditions in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The film has footage of musical events, Mardi Gras Indians, a funeral with traditional music (the so called "jazz funeral"), various second line parades, and cooking and eating red beans & rice and a crawfish boil.

Events filmed include New Orleans Mardi Gras and St. Patrick's Day 1977.

Local musicians perform and are interviewed, including Kid Thomas Valentine, Allen Toussaint, Danny Barker, Blue Lu Barker, Irma Thomas, the Neville Brothers and Professor Longhair.

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The film incorrectly subtitles a Creole song as "Hey Legba", suggesting some voodoo tie in, when tune's title phrase is actually "Eh la bas", a formerly common Louisiana Creole phrase of greeting roughly translating as "Hey over there you".

Unusually, the film includes looks at traditional predominantly white second lining organizations; many other films and documentarians have falsely assumed such traditions to exist only in predominantly black groups.

The DVD re-release includes additional performance footage of Professor Longhair.

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[edit] External links

• Always for Pleasure at the Internet Movie Database
• Always For Pleasure on LesBlank.com

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