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Music in Delacroix

Songs About Delacroix

Tangled Up in Blue
Bob Dylan
3%
"Right outside of Delacroix"

Artists From Delacroix

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Delacroix

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Delacroix.

Mississippi River 217 songs US Route 90 9 songs St. Charles Avenue 2 songs Toulouse Street 2 songs Bourbon Street 21 songs Basin Street 6 songs

Musical Heritage

Fats Domino's Yellow-and-Black House RoadyGoat

1960

On the corner of Caffin Avenue and Marais Street at 1208 Caffin Avenue stands the longtime home of Antoine 'Fats' Domino, the New Orleans rock-and-roll pioneer behind 'Blueberry Hill' and 'Ain't That a Shame.' He bought the compound around 1960 and lived here for decades, a pink-and-yellow landmark in the Lower 9th Ward. When Hurricane Katrina's levee failures flooded the neighborhood in August 2005, Domino, then 77, stayed home and was rescued by boat, then airlifted to safety. In the chaos he was briefly and wrongly presumed dead, and someone spray-painted 'R.I.P. Fats, You will be missed' on the house. He survived, lived until 2017, and the city later renamed a stretch of the avenue in his honor. The house remains a quiet pilgrimage site.

19.6 mi away

History of Delacroix

Every Treasure Has a Watcher RoadyGoat

Here in Jean Lafitte, you're in pirate treasure country, at least according to the old stories. In nineteen forty five, the Louisiana Writers' Project gathered old Louisiana stories into a book called Gumbo Ya-Ya. Pirates, it said, were supposed to have buried loot on every island and in every swamp. On Barataria Island, a fisherman pulling up the flagstones of the fireplace in a deserted house found a tin box underneath, with doubloons and jewelry inside. But the treasure hunters in that book lived by one rule. Every treasure has a spirit watching it. A man named Wilkinson Jones, from McDonoughville, told how he went digging for Lafitte's treasure in an old shell pile down by Lake Salvador. They dug until they hit an old iron chest. And right then, he said, the spirits came running out of that hole, whooping and hollering. He never went back. So if you hear whooping and hollering out by the shell piles tonight, it might be a fisherman. Or it might be the spirits, still watching the gold.

RoadyGoat → · 18.7 mi away

Chalmette Battlefield

1815

Site of the January 8, 1815 Battle of New Orleans, where Andrew Jackson's ragtag army defeated the British in the final major battle of the War of 1812.

17.3 mi away

Fats Domino House

1928

The yellow house in the Lower Ninth Ward where Antoine 'Fats' Domino lived for decades, damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and later restored.

19.5 mi away

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park - Barataria

1810

The bayou country south of New Orleans where the pirate Jean Lafitte ran a smuggling empire before helping Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

19.5 mi away

Things to Do in Delacroix

food 21.2 mi away
Cafe Du Monde

Beignets and chicory coffee at 3 AM in the French Quarter since 1862.
food 21.2 mi away
Commander's Palace

New Orleans' legendary Creole restaurant in the Garden District since 1893. 25-cent martini lunch.
historical 21.4 mi away
Preservation Hall

Traditional New Orleans jazz in an intimate crumbling venue since 1961. No air conditioning. Pure music.
food 22.2 mi away
Willie Mae's Scotch House

New Orleans' fried chicken temple since 1957. James Beard Award winner. Destroyed by Katrina and rebuilt by volunteers who couldn't let it die.
food 22.3 mi away
Dooky Chase's Restaurant

Leah Chase — the Queen of Creole Cuisine — fed civil rights leaders in the back room when segregation made front dining illegal. Open since 1941.
quirky 20.6 mi away
Mardi Gras World

Where Mardi Gras floats are built year-round. Walk through giant sculptures and try on costumes.
food 21.3 mi away
Acme Oyster House

New Orleans French Quarter raw bar since 1910. Chargrilled oysters and cold ones on the half shell. The shuckers are faster than your eyes.
food 22.9 mi away
Po-Boy shops of New Orleans

Parkway Bakery Domilise's or Mahony's — overstuffed fried seafood sandwiches on French bread.

Everything Near Delacroix

10 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Fort Proctor · 9.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    You're approaching Fort Proctor, a haunting reminder of Louisiana's fight against the sea. Built in the 1850s, this fort, also known as Fort Beauregard, was designed to protect New Orleans by controlling water routes.…

  • Fort De La Boulaye Site · 12.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Right here, at Fort De La Boulaye, France staked its claim to the entire Mississippi River Valley! In 1699, the French, under Bienville, built this fort to prevent the British from seizing the Mississippi River. It was…

  • Promised Land (Braithwaite, Louisiana) · 13.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over here for a second; this is Promised Land. Once owned by one of the most powerful men in Louisiana, this spot whispers tales of political influence. Leander Perez, a dominant figure in Louisiana politics,…

  • Chalmette National Cemetery · 17.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Step out of the car here, and you're walking on hallowed ground, the final resting place for generations of American soldiers. Chalmette National Cemetery was established in 1864, during the Civil War, to bury Union…

  • Chalmette Battlefield · 17.3 mi · Historical Marker

    Site of the January 8, 1815 Battle of New Orleans, where Andrew Jackson's ragtag army defeated the British in the final major battle of the War of 1812.

  • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve · 17.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Ever heard of a pirate helping defend America? Here, at what is now Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, you're standing on land connected to that very story. Jean Lafitte and his Baratarians, a group of…

  • Every Treasure Has a Watcher · 18.7 mi

    Here in Jean Lafitte, you're in pirate treasure country, at least according to the old stories. In nineteen forty five, the Louisiana Writers' Project gathered old Louisiana stories into a book called Gumbo Ya-Ya.…

  • Fats Domino House · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker

    The yellow house in the Lower Ninth Ward where Antoine 'Fats' Domino lived for decades, damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and later restored.

  • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park - Barataria · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker

    The bayou country south of New Orleans where the pirate Jean Lafitte ran a smuggling empire before helping Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

  • Fats Domino's Yellow-and-Black House · 19.6 mi

    On the corner of Caffin Avenue and Marais Street at 1208 Caffin Avenue stands the longtime home of Antoine 'Fats' Domino, the New Orleans rock-and-roll pioneer behind 'Blueberry Hill' and 'Ain't That a Shame.' He bought…

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