Anecdotes:
Press:
ON
THE Q-TIP
By Tom Loughran
(written for the unpublished Fake
magazine;
Spring 1998)
In the unwritten annals of rock and roll history, there's
a listing under the letter Q. It reads: "Quintron,
Mr. - concert and nightclub organist, 9th Ward, New
Orleans(see also Miss Pussycat)." It goes on to
describe his "crazy organ music," his wife's
"bizarre puppet shows," and his roots in the
underground music scene. That's all good of course,
but as his last album title reminds us, "Satan
Is Dead - Do The Stomp." Which is just another
way of saying you should be dancing. Because when Quintron
gets behind that mass of keyboards, beatboxes and homemade
musical inventions, and when Miss Pussycat puts on her
cat ears, high heels and maracas, and when that whole
crazy thing is up and running, with beats beating, leslie
speakers spinning and organ notes filling the air like
some hipster "Ride of the Valkyrie," and when
he starts kicking "The 9th Ward Breakdown,"
singing about crazy girls and bug raids, humming into
that crazy gizmo in his mouth, and scratching up a storm
on the Drum Buddy, when all that hits your ears like
a backwoods rock and roll revival, you will be dancing.
You'll be dancing, Mr. Quintron will be dancing, Miss
Pussycat will be dancing, and if your friends come,
they'll be dancing too. Any Questions? |