Critic’s pick: New Orleans Suspects with Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett at Chattanooga’s Riverbend Festival

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By Casey Phillips June 12, 2014 2 min read

The New Orleans Suspects are, from left, CR Gruver, Jeff Watkins, Reggie Scanlan, Jake Eckert and Mean Willie Green.

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Clinical administrator Ted Nelson, left, and infection prevention nurse Velda Kilgore review charts to check for patients who have received catheters at Erlanger Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The two are part of a team responsible for ensuring that catheters are properly placed to reduce the chance of infection.

A sticker signifying a patient has received a catheter is one of the tools used to help prevent infection at Erlanger Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The hospital has a team responsible for ensuring that catheters are properly placed to reduce the chance of infection.

Infection prevention nurse Kanae Gilliland reviews a chart to check whether a patient has received a catheter at Erlanger Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Gilliland is part of a team responsible for ensuring that catheters are properly placed to reduce the chance of infection.

Infection prevention nurses Kanae Gilliland, right, and Velda Kilgore, left, and clinical administrator Ted Nelson review patient charts to find patients who have received catheters at Erlanger Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The trio are a team responsible for ensuring that catheters are properly placed to reduce the chance of infection.

Clinical administrator Ted Nelson, right, heads to the next stop as infection prevention nurse Kanae Gilliland uses antibacterial sanitizer to clean her hands at Erlanger Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The two are part of a team responsible for ensuring that catheters are properly placed to reduce the chance of infection.

Infection prevention nurse Velda Kilgore reviews a patient's chart to check for a catheter entry at Erlanger Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Kilgore is part of a team responsible for ensuring that catheters are properly placed to reduce the chance of infection.

A patient has a central line which is monitored by a team responsible for reducing infection at Erlanger Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Infection prevention nurses Kanae Gilliland, left, and Velda Kilgore, center, work with clinical administrator Ted Nelson to review charts and check for patients with catheters at Erlanger Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The trio are a team responsible for ensuring that catheters are properly placed to reduce the chance of infection.

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If you’re studied up on your musical history, this recommendation is pretty much a no-brainer.

On the one hand, you’ve got The New Orleans Suspects, whom you might remember as the N’awlins-based super group that brought a bit of that city’s distinctive funk to bear on the Scenic City last year as a headliner of the Riverfront Nights concert series.

Think of the Suspects as the Big Easy’s version of The Traveling Wilburys or Velvet Revolver, an all-star ensemble whose members have ties to some of the biggest names in New Orleans music, including The Neville Brothers, Outformation, The Radiators and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Also, some cat named James Brown, who I hear was pretty good.