The first album I heard from Crawfish Wallet was their third, 2022’s Ti Flanboyan, and two years later I still play it on my walks with some regularity. They have that thing that grows on you and stays good. Dave Doyle reviewed their second album, I’m in NOLA for us back in 2020 but I didn’t have the privilege of hearing it at the time. A French band, but with stunning unaccented vocals in English, you would think they were regulars around New Orleans. A Good Man is Hard to Find was recorded while they visited the city last year. They played a few notable venues including Fritzel’s and Mahogany Jazz Hall and their social media shows they met up with members of the Secret Six and their other peers in the city.
Time will tell if this new album grows on me the way the old one did, but signs are pointing to Yes. I have listened to it several times since Bandcamp alerted me of it in March, including walks around the neighborhood that had my head bouncing. The album is a tribute to Lizzie Miles, a New Orleans born creole blues singer who recorded with many of the greats of the ’20s and ’30s, and revived her career in the ’50s with Bob Scobey. The selection of Lizzie Miles gives them a set of great material to work with but not one as constrained as some topical albums. All the titles lean in on the band’s strengths and they make them their own. Amandine Cabald-Roche is an e
