{"id":1330,"date":"2026-11-10T04:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neworleansmusicians.com\/blog\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2026-11-10T04:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:32:21","slug":"the-quarter-tapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neworleansmusicians.com\/blog\/the-quarter-tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quarter Tapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"newor-before-content\" id=\"newor-3188792724\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8687276566169212\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8687276566169212\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"8064447764\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><br><br>CHRIS VINCENT TAKES THE FRENCH QUARTER BY THE HORNS WITH &#8220;THE QUARTER TAPES, Vol. 1&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four-song EPs. One legendary neighborhood. No filters, no shortcuts, no artificial anything. Chris Vincent brings the raw, unvarnished reality of the French Quarter to life with a new series of recordings beginning Friday, December 11th with <strong><em>Dirty South.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW ORLEANS, LA \u2014 In an era when authenticity is increasingly manufactured, New Orleans songwriter and slide guitar master Chris Vincent is doing things the old-fashioned way: living the stories, writing the songs, and playing every note himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the critical success of his acclaimed 2025 album <strong><em>Good Crook<\/em><\/strong>, Vincent announces <strong><em>The Quarter Tapes<\/em><\/strong>, an ongoing series of four-song EPs inspired by, written in, and recorded entirely in the French Quarter, where he lives. It&#8217;s a project rooted in the neighborhood&#8217;s peculiar magic, questionable characters, questionable life choices, and elegant decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appetite for Vincent&#8217;s uncompromising songwriting and unmistakable slide guitar has grown considerably since 2025&#8217;s Good Crook established him as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary roots, blues, and Americana. But don&#8217;t expect a polished rehash or a calculated attempt to repeat past success. <strong><em>The Quarter Tapes<\/em><\/strong> digs deeper into the world that has always informed Vincent&#8217;s music: a world where the beautiful and the broken routinely share the same streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first single, <strong><em>Dirty South<\/em><\/strong>, arrives December 11th, and wastes little time getting to the point. It&#8217;s a story Vincent knows well as a French Quarter resident: New Orleans has a remarkable talent for making its more unseemly attractions look irresistible. The trouble is that some attractions come with teeth, and, sooner or later, the bill comes due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vincent drives the point home in the chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve been in the wind so long&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We got blisters on our thumbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something wicked this way comes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a song steeped in regret, bad decisions, and the peculiar wisdom that comes from having lived long and hard enough to recognize the inevitable.&nbsp; Vincent, a recovering alcoholic, knows this tale all too well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there&#8217;s the guitar&#8230; Much has been said about Vincent&#8217;s genre-defying approach to the slide guitar as far more than an accompaniment machine. In his hands, the guitar is a second voice, a foil, and a very equal, very effective partner. Vincent&#8217;s longtime fascination with large-bodied Gibson archtops continues on <strong><em>The Quarter Tapes<\/em><\/strong>, this time with an exceptionally rare 1948 Gibson Super 300, one of only an estimated 150 still in existence. A formidable instrument with the subtlety of a whisper and the potential force of a freight train, it provides the perfect foil for Vincent&#8217;s singular guitar approach and sharply observant songwriting. As Vincent puts it, the instrument is essentially \u201ca grand piano masquerading as a guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vincent has never been particularly interested in musical shortcuts, studio cosmetics, or manufactured credibility. His work is handmade, hand-played, and hand-written \u2014 music that comes from actual human experience, not an algorithm trained to imitate it. In a musical landscape increasingly crowded with artificial voices and synthetic expressions of authenticity, Chris Vincent remains decidedly, unapologetically human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four different collections of songs are planned throughout 2027, each offering another glimpse into the characters, contradictions, and peculiar rhythms of the French Quarter. If Good Crook announced Vincent&#8217;s arrival as a major force in modern roots music, The Quarter Tapes promises to make the case that he&#8217;s only getting started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The French Quarter has always had plenty of stories. Vincent just happens to know how to tell them well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDIRTY SOUTH\u201d \u2014 THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THE QUARTER TAPES \u2014 AVAILABLE DECEMBER 11, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SoundCloud Link:\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/on.soundcloud.com\/ybLWg7yO6HW6XW66Io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/on.soundcloud.com\/ybLWg7yO6HW6XW66Io<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iz9zyRrxD88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Dirty South&#8221;-Chris Vincent, Live in New Orleans 11.1.26<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Management: \u00a0Suz Holmes, Apalachee Productions <a href=\"tel:(850)%20628-9655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">850-628-9655<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Booking: \u00a0Mike Paz,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thepazgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThePazGroup<\/a><a href=\"tel:(504)%20382-0343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer 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