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Back in 1978, long before jam bands or roots rockers evolved, a funkified concoction called "fish head music" came percolating out of the juke joints of New Orleans, served up in heaping three-set helpings by a chops-seasoned band of misfits called The Radiators. It had a sound that came straight out of the musical wetlands of New Orleans, with a slippery rizzum that snaked through your backbone like a water moccasin and a two-guitar attack that would rip your head off.

Steeped n the rich musical heritage of New Orleans playing with some of the city's legends -- Professor Longhair, James Booker, Earl King -- The Radiators wasted no time in becoming a part of that heritage themselves. Their marathon live sets mined a songbook crafted from an amalgam of New Orleans rock and roll, rhythm and blues, swamp pop, psychodelia and hoodoo and quickly became legendary for their sheer intensity and length.

The Radiators pretty much wrote the book for today's jam bands and roots rockers. Twenty-six years later, they're still careening down the blue highways and back alleyways of American music, pouring that magical elixir called fish head music for veterans of hundreds of shows and new generations of fans alike.

There's a reason why The Radiators have closed out the world-renowned New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fests for the past 15 years. Drop this DVD in and find out. If these guys don't make you move, you need to check your pulse!