Malcolm Welbourne's personification "Papa Mali" is a salute to his home territory of north Louisiana. Malcolm was raised in Shreveport, where absorbing the blues along Bayou Pierre was just as much a matter of course as chasing the mosquito fogging truck with friends -- and equally intoxicating. He spent his summers with grandparents in New Orleans digging that city's rhythm (and blues) and after hearing the Wild Tchoupitoulas and the Meters on the streets of New Orleans at age eleven...
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Papa Mali has had 485 concerts.
Papa Mali is most often considered to be Blues, Blues Rock, Funk, New Orleans, Swamp Rock, and Louisiana.
The next Papa Mali concert is on June 22, 2024 at Tipitina's in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The bands performing are: Leo Nocentelli / Papa Mali / Alvin Youngblood Hart / Corey Glover / Eric Bolivar / Eric Vogel.
The last Papa Mali concert was on April 25, 2024 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The bands that performed were: Widespread Panic / The Beach Boys / Stephen Marley / Cimafunk / Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters / Mokoomba / Papa Mali / Kenny Barron / Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings / Lakecia Benjamin / Sunpie & The Louisiana Sunspots / Cha Wa / John Boutte / Mem Shannon & The Membership / Banu Gibson / New Orleans Nightcrawlers / Alexey Marti / Robert Finley / Louis Ford & His New Orleans Flairs / Brass-A-Holics / Brother Tyrone / Iceman Special / New Orleans Suspects / Tin Men / Kid Simmon's Local International Allstars.
The songs that Papa Mali performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the April 26, 2016 concert at Nola Brewing in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States:
