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Luckily, there are much better renditions among the album tracks. One is Bettye LaVette's witchy wildcat vocals on her complete reinterpretation of "What's Happening Brother?" and the sanctified church organ on the Southern-fried, Ivan Neville-led "God Is Love" is another. Best of all is the near-instrumental "Flyin' High (in the Friendly Sky)," which stays low-key for a few minutes before erupting into a classic New Orleans-style second-line street party, all while the Dirty Dozen chant "Help me, somebody!" in unison. No, they never do get around to providing an answer to Marvin's question, but music like that is yet more proof that you can't kill New Orleans merely by dumping Lake Pontchartrain into it.