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00:29 ♪ With a whip of willpower ♪
00:43 ♪ And the evening sky ♪
00:46 ♪ I hurried to my blue heaven ♪
00:50 ♪ Turn to the right ♪
00:53 ♪ Little white light ♪
00:56 ♪ Reaching my blue heaven ♪
01:01 ♪ I see a smiling face in the fireplace ♪
01:04 ♪ A cozy room ♪
01:06 ♪ Just a little nest ♪
01:08 ♪ Nestled where the roses bloom ♪
01:10 ♪ Just Molly and me ♪
01:13 ♪ Oh and baby next door ♪
01:16 ♪ We're happy and high ♪
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05:55 - You can still see some of the buildings
05:58 on the left side there.
05:59 The original 1818 Spanish tile roofs.
06:03 And we're getting right around the bend here,
06:06 Al Jeers Point here.
06:07 This is the deepest part of the Mississippi.
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06:13 And that's old Al Jeers over to the right.
06:21 And the crossover to the west bank.
06:24 Costs $2.
06:26 Mississippi River drains 2/3 of all waters
06:37 in the United States.
06:39 It drains all parts of 31 states
06:43 and two Canadian provinces.
06:45 Its drainage year totals 1,245,000 square miles.
06:51 The river moves 400 million tons of silt annually.
06:55 Now here in New Orleans,
07:02 we have no salt water or tide
07:04 due to the tremendous volume of outflow of the river.
07:10 As much as one million cubic feet of water per second.
07:15 Going out into the open waters
07:19 of the Gulf of Mexico.
07:21 A million cubic feet of water per second.
07:25 Now the city of New Orleans
07:29 lies exactly 110 river miles
07:31 upstream from the Gulf of Mexico.
07:35 By the way, the quote applies 60 miles.
07:40 Mississippi River, it begins all the way up
07:44 at LaTasca, Minnesota.
07:48 It drains out down at this end
07:50 into the Gulf of Mexico.
07:52 2,340 miles.
07:53 From one end of the river to the other end.
07:59 2,340 miles of the Mississippi River.
08:02 She's a real paddle wheeler.
08:04 Borrowed by the paddle wheel back there
08:06 on the stern of the boat.
08:08 That paddle wheel back there
08:10 is the only means of propulsion through the water.
08:14 There's no propellers on here.
08:16 (engine roaring)
08:19 It's a real paddle wheeler.
08:21 It's a real paddle wheeler.
08:24 It's a real paddle wheeler.
08:26 It's a real paddle wheeler.
08:28 It's a real paddle wheeler.
08:30 There's no propellers on here.
08:33 Just that paddle wheel back there.
08:35 100% barge to boat.
08:37 That paddle wheel back there weighs 12 tons.
08:42 It's built out of white oak, steel, and fiberglass.
08:47 On each side of the paddle wheel,
08:49 there's electric motors.
08:51 These are train motors.
08:52 Big G E train motors.
08:54 They're 1,000 horsepower each.
08:58 One on each side.
09:00 There's a big chain hooked up on a sprocket
09:02 to those electric motors.
09:04 Chain drive.
09:05 Down below in the hull,
09:09 we have three P-12 caterpillar diesels.
09:12 34-12s, three of them.
09:14 They supply the electricity for everything on the boat,
09:20 including the paddle wheel back there.
09:23 Those big generators produce 1,000 amps to those motors.
09:28 Going through a transformer,
09:30 switching it to DC,
09:32 turning that paddle wheel back there
09:34 as much as 16 RBMs.
09:36 So that paddle wheel, folks, does it all.
09:41 100%.
09:42 You're riding the river Gorge.
09:45 If that paddle wheel stops, we stop.
09:48 We have to get a tugboat to tow us back to the dock.
09:52 Underneath the paddle wheel,
09:54 there's three big 17-foot runners.
09:57 They run from the front of the wheel
09:58 to the back of the wheel.
10:01 We have hydraulic steering.
10:02 That's what steers the rudders left and right.
10:05 Hydraulic.
10:06 It's like power steering.
10:08 So make sure you walk back to the second
10:11 or third level during the cruise.
10:14 You take a look over the rail,
10:15 you can see that paddle wheel turning around back there,
10:18 pushing the boat down the Mississippi River.
10:22 The paddle wheel does it all.
10:25 Now we're cruising downriver right now
10:27 with the current.
10:28 We're making about eight or nine miles an hour downstream.
10:32 Top speed is about 13 miles an hour.
10:35 Now this boat you're riding on, folks,
10:39 originally she was a casino boat
10:42 up in Rock Island, Illinois.
10:44 That's where this boat operated in the early '90s.
10:48 She's not that old.
10:49 She was built right here in Louisiana in 1992
10:55 up at Jetty, Louisiana.
10:57 And she was built as a casino boat
11:00 for the Rock Island Casino Company.
11:03 She operated up there at Rock Island
11:06 up in the '90s when Doc's died.
11:09 Later on, the boat was put up for sale.
11:14 The New Orleans Steamboat Company,
11:17 we booked just a boat back in 2016.
11:20 We had a tow boat
11:23 to push her all the way down the river here to New Orleans.
11:27 We took her back down the canal.
11:29 We gutted the boat all out.
11:31 We took all the slot machines,
11:32 all the casino equipment,
11:34 and was removed off the vessel.
11:37 Total renovation work was done on all four decks.
11:42 You can see how beautiful the boat is tonight inside and out.
11:46 But originally this was a casino boat
11:48 up in Rock Island, Illinois.
11:52 Today she's a sightseeing excursion boat
11:55 here in the port of New Orleans,
11:57 making two-hour trips up and down the Mississippi River.
12:01 Now this bottom deck here,
12:04 you're having dinner on,
12:05 and the second deck,
12:06 these two levels had slot machines on them.
12:09 The third deck up there was the high limit level
12:12 where they had the blackjack tables and the poker tables.
12:16 But originally this vessel was a casino boat.
12:21 This boat is all steel, four decks.
12:25 She's 192 feet long, 56 feet wide.
12:28 She has a draft of six feet.
12:33 She's flat bottom.
12:34 That's all we need is six feet of water to float this boat.
12:39 The vessel is 96 gross tons.
12:42 We are inspected by the United States Coast Guard.
12:49 You're certified to carry on board.
12:51 1,080 passengers and crew.
12:54 That's our capacity.
12:56 1,080 passengers and crew.
12:59 So make sure you walk around the boat.
13:01 Check it all out during the cruise.
13:05 Walk to the second or third deck there
13:06 and look over the rail,
13:08 and you can see the paddle wheel
13:09 turning the rail back there,
13:11 pushing the boat down to Mississippi.
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13:18 We're going to a river port like Hong Kong,
13:20 China, Hong Kong, Singapore.
13:23 Hopefully there's some of the famous ports
13:26 around the world.
13:27 Most of these big ocean going ships
13:32 are coming in for grain.
13:34 Other exports is machinery, animal feedings,
13:39 chemicals, cotton, steel, paper, tractors,
13:44 soybeans are all still scrap, plastic and coal.
13:48 The number one import is petroleum,
13:52 also steel, and coffee, sugar, automobiles,
13:56 chemicals, meat, rubber, and wood.
14:01 We average about 400 of these big ocean going ships
14:05 in here every month,
14:07 and over 100,000 barges a year moving through.
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33:12 - Thank you.
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33:44 ♪ I see trees of green ♪
34:00 ♪ And red roses too ♪
34:03 ♪ I see them bloom ♪
34:06 ♪ For me and you ♪
34:08 ♪ And I think to myself ♪
34:13 ♪ What a wonderful world ♪
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34:21 ♪ I see trees of green ♪
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34:26 ♪ And red roses too ♪
34:29 ♪ I see them bloom ♪
34:33 ♪ For me and you ♪
34:35 ♪ And I think to myself ♪
34:40 ♪ What a wonderful world ♪
34:46 ♪ I see skies of blue ♪
34:54 ♪ Clouds of white ♪
34:59 ♪ Bright blessed days ♪
35:02 ♪ Dark sacred nights ♪
35:05 ♪ And I think to myself ♪
35:10 ♪ What a wonderful world ♪
35:15 ♪ The colors of the rainbow ♪
35:23 ♪ So pretty in the skies ♪
35:27 ♪ Also on the faces ♪
35:30 ♪ Of people going by ♪
35:33 ♪ I see friends shaking hands ♪
35:37 ♪ Saying how do you do ♪
35:42 ♪ They're really saying ♪
35:45 ♪ I love you ♪
35:48 ♪ I hear babies crying ♪
35:53 ♪ I watch them grow ♪
35:57 ♪ They'll learn much more ♪
36:01 ♪ Than I'll ever know ♪
36:04 ♪ And I think to myself ♪
36:09 ♪ What a wonderful world ♪
36:14 ♪ Yes, I think to myself ♪
36:21 ♪ What a wonderful world ♪
36:28 ♪ The world ♪
36:33 ♪ Oh yeah ♪
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47:05 ♪ When it's just ♪
47:32 ♪ A close walk with thee ♪
47:36 ♪ Grant it, Jesus ♪
47:52 ♪ Be my plea ♪
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48:04 ♪ Day we walk in ♪
48:08 ♪ Close with thee ♪
48:13 ♪ Well, let it be ♪
48:21 ♪ Dear Lord ♪
48:26 ♪ Let it be ♪
48:31 ♪ Through this world of toil and sin ♪
48:52 ♪ If I fall to ♪
48:57 ♪ Lord, who cares ♪
49:05 ♪ Well, who will be ♪
49:13 ♪ My burden bearer ♪
49:18 ♪ Yeah ♪
49:23 ♪ None but thee ♪
49:28 ♪ Dear Lord ♪
49:32 ♪ None but thee ♪
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52:17 ♪ Oh, when the saints come marching in ♪
52:33 ♪ When the saints come marching in ♪
52:37 ♪ Well, I don't want to be in their numbers ♪
52:42 ♪ When the saints come marching in ♪
52:46 ♪ Oh, when the saints come marching in ♪
52:50 ♪ When the saints come marching in ♪
52:55 ♪ I don't want to be in their numbers ♪
52:59 ♪ When the saints come marching in ♪
53:03 - Well, thank you very much, y'all,
53:07 for joining us on our dinner cruise.
53:10 We hope you enjoyed yourself.
53:11 We had a great time out here playing for y'all.
53:14 I'm on the Mississippi River,
53:16 so we're making our last turn right here.
53:20 We're gonna get in the safety dock
53:22 back at the two-minute straight warp,
53:23 so just wanted to again thank y'all for joining us
53:28 and wanted to take this time to introduce
53:30 the musicians behind me on the upright bass.
53:34 That's Mr. JD Haney on the upright bass.
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53:43 On the drum set and the keyboard,
53:45 that's David and John Mahoney.
53:49 That's the Mahoney boys.
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53:54 On the tenor saxophone and clarinet,
53:56 my name is Owen Palahni,
53:58 and thank you very much, y'all.
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54:03 All right, so we are making our last turn right here.
54:06 Wanted to again remind y'all to have a safe night
54:08 in our city once we get docked
54:10 and to just remind y'all if you have a good time out here
54:14 on the city of New Orleans,
54:15 make sure you tell your family and your friends
54:17 about the Riverboat City of New Orleans.
54:19 And if you enjoy the music,
54:21 we got a little tip jar up here in front of the band.
54:24 It's a great way to support what we do out here,
54:27 and we also have the Venmo code as well here,
54:30 so check that.
54:31 So most importantly, y'all, have a safe night
54:33 once we get docked,
54:34 and we're gonna keep on playing with this thing.
54:36 It's gonna keep marching in as we get docked.
54:39 Y'all have a safe night. Good night.
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58:40 - The jazz festivals, you guys have heard of our festivals.
58:59 - Yes.
59:00 - Well, those jazz festivals are held way out in,
59:03 at this city park, right?
59:05 The first jazz festival,
59:07 New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival,
59:10 was held right here, and over there,
59:12 and in that auditorium,
59:14 and I'm gonna show you the grand masters
59:16 of that parade were.
59:18 19, I believe, 63.
59:20 That is Duke Ellington, literally,
59:23 and Mahalia Jackson.
59:25 And they're standing right over there.
59:27 So that tells you that you are in the place of music.
59:31 But this side here,
59:33 and all behind that building,
59:35 that didn't come until 1925,
59:37 that was the Civic Auditorium.
59:39 All that space in this space is called Columbus Square.
59:42 Excuse me.