Doors of New Orleans

For those who perceive the world in audio, New Orleans' doors are a long-forgotten, vintage 1950s sound.  The stretching and contracting of metallic springs with squeaky hinges followed by a thin wooden door slamming shut then bouncing back for an minor encore.  

Unlike today's doors, New Orleans doors don't have the muffling of weather stripping or air-piston governors.  It's New Orleans, houses are barely maintained.  Door hinges lubricated?  Pushawww.  Our doors don't keep bad weather out or the expensive HVAC air in.  Their greatest value is creating a sound that recalls the rich imagery of Elia Kazan's set-in-New-Orleans, Panic in the Streets at a time when 15 cents per gallon gasoline made energy consciousness a thing of the future.  

Like Panic in the Streets, the audio of these doors plays in your mind like a black and white movie.         


Patrons tell us the familiar locations: Spotted Cat, Central Grocery, Apple Barrel, Bicycle Michael's, etc.


(Note, the playback version of this file fades during the last three seconds.  The down load doesn't fade.  If you have any problems, contact the producer, Jamie Dell'Apa at jdellapa@yahoo.com and I'll send you the original file.)