
The Wild Magnolias Big Chief Theodore Emile “Bo” Dollis was born in New Orleans. As a child he followed a tribe known as the White Eagles, and he began masking as a Mardi Gras Indian around 1960; as a member of the Golden Arrows. In 1964 Dollis became Big chief of the Wild Magnolias. In 1970, the Wild Magnolias recorded a single entitled Handa Wanda for the Crescent City label, with Jazz Fest ipresario, Quint Davis producing; nearly 30 years later, Handa Wanda remains a local favorite and a perennial Mardi Gras Classic.
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Handa Wanda
All On A Mardi Gras Day
Brother John Is Gone / Herc-Jolly-John
Corey Died on the Battlefield
(Somebody Got) Soul Soul Soul
Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right)
Party
New Suit
Fire Water
Ho Na Nae