nah, there's more to it than "John Doe" -- Jockomo/Giacomo derives somehow from the medieval jester character, but how it all ends up in the Mardi Gras "Indian" mythology is more than I was able to pursue. You could probably make a doctoral dissertation out of it, it's really pretty interesting how that culture comes together, but it'd be an insane amount of research, and I don't know that you'd ever really sort it out -- for example, one of the things I turned up was an interview with an old Mardi Gras "Indian", who was complaining that the culture was being lost because the young "Indians" didn't know the meaning of the songs. Well, if _they_ don't know, who does?

I really think to figure it out, you'd have to go to New Orleans and hang out with the "tribes", and even then maybe never really learn conclusively where all the stuff comes from.

But hey, if you find out, lemme know!!!

(oh yeah, the only Dave stuff I have is the first El Rayo X, love that album but that's all I've got). You might want to check out Dr. John, Professor Longhair, The Wild Tchoupitoulas (that spelling is probably way off), the Meters, etc if you like that stuff, that's where Dave got it.