The annual Satchmo Summerfest second line is the unofficial start to New Orleans second line parade season. Offically it does not begin til the end of August when Valley of Silent Men Social and Pleasure Club goes full-tilt in Uptown but downtowners know this is the beginning. Continue reading →
A Celebration of Vance Vaucresson and Gary ‘Koz’ Gruenig.
Last night at the New Orleans Jazz Museum hundreds of revelers and po boy enthusiasts crowded into the atrium of the vast building to watch Gary ‘Koz’ Gruenig and Vance Vaucresson speak on the history of New Orleans’ po boy scene. Continue reading →