Louis Prima honored with his own New Orleans #NOLA music and food festival http://nola.tw/JX
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Louis Prima honored with his own New Orleans #NOLA music and food festival http://nola.tw/JX
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by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/05/2012
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1905 - Nat Towles was born on this day. A bassist, big band leader and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of string bassist Phil "Charlie" Towles, and started his musical career as a guitarist and violinist at age eleven. In 1923 he formed The Nat Towles' Creole Harmony Kings. and in 1925 he played bass for Fate Marable, and reformed his own band the next year. In the 1930s his group became The Nat Towles Dance Orchestra. they signed with the National Orchestra Service, and focused on swing music through the 1930s and '40s. In 1959 he retired in California , and passed away in January 1963. |