The funky beat of musical New Orleans: For the city’s best music: jazz, blues, bluegrass, R&B, rock, Frenchmen Street is where it’s at, darlin’. http://nola.tw/Hl
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The funky beat of musical New Orleans: For the city’s best music: jazz, blues, bluegrass, R&B, rock, Frenchmen Street is where it’s at, darlin’. http://nola.tw/Hl
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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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1907 - George 'Creole George' Guesnon was born on this day. Traditional banjo player and guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a great musician who worked the cabaret's prior to the Depression. Went on the road with Sam Morgan in the thirties and later recorded for Decca in New York. He returned to his hometown in 1946 and played with George Lewis in the fifties. In addition to being a great musician, he was also a musicologist and student of jazz history. Creole George died in May 1968. |