Giving Voice to the Gulf; Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars #VOW #NOLA #LOUISIANA http://nola.tw/Lm
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Giving Voice to the Gulf; Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars #VOW #NOLA #LOUISIANA http://nola.tw/Lm
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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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1969 - Sammy Penn, Traditional jazz drummer and vocalist from Morgan City, Louisiana passsed away on this day. He was born in 1902, and came to New Orleans in the early twenties. He played with the bands of Chris Kelly and Kid Rena, and spent over twenty years with the Kid Thomas band. He formed his own band called 'Penn and His Five Pennies' in the mid-fifties, and toured Chicago. He died while on tour with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. |