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by blueorleansradio · Published 01/30/2014 · Updated 01/30/2014

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House of Blues #NOLA @HOBNOLA marks 20 years of big-time shows in an intimate venue @KermitRuffins http://nola.tw/Pi

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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.

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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.

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