New Orleans #NOLA #zydeco @DwayneDopsie band ‘brings the music’ to Meriden Friday http://nola.tw/TW
@XULAindex stages free @NOLA jazz fest with @cscottjazz and Dr. Michael White, April 21-23 http://nola.tw/TV
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| 1964 - William (Bill) Mathews, a trombonist and a drummer and a native of Algiers, Louisiana passed away on this day at the age of 75. Bill made his debut in 1917 with the Excelsior Brass Band. He also played in the Jack “Pie Eater” Williams’ dance band. He played with Sidney Desvigne in the Storyville, and was the snare drummer with George McCullum. Others he performed with were Frankie Duson, Sam Morgan, Joe Howard, Joe King Oliver, Henry Allen, Mack & Mack, Charles Creath, Tom Turpin, Vic Gaspard, Nat Towles and Jelly Roll Morton. He passed away in June 1964 at 75 years of age. |
