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11/20/2013

Aaron Neville @aaronneville : Stepping into the ‘candy store’ of #doowop, produced by Keith Richards @officialKeef http://nola.tw/Oq OMG! Kittens slot by WMS Review

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11/18/2013

Film keys on Louisiana music; Connick @HarryConnickJR -produced feature is ‘cherry on top’ http://nola.tw/Oo

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11/17/2013

Allen Toussaint @AllenToussaint is a reluctant #NOLA solo star http://nola.tw/On

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11/16/2013

It’s time for the New Orleans Radio Networks’ @neworleansradio annual celebration of #Christmas. Our Lagniappe Christmas station will run through New Years Day @ http://nola.tw/OW

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11/16/2013

Grammy @TheGRAMMYs – winning #jazz musician Blanchard @T_Blanchard shares experience with UH @UH_News students #NOLA http://nola.tw/Ol

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1938 - Dave Alexander (Omar Sharriff; Omar Hakim Khayam) was born on this day. A blues singer and pianist and a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a self-taught pianist and played with Big Mama Thornton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Albert Collins. Alexander recorded a pair of albums The Rattler (1972) and The Dirt on the Ground (1973), for the Arhoolie label. He was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award in 1993. On January 8, 2012, Alexander was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Marshall, Texas. He was 73 years old.

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1938 - Dave Alexander (Omar Sharriff; Omar Hakim Khayam) was born on this day. A blues singer and pianist and a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a self-taught pianist and played with Big Mama Thornton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Albert Collins. Alexander recorded a pair of albums The Rattler (1972) and The Dirt on the Ground (1973), for the Arhoolie label. He was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award in 1993. On January 8, 2012, Alexander was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Marshall, Texas. He was 73 years old.

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