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12/07/2012

Historian, raconteur, guitarist Ned Sublette plays songs from new album Dec. 7, at Siberia http://nola.tw/Ik

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12/03/2012

Musical highlights in and around New Orleans #NOLA for the week of Dec. 3 http://nola.tw/Ig

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12/02/2012

Songs for the Season: Tidings of comfort and joy are abundant this time of year #NOLA. http://nola.tw/If

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11/29/2012

NOLA Jazz & Heritage Foundation announces second annual ‘Class Got Brass’ band contest http://nola.tw/Id

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11/26/2012

Voodoo Music Experience @voodoonola, New Orleans, LA – 10/26-28 http://nola.tw/Ia

Louisiana Today

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1960 - Johnny Horton (John Gale Horton), a country music and rockabilly singer, and long-time resident of Shreveport, Louisiana passed away on this day as a result of a car crash at 35 years of age. He had several major successes, most notably during 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and during 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

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1960 - Johnny Horton (John Gale Horton), a country music and rockabilly singer, and long-time resident of Shreveport, Louisiana passed away on this day as a result of a car crash at 35 years of age. He had several major successes, most notably during 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and during 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

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