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06/09/2013

Giving Voice to the Gulf; Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars #VOW #NOLA #LOUISIANA http://nola.tw/Lm

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06/06/2013

#BLUES BEAT: New venues giving blues the chance in CT. #NOLA #VOW http://nola.tw/Lj

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08/09/2012

BLUES BEAT: The Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars coming to Connecticut #NOLA http://nola.tw/Gg

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1911 - Alton Purnell was born on this day. A Traditional jazz singer and pianist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He played with Isaiah Morgan, Alphonse Picou, "Big Eye" Louis Nelson, Sidney Desvigne's big band and Cousin Joe among many others. He will always be best-known as a member of George Lewis' Ragtime Band. In 1957 Purnell moved to Los Angeles where he played with Teddy Buckner, the ironically titled Young Men From New Orleans, Joe Darensbourg, Kid Ory, Barney Bigard and Ben Pollack. He passed away in 1987 at the age of 75.

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1911 - Alton Purnell was born on this day. A Traditional jazz singer and pianist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He played with Isaiah Morgan, Alphonse Picou, "Big Eye" Louis Nelson, Sidney Desvigne's big band and Cousin Joe among many others. He will always be best-known as a member of George Lewis' Ragtime Band. In 1957 Purnell moved to Los Angeles where he played with Teddy Buckner, the ironically titled Young Men From New Orleans, Joe Darensbourg, Kid Ory, Barney Bigard and Ben Pollack. He passed away in 1987 at the age of 75.

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