Posts – Page 3 – New Orleans Radio

New Orleans Radio Blog

satchmo summerfest

08/01/2015

#‎Satchmo‬ SummerFest @satchmofest 2015 is off to a swinging, sultry start http://nola.tw/U0

07/25/2015

Total Experience Gospel Choir returns to a still-distressed New Orleans #NOLA http://nola.tw/Tz

Miguel

07/23/2015

Sexy singer @Miguel goes from lust to #LOVE http://nola.tw/Ty

Lil' Wayne

07/18/2015

@CashMoney 101: @LilTunechi, @BIRDMAN5STAR and the history of Cash Money Records #NOLA http://nola.tw/Tw

Soul Asylum

07/15/2015

Soul Man: Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner looks back, thinks forward #NOLA http://nola.tw/Tu

Louisiana Today

fact

1930 - George Girard was born on this day. Jazz trumpeter from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He was a student of bandleader Johnny Wiggs. At the young age of sixteen, he toured with the Jimmy Archer Orchestra. He shared the stage with Pete Fountain in the Basin Street Six and organized his own band for the Famous Door. His New Orleans Five rivaled the Dukes of Dixieland. He also recorded with Phil Zito. George died in New Orleans in January, 1957.