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A Brief History of New Orleans Rock

March 1, 1998 by: James Lien

Between the Nevilles and the Toussaints and the Thomases and the second-liners and the Indians and brass bands and jazz, sometimes people overlook the fact that New Orleans has always had a pretty decent share of great rock bands, too. As Fred LeBlanc of Cowboy Mouth says, "rock is sort of treated like the red-headed stepchild, which isn't fair really." Whether it's Shane Martin and Noah's Wax Battleship playing at the Beaconette, Zebra playing at Huck's Levee Bar for a dollar cover or Better...

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