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NewsBeat February 1992

February 1, 1992 – 12:01 am

THE DAYS THE MUSIC DIED… A pair of longtime musical greats with strong ties to the Crescent City—“Champion” Jack Dupree and James ”Thunderbird” Davis—passed away in January. “Champion” Jack, the barrelhouse pianist whose New Orleans roots remained vibrant despite 36 years of self-imposed exile in Germany, died of cancer on January 21. He was 82. [...]

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NewsBeat March 1990

March 1, 1990 – 12:01 am

Well, as we’ve been saying for a long, long time, the New Orleans music scene is heating up again, to a fervor (we hope) that may match that of the early ’50s and ’60s. The Grammy Awards saw four of ten New Orleans and Louisiana nominees take home golden gramophones. Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt [...]

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NewsBeat August 1989

August 1, 1989 – 12:01 am

The summer season, now steaming into oblivion, seems to be shaping up as a time of evolution and emergence for New Orleans music and musicians. Crescent City and Louisiana sounds continue to carve their own niche in the national and global music markets. As interesting and unexpected developments continue to take place on the home [...]

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