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Dege Legg, from his website

CabLog: Diary of a (Musical) Cabdriver

October 29, 2020 by: OffBeat Magazine

Sometimes driving a cab provides the best material any (song) writer could ever have.

Foreword by Scott Jordan

In mid-’90s New Orleans, the bar Check Point Charlie wasn’t for the faint of heart, especially after midnight. Lurking on the edge of the French Quarter, Check Point doubled as a laundromat, late-night eatery and pool ...

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