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Carnival Tales: Musicians Tell Their Favorite Mardi Gras Stories

January 30, 2024 by: OffBeat Staff

With Carnival season approaching, we’ve once again asked some musicians to tell us their favorite Carnival tales and Mardi Gras stories, plus we've included others from previous years. The stories we got range from the heartwarming to the fanciful to the downright raunchy; we wouldn’t expect anything else. And all are, of course, absolutely true—but then, who can really tell at this time of year?

 

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