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Happy Father’s Day: Carrying on the Music with Corey Henry, Kid Chocolate and Sunpie Barnes

May 29, 2024 by: Geraldine Wyckoff

In celebration of Father's Day, June 16, 2024, we put the spotlight on three of New Orleans well-known musical dads—trombonist Corey Henry, trumpeter and vocalist Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown and accordionist, vocalist and composer Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and their talented offspring.

Naturally, these “kids” grew up in the music that surrounded them and were influenced by their fathers. Influence is a “two-way” street in all families so we als...

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