“June Yamagishi is an amazing guitarist and performer and somebody I’ve enjoyed seeing so many times—his presence and his energy is really something to behold. I do [have an affinity for guitarists], but I always dated drummers... [laughs]

Live music is one of the biggest draws of New Orleans. The amount of live music we have—we know this is a food city and a cocktail city, but the music is such a big part of it. Every time we get out-of-town visitors, they just go on and on about the amou...