“The more you listen, the better you can ask questions and stimulate them.”

Guitarist and Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education Award honoree John Rankin talked about teaching music at the university level this morning on the Fox 8 Morning News with Shelley Brown, Liz Reyes and OffBeat Publisher Jan Ramsey. “We teach ourselves,” he says. “The teacher’s really like the coach; the student has to decide that it’s valid.”

Rankin will be honored Friday night at Generations Hall at the Best of the Beat Awards. The schedule for the night has been finalized:

Front Room:
6 p.m. – Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses
7 p.m. – Glen David Andrews
9:45 p.m. – Lost Bayou Ramblers
10:45 p.m. – Big Freedia

Back Room
7:15 p.m. – the Soul Rebels
8 p.m. – The Awards Ceremony
9:30 p.m. – GIVERS
10:30 p.m. – George Porter, Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners + special guests

Tickets are on sale now for $30; they’re $35 the day of the show.