[NEohioPAL]help New Orleans musicians

[Anastasjoy at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/10/05 5:48:29 PM, popcycles at sbcglobal.net writes:

<< I've heard through the musical grapevine that there are a lot of New 
Orleans musicians who have lost their instruments, music, etc., -- the things they 
use in order to make their living playing music.

 

Here is a Web site that tells how to help them:  www.noahleans.com.

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I'm not familiar with her, but she is very likely one of a great many 
individuals in some way connected with the New Orleans music scene trying to get 
something going to help the scattered musicians. If you'd like to help in a more 
established way, the Preservation Hall jazz club in the French Quarter 
(www.preservationhall.com) has already established a musicians' fund and has been 
posting news about musicians that have been found. Also the New Orleans Musicians 
Clinic is estalbishing a sort of "government in exile" in Lafayette. They have 
been a key force in helping the local musicians all along and are another 
good way to help out. You can find them at www.wwoz.org/clinic. WWOZ-FM is also 
keeping and updating a list of musicians who have been located safe if you have 
a favourite New Orleans musician and want to know how they are doing.