Watching film clips of jazz legend Louis Armstrong mopping the sweat from his brow with a white silk handkerchief, one would never guess he spent his
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Born in Abbeville and raised in nearby Kaplan, Sammy Kershaw’s father died when he was only eleven. To support his family, Sammy worked odd jobs duri
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At the first Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans in 2002, New Orleans songwriter, pianist, and record producer, Allen Toussaint, was looking over merchandi
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When it started out in Baton Rouge as the Jeff Pollard Band in 1975, there was little indication that it would lead to an African tour with Gatemouth
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Allen Toussaint (Jan. 14, 1938–November 10, 2015) created a monster of sorts when he wrote Mother-In-Law for Ernie K-Doe. When K-Doe recorded his sign
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Dave Bartholomew (Dec. 24, 1918-June 23, 2019) was a catalyst in molding and shaping the New Orleans sound during rock & roll’s formative
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It was in December 1959 that Alvin Lee Johnson (born June 20, 1939) entered Cosimo Matassa’s recording studio. He emerged from the studio on
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He was probably Louisiana’s first music superstar. While the precise date of his birth is uncertain, it is known that he was born in Mooringsport, jus
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SHEPHERDING THE MUSIC A encyclopedia of knowledge of Louisiana Musicians and Music by Mike Shepherd AVAILABLE IN HARDBACK AND PAPERBACK ON THE WEBSI
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OUR PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE TO WELCOME THE LOUISIANA MUSIC HALL OF FAME TO 318CENTRAL.COM DIGITAL MAGAZINE by Orkke Clifton, Editor We are extremely
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