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5! Checks Given to New Orleans Musicians during Mardi Gras |
 During the
2006 New Orleans Mardi Gras Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine -
Robert Jr. Whitall and Shirley Mae Owens with the help of many, many
people (thank-you Detroit Blues Society, B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ,
Knuckleheads Saloon, The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Georgina
Moore, Bill Wax - XM‘s Bluesville and all who contributed to
Gimme 5!) presented checks to New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane
Katrina. Many are still displaced and have been unable to work for
several months. Everyone has his or her own Katrina story to be featured
in Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine – April/May, ’06.
Gimme 5! New Orleans Musicians Fund Recipients:
• Clarence “Frogman” Henry (New Orleans Legend –
“Ain’t Got No Home”)
• Reggie Hall (New Orleans piano player & Bandleader)
• J. Monque ‘D (J. Monque ‘D Blues Band)
• Walter Cook (Big Chief of the Creole Wild West)
• Paula Rangell (Paula & The Pontiacs)
• The Dixie Cups (“Going to the Chapel,” “Iko
Iko”)
• Washboard Chaz (Washboard Chaz Trio, Tin Men)
• Little Freddie King (Blues Musician)
• Antoinette K-Doe (Mother-In-Law Lounge)
• Jo Cool Davis (Gospel Leader and Tipitina’s Doorman)
• Sylvester Francis (Owner of The Backstreet Cultural Museum)
• Thomas Sparks (Big Chief of the Yellow Jackets)
• Jumpin’ Johnnie Sansone (Blues Bandleader)
Gimme 5! fundraising efforts has just begun and more work needs to
be done. Gimme 5! will continue at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival (4/28 – 5/7) as well as through the summer
relieving the pressure in a small way but to a very appreciative group
of people. Please do not hesitate to donate to Gimme 5!
Make your tax deductible donations payable to: Gimme 5!/Detroit
Blues Society, P.O. Box 488. Goodrich, MI 48438 or contact Robert
Jr. Whitall at 248-582-1544, blues@bigcitybluesmag.com
or www.bigcitybluesmag.com
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