Pete Fountain

Pete Fountain

male, 79 years old
krewe, Television Show, The Basin Street Six, Hurricane Katrina, neworleansmardigras, The Duke of Dixieland…new orleans jazz and heritage festival, New Orleans jazz musician, New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day, Musician of New Orleans, New Orleans Papal
Pete Fountain was born in New Orleans and started playing clarinet heavily influenced by Irving Fazola. Early on he played with the bands of Monk...
Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair

male, deceased (1980)
Roy "Bald Head" Byrd, Bach of Rock and Roll, new orleans jazz and heritage festival, American, singer, Busker…neworleansmardigras, Musician of New Orleans
Professor Longhair (born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy "Bald Head" Byrd and as Fess) (December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980) was a legendary...
Naked Cowboy

Naked Cowboy

male, 39 years old
South by Southwest Music Conference, neworleansmardigras, french quarter, South by Southwest, Origins, Times Square…True Crime New York City, New York City culture
Robert John Burck (born December 23, 1970 in Cincinnati, Ohio), better known as the Naked Cowboy, is a New York City busker and prominent fixture...
Paul Barbarin

Paul Barbarin

male, deceased (1966)
Adolphe Paul Barbarin, American jazz songwriter, American jazz drummer, Feb 17, Louisiana Creole, New Orleans jazz musician…Musician of New Orleans, neworleansmardigras
Adolphe Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 – Feb 17, 1969) was a New Orleans jazz drummer, usually regarded (along with Baby Dodds) as one of the very be...
Jessie Hill

Jessie Hill

male, deceased (1996)
musician, mardi gras, billboard, Rhythm and blues musician, neworleansmardigras, ike and tina turner
Jessie Hill was an American R&B singer and songwriter, best remembered for the classic "Ooh Poo Pah Doo". By his teens Hill was playing drums in...

Owen Brennan

male, deceased (1955)
french quarter, bacchus, family, neworleansmardigras, Louisiana cuisine, from New Orleans…mardi gras
Owen Edward Brennan (April 5, 1910 - November 4, 1955) was a New Orleans, Louisiana, restaurateur and founder of Brennan's Restaurant in the French...

Allison ‘tootie’ Montana

male, deceased (2005)
heart attack, myocardial infarction, death by myocardial infarction, from New Orleans, neworleansmardigras, Chief Allison ‘Tootie’ Montana…Mardi Gras Indian, mardi gras
Chief Allison ‘Tootie’ Montana was a New Orleans cultural icon and acted as the Mardi Gras Indian "Chief of Chiefs" for decades. He began maki...
Ronnie Virgets

Ronnie Virgets

male
Navarre, columnist, writer, journalist, national public radio, crescent city…neworleansmardigras, loyola university new orleans, from New Orleans, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
Ronnie Virgets is a New Orleans, Louisiana writer, commentator, and journalist. Virgets, a native of New Orleans, has lived in the city for almost...