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The Low Down on the Down Low: Slap bass’ NOLA origins.
The technique of ‘slap bass’ which involves plucking the strings to produce a strong rhythmic click as well as the tone has a...
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The Trumpet Shadow of West End Blues
Babe Ruth was in town. The year prior, he set a record for home run hitting that would last for 33 years. Still on a tear that 1928...
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St. Bernard and a lesson in parade mechanics.
Thinking rationally, the concept of a parade makes little sense. A group of people walking from one location to another in celebration of...