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Saturday, July 30. 2011

Another free ad for Garden & Gun magazine

The headline stories there this month: Birding with Wendell Berry, Sweet Life in Greenville, SC, and the Funky New Jazz of Trombone Shorty.


Garden & Gun - The Soul of the South.


Have you heard Trombone Shorty? I enjoyed hearing him and his band live, last summer. Had a quick chat with him, too, after the set. He is a sweetheart, and very humble despite being such a prodigy and, now, a star.


 


Posted by Bird Dog in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 12:33 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Of course - everybody knows who Trombone Shorty is - Troy Andrews. His brother is James Andrews who plays trumpet, directs a big band and scored a lot of the music for the TV show "Treme".

Both of them big time NOLA musicians.
#1 Tom Francis on 2011-07-30 12:46 (Reply)
Hi Tom,
It had to be NOLA, didn't it? Best music and food on the planet!
#1.1 mudbug on 2011-07-30 20:29 (Reply)
M'Lady and I each try to be the first to grab Garden and Gun when it's delivered to the estate. Though we do not live in the South this magazine has inspired us to travel in that direction more (just recently spent a few wonderful days in Savannah, GA). Not to mention that it covers our two favorite hobbies....
#2 Country Squire on 2011-07-30 13:37 (Reply)
We here in Southwest Florida have adopted the appellation used by our friends in South Carolina - Guns and Roses.
#3 Phil in Englewood on 2011-07-30 17:53 (Reply)
Coincidentally, yesterday I listened to a CD of the Master, a.k.a. Louis Armstrong, play this rendition of St.James Infirmary. Mr. Armstrong would have given Mr. Shorty his blessing. Both Trombone Shorty's ability as a musician and his showmanshp remind us of Louis Armstrong. Not to mention shared New Orleans origins.

That New Orleans keep this music alive is to its credit.
#4 Gringo on 2011-07-30 21:23 (Reply)
I think everyone should subscribe to G and G. I learned of it here and its a fantastic pub.
#5 Rodger on 2011-07-30 21:47 (Reply)

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