[Dixielandjazz] OffBeat Weekly Beat --PLAIN TEXT

[Texasjazzlover]

 It is a newletter I receive via e-mail... No link!  But DUH!!!  I should
have just changed it to plain text and edited out the garbage.  SOO SORRY.
I will try to get my mind in gear next time before I let my fingers start
typing!

Editied version at the end of this post.

Rebecca

-----Original Message-----
From: Williams, Bob [mailto:robert.c.williams at eds.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:51 PM
To: Thompson
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] FW: OffBeat Weekly Beat -- In HTML

Can you just copy in the link?  That's not considered HTML.

Bob Williams
Trombonist Extraordinaire and
The Worlds's Most Modest Man
mailto:slushpump1 at comcast.net

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!11

		
			

						OffBeat Weekly Beat
Newsletter 
						Keepin' New Orleans Funky!
							August 25, 2005
		Volume 3 No. 33 	
				________________________________

			
		 Greetings! 

		WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY BEAT! 
		Your handy connection to New Orleans music, culture and
cuisine.

		Jan Ramsey, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief 	
		________________________________

			
		Gatemouth  GATE PASSES 
		Not even lung cancer could get him.

		Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown died on Sunday at his brother's
home in Orange, Texas. Gate had suffered from lung cancer for over a year,
complicated by heart disease, but had made many appearances, including one
at OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards in January 2005. Mr. Brown's house in
Slidell was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

		For more information, click here.
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=n5myvobab.0.w7gdxobab.ks58lun6.13506&p=http%3A%2F%2
Fwww.chron.com%2Fcs%2FCDA%2Fssistory.mpl%2Fmetropolitan%2F3348584>  	
		________________________________

			
		MUSICIANS ARE SAFE 
		In the terrible wake of destruction of Hurricane Katrina,
these musicians and members of the New Orleans music community have been
reported as safe (thanks to Beth Sager). Please email me at
jan_v_ramsey at offbeat.com if you have any news.

	(NOTE FROM REBECCA:  If you want a list of the musicians listed,
e-mail me privately)

		To report a musician or other music person safe, or to
discuss the future of the New Orleans music community, go here.
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=n5myvobab.0.x7gdxobab.ks58lun6.13506&p=http%3A%2F%2
Fwww.offbeat.com%2Fforums%2Fviewforum.php%3Ff%3D5%26sid%3D0f89fc800388d3efbb
cf9c6d64226a6f>  	
		________________________________

			
		What Will Happen To New Orleans Music? 

		As I write this, I am wondering if Katrina will create a
permanent diaspora of New Orleans musicians. Or will they return to the city
they gave them inspiration? Already I've heard from so many people who are
in Lafayette, various places in Tennessee (especially Nashville), Baton
Rouge, and Austin.
		I hate to say this, but unless we are committed to getting
our city back--and that means everyone in the music community--there will be
no more music in New Orleans.
		Austin seems to be licking its chops at the prospect of
sucking up so much musical talent and so many music businesses. Basin Street
Records has already landed there. How many others?
		For all those people who love New Orleans and her music,
come back to the city as soon as you can, please! There have been numerous
(too many to count) benefits to help New Orleans residents. Some have been
earmarked for the city's musicians.
		But no one has come forward to administer these funds for
local musicians.
		And what about all the music businesses that have been
displaced because of Katrina? There are no FEMA funds to help these people.
		

		Let us know what you think--or wish--will happen.
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=n5myvobab.0.y7gdxobab.ks58lun6.13506&p=http%3A%2F%2
Foffbeat.com%2Fforums%2Fviewforum.php%3Ff%3D5%26sid%3D037e582f4040323480f114
4af9d0e121>  	
		________________________________