New Orleans "Musicians'" Village Planned

[Retrovertigo]

I don't know if someone already posted this.

 

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press Writer

Tue Dec 6, 6:59 PM ET

 

 

 

NEW ORLEANS - Singer Harry Connick Jr. and saxophone player Branford Marsalis are working with Habitat for Humanity to create a "village" for New Orleans musicians who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.

 

More than $2 million has been raised for the project dreamed up by Connick and Marsalis

[Devinstation]

I wonder If I moved out there, and helped build houses out there if I could get a place to live, I'd LOVE living in a musician's village.

[Phantasm]

Yeah, let's see if it's par for the course with everything else that is for "New Orleans Musicians;" if so, it should really say "for blues and jazz players only, with a smattering of guys who play covers on Bourbon St."

 

Generally in this city if you don't do one of those three things, you aren't considered a "musician." I mean seriously... there are metal/rock guys who are homeless on the street right now but I doubt you'll see them included in any plans because quite simply they never are.

 

I think it's great that they are wanting to help, just I hope that they help equally across genres.