LAGNIAPPE ALL STARS in NASHVILLE

All photos by Chip Curley. Click on pictures for full size. Please visit my Nashville Websites and my other photo galleries including Mardi Gras in Nashville and New Orleans. LAGNIAPPE ALL-STARS at 3rd & Lindsley, Tuesday Feb. 9, at 7PM, in a pre-Mardi Gras celebration featuring the great Mardi Gras music of New Orleans. The All-Stars feature pianist Randy Leago (Shelby Lynne, Jo-El Sonnier), bassist Manny Yanes and guitarist Eric Struthers (both formerly of the Neville Bros.), drummer Bryan Owings (Emmylou Harris, Delbert McClinton), Giovanni Rodriguez percussion and keyboardist Michael Bohannon. Special guests to include Jeff Coffin, Quentin Ware and Roy Agee on horns, and vocalist "Big Chief" Smiley Ricks. The All-Stars performed the full gamut of New Orleans Mardi Gras music; Professor Longhair, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Neville Brothers, Wild Magnolias, and many other NOLA classics. Brief Video of the Celebration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ncZ4my8RQ