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The Buddy Bolden Band (1905)

Saw this on The Ten Thousand Things and couldn't help but be moved. Not encouraging you to wallow in others' misery, but New Orleans is such a huge part of our heritage as a nation, we owe it to her to help in her hour of need.

Listen:
Tom Waits - I Wish I Was In New Orleans

also, courtesy of Moistworks:
Louis Armstrong - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

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