The Ladies & Men of Unity, Jan 22, 2012

TBC Brass Band

The Hot 8 Brass Band in the background

Leaving Sportsman’ Club @ 2nd & Dryades

Bennie Pete’s tuba. Bennie leads the Hot 8.

Secondline parades bring out the good-timers: Caught Leslie Parr shooting in the front; and I was delighted G Bitch got in the mix behind the Hot 8.

Derek Bridges, New Orleans

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Derek Bridges lives in New Orleans, trading in words and pictures. A carpetbagger of long standing, he grew up in the top right corner of IL and later went to college in the middle cornfield part. He has also lived in MS and FL, for educational purposes only, and was diasporized for a time in TX.

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