This autobiography of legendary New Orleans piano man Dr. John--"the hippest, fonkiest cat to come down the musical turnpike" (Library Journal)--is one of the m

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"Yancey Yarboro is home from the war and growing tomatoes on his father's land. Susan Drake, married, beautiful and neglected, lives in a beach house not far aw

Up from the Cradle of Jazz is the inside story of New Orleans music from the rise of rhythm and blues through the post-Hurricane Katrina resurrection.