Louisiana 1927 — John Boutte & Friends

As much as I’ve tried to deny it to myself at times, New Orleans will always be home. I moved to Colorado over 7 years ago, but my heart remains in the Crescent City, sitting on the bank of the Mississippi River, the smell of roasting coffee permeating the humid morning air.

I moved out of the city the year before Hurricane Katrina hit. In a way, yes, I was lucky to not be there during such a terrible chapter in the city’s history. And yet it has continued to haunt me.

Here’s a video of John Boutte and some of his musician friends, performing the song Louisiana 1927. It’s about the great flood of 1927, but could easily be a recounting of 2005.

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