02.19.2009 9:51 am

New Orleans guitarist Snooks Eaglin dies at 72

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Longtime New Orleans Jazzfest pilgrims have lost a true American idol.

‘Blind’ Snooks Eaglin, the idiosyncratic rhythm & blues guitarist with fleet-fingered dexterity and a boundless repertoire, died Wednesday afternoon. He was 72.

“He was the most New Orleans of all the…

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01.17.2008 11:56 am

Vijoy Rao gets the Spotlight Friday Night at the Pageant

By Matt Fernandes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This Friday night it’s another Ticketmaster New Music Spotlight. This time, the big stage is turned over to our town’s Vijoy Rao and the Removers. Rao has been playing acoustic blues rock in the area for about a decade and…

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New Orleans guitarist Snooks Eaglin dies at 72

Vijoy Rao gets the Spotlight Friday Night at the Pageant

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