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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 7 May 2018
Aerosmith packs 'em in at New Orleans Jazz Fest

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Some came with one band
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Aero- or genre in mind, and
smith drew a huge crowd stayed to soak up many
and smaller but still packed others.
crowds boogied to Cage Greg Garrison, himself an
the Elephant, Delbert Mc- amateur musician — he
Clinton and Anita Baker plays penny whistle with
and a rousing mix of other the New Orleans Strathspey
musical acts as the New and Reel Society — caught
Orleans Jazz and Heritage the last two numbers of The
Festival wound up its next- East Pointers, a Canadian
to-last day. Celtic band with Acadian
Once a relatively small af- roots, and wanted to hear
fair, the festival now in its more: "I've never heard sets
49th year draws hundreds that combine jigs and reels
of thousands of people and Appalachian style
to a 7-day celebration of banjo," he said.
all things music, reflecting Garrison followed the East
the rich diversity of a river Pointers to the Cultural Ex-
city now celebrating its tri- change Pavilion, where the
centennial. There was jazz, plank floor shook as people
of course, but also Cajun, old and young, bald and
zydeco, roots rock, Afri- tattooed, bounced and
can rhythms, Latin groups danced in time to the mu-
and traditional music from Smitty Dee's Brass Band leads a second-line through the Fairgrounds at the New Orleans Jazz & sic. Saturday's performers
Canada to the Republic of Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Saturday, May 5, 2018. there included a group
Congo. Associated Press from Congo, a Latin band
Sweating, swaying and and a tribute to Louis Arm-
so packed at times that to "Livin' on the Edge" and to the experience. critical density," said Jeff strong. "I want to discover
they could hardly move, other Aerosmith songs had "There's nowhere to go, no Baker of Fort Collins, Colo- what's behind the music I
the people singing along no choice but to surrender way to get there. It's like rado. love so much."q