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Article: Cresent City crisis Katrina leaces New Orleans' rich musical heritage in peril.(Suburban Living)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2005
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Byline: Mark Guarino Daily Herald Music Critic
This past Friday, Louisiana swamp rocker C.C. Adcock, music producer Mike Napolitano and songwriter Ani DiFranco snuck into flood-ravaged New Orleans on a mission to retrieve computer hard drives, recording equipment and anything they could snatch quickly from Napolitano's French Quarter apartment.
What they saw in the city stopped them in their tracks.
"It was an apocalyptic thing going on," Adcock said. "People walking around like the day of the dead."
The floodwaters in New Orleans continue to bring snakes, disease and devastation to its streets. For people who care about its culture, the fear is that the ...