On Sundays as the red beans were soaking for Monday's dinner, John Boutte was awakened by the sounds of his New Orleans neighborhood. Voices carried over the fence from the church behind his home in the Seventh Ward, the home where his mother Gloria still lives, where most of his Creole family still lives and sings. Past the front yard, second-line parades rolled by, matching the madness of Carnival season and the transcendent joy of the jazz funeral. This roux of influences created John Boutte, and serves him to this day.
These are photos from concerts where John Boutte played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2014 Apr 25 - May 4, 2014 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Uploaded by Nicktor