After the flood
My friend that lives down in New Orleans finally was able to return to his house, which had varying depths of water in it, with a couple of feet of flooding upstairs and deeper deluge in the basement.
A layer of mold and grime covered most of the things in the house -- especially what was below the waterline. He is optomistic about getting everything cleaned up and moving back in but he lost quite a bit of stuff to the water.
He posted some pictures of his house and stuff -- some of his music gear survived, some didn't, it's pretty clear in the pictures which pieces are definitely ruined.
In addition to the heartache of being displaced and losing stuff, he also had to endure the loss of one of his close musician friends, Edward "Sheeba" Kimbrough, who died a couple days ago from complications from pneumonia and other ailments, exacerbated by riding out the hurricane and wading out of the city.
"Sheebie" was one of New Orleans' funkiest drummers and can be heard on some Professor Longhair recordings.
In your free moments when you are feeling lucky, take a second and send some mojo south to New Orleans via the synchronicity route...
The Aftermath in Photos
A layer of mold and grime covered most of the things in the house -- especially what was below the waterline. He is optomistic about getting everything cleaned up and moving back in but he lost quite a bit of stuff to the water.
He posted some pictures of his house and stuff -- some of his music gear survived, some didn't, it's pretty clear in the pictures which pieces are definitely ruined.
In addition to the heartache of being displaced and losing stuff, he also had to endure the loss of one of his close musician friends, Edward "Sheeba" Kimbrough, who died a couple days ago from complications from pneumonia and other ailments, exacerbated by riding out the hurricane and wading out of the city.
"Sheebie" was one of New Orleans' funkiest drummers and can be heard on some Professor Longhair recordings.
In your free moments when you are feeling lucky, take a second and send some mojo south to New Orleans via the synchronicity route...
The Aftermath in Photos
posted by D.Rey at 8:37 AM
2 Comments:
When I read this post, I was shocked and saddened to hear about my good friend, Sheebie. I am a piano player that lived in New Orleans for many years, Sheebie was the BEST....I am so sad that he is gone and the terrible time that he had to go through leaving New Orleans ( hurts me right to the core to hear about that ) Then, I wondered who Sheebie's friend was, and I thought...OH, I MUSt know him. I clicked on aftermath photos and realized I was looking at the home of Ruth Ryan and Ted Graham both good friends of mine when I was in New Orleans. The first picture I clicked on was a music studio where Ted and Ruth used to have these wonderful music parties. A little good food, a lot of music, and a lot of fun....Lots of New Orleans musicians came through there, and to see the room devastated and to see all those guitars ruined, just tore me up.
Do you know how to get in touch with Ruth and Ted? Please email me at lavender880@yahoo.com
Thanks,
cindy
Cindy -- I passed this post on to Teddy and Ruth...
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