Linda Radcliffe, Barry Trump, David Hewitt and I took a road trip to New Orleans, LA through Memphis, TN for the 2017 edition of the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival on Lafayette Square in the Big Easy. The bands we saw were The Plantation All-Stars, Ed Wills Blues For Sale, Deacon John's Jump Blues, Luther Kent & Trick Bag, Guitar Lightning Lee, Samantha Fish, John Mooney, Robert Cray, King Edward, Louis "Gearshifter" Youngblood, A.J. Ghent, Grady Champion, Andrew Duhon, Como Mamas, Robert Finley, Bobby Rush, The Fortifiers, The New Soul Finders, Little Freddie King and Walter “Wolfman” Washington and the Roadmasters.