Apr252024

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Preservation Hall was started in the early 1960’s by a Californian named Ken Mills assisted by a lady by the name of Barbara Reid. Mills was a jazz buff who wanted to get the older musicians playing in public again and, of course, record them. He rented a hall on St Peter Street and Preservation Hall was born. Alan Jaffe, referred to in a later paragraph, came on the scene after Mills. In those early days the $400 monthly rent for the hall and the musicians’ fees were met from the nightly “kitty” collection from the audience. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1That's It!
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2Short Dressed Gal
33520
3SANTIAGO
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4Rattlin' Bones
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5Come with Me
15111
6Basin Street Blues
14775
7St. James Infirmary
14106
8Louisiana Fairytale
13940
9Keep Your Head Up
13393
10Careless Love
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