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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RODRIGUE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, JACQUES RODRIGUE AND LT. GOV. JAY DARDENNE PRESENTED AWARDS. PHOTO BY CH ERYL G ER BER
MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU AND FEDE BOARD MEMBER JULI MILLER HART.
(L TO R) JIM BOA & KAROL BRANDT OF HARRAH’S WITH FEDE CHAIRPERSON AND BIG EASY AWARDS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARGO DUBOS & TV PERSONALITY AND GAMBIT POLITICAL EDITOR CLANCY DUBOS.
2013 Big Easy MUSIC AWARDS Special Recognition Awards Lifetime Achievement Award The Meters
Entertainer of the Year Anders Osborne
Music Heritage Award Ambassadors of New Orleans Music Dumpstaphunk
Business Recognition Award Louisiana Music Factory
MESCHIYA LAKE & THE LITTLE BIG HORNS WON THE BEST TRADITIONAL JAZZ AWARD AND LAKE TOOK HOME THE AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE PERFORMER.
2013 HONORARY MUSIC CHAIRMAN, DAVID TORKANOWSKY.
Special Recognition Threadhead Records
Honorary Music Chair David Torkanowsky
Best Male Performer Anders Osborne
Best Female Performer Meschiya Lake
Best Album of 2012 Dr. John, Locked Down
Best Traditional Jazz Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns
Best Contemporary Jazz Herlin Riley
Best Traditional Brass Band
BEST RHYTHM & BLUES WINNER WALTER “WOLFMAN” WASHINGTON WITH PRESENTER MARY VON KURNATOWSKI OF THE TIPITINA’S FOUNDATION.
MITCH WELLS AND JOSHUA NEE’S BAND THOU TOOK HOME THE AWARD FOR BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL.
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