CONTENTS
TOMORROW'S BLUEGR ASS STARS
FESTIVAL GUIDE
To the Levee & Over the Top
The Leveetoppers Bring The Appalachian Sound to the Big Easy by Stephen Pitalo When the Leveetoppers started between 2013 or 2014, it was as a cover band trio with Jon Hatchett, Ben Walters, and Lyle Werner; soon it was Werner and whoever he could find. “It just became a pickup band name that I'd use whenever it was convenient,” Werner clarified, “as is typical in the music community that I frequent here in New Orleans. In the winter of 2017, Sasha Hsuczyk and I became friends while she was visiting from Philadelphia, and a few months later she offered to have me join her and Andy McLeod on a tour with some friends. We made a demo shortly before tour and the chemistry was strong enough that I felt that it made sense to have a permanent lineup for The Leveetoppers.”
THE BLUEGRASS STANDARD
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