Katrina: Nevilles Escape to Memphis

From KGET news web site:

Singer Aaron Neville and the entire New Orleans Neville family got out of town on Monday and are currently staying at a hotel in Memphis, reports FoxNews.com’s Roger Friedman, however most of the Nevilles’ homes are destroyed, according to their niece and “A Current Affair” host, Arthel Neville...

*Musician/songwriter Allen Toussaint was one of the 25,000 refugees stranded at the New Orleans Superdome hoping to get on a bus for Houston’s Astrodome...

*New Orleans’ own “Queen of Soul” Irma Thomas, the original singer of what became the Rolling Stones’ hit, “Time is On My Side,” has also not been heard from since the hurricane hit. Her club, The Lion’s Den, is now under water...

*Philadelphia-born R&B veteran Patti LaBelle has offered her home to a friend...

*At the World Music Awards held Wednesday, percussionist Sheila E said she hasn’t been able to contact relatives in New Orleans.

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