This page will be
a clearing house for the relocation information of the New
Orleans street artists.
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Artist
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Contact
Information
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Notes
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David and Roselyn
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info@davidandroselyn.net
http://www.davidandroselyn.net
D-504-251-6515, R-504-606-0345.
Messges at
504-949-3001
David and Roselyn, P.O. Box
70813, New Orleans, LA 70170
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We are at my father's cousin's
widow's house with my cousin Gwen Foster at 422
Williamson St. in Alexandria, LA 71302-6046,
318-443-4430. Our cells are working now,D-504-251-6515,
R-504-606-0345.
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Ada Hahn
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adahann@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/ahdah
www.myspace.com/ahdaharts
504-812-4334
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Staying in NYC with friends. Working
on New Orleans relief efforts in NYC and produced New
Orleans Second Line and Symbolic Jazz Funeral as part
of NYC Village Halloween parade on October
31st.
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Jeremy Lyons
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jeremy@deltabilly.com
http://www.deltabilly.com
504-214-8864
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In the Boston area with his family
617-524-8864
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Troy
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Troy on TV playing the blues on
Royal St. on network TV. Seem he stuck it out.
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Tara and
Willow
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willowtara@earthlink.net
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/willow/
Wil Kennedy
123, 828 Royal St.
NO LA 70116
214-986-3521
willow@musician.org
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Reported they made it out of town by David and
Roselyn. Report on 10/31/05 back in Jackson Square,
NO
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Stoney B and
Grandpa
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susan.shore@ttu.edu
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Relocated to Lubbock,
TX.
See note below. Susan Shore,
Lubbock Lake Landmark
806-742-1116
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Kenny Holladay
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Jeremy Lyons reported he made it out to stay with
family in San Diego, CA
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Peter (The
Glassharper) Bennett
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Website: http://www.glassharper.com
http://www.facebook.com/
Email:
glassharper@gmail.com
1000 Bourbon St. #290 New
Orleans, LA 70116
(mail-drop -- probably not back
in business yet)
504-481-4987 (spotty service at
best).
Temporary residence: Plymouth,
NY, 607-334-3041
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Report on 10/31/05 back in Jackson Square, NO
Relocated to Up-State, New York. Will perform on East
Coast streets for the fall and winter.
See notes below:
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Ricky Breaux, Master
soap carver
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Peter Bennett letter states he made it out and was
interviewed on NPR
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Eve Dupont, Puppet
Master
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http://www.geocities.com/starsonstringsshow/index.html
starsonstringshow@yahoo.com
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She was stuck in Blioxi while
trying to escape N.O. She's OK and in Clearwater Beach,
FL, but lost most of her superb marrionettes
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Warpo
Magician
"Amazed and
Amused"
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Magician Warpo went to Las
Vegas, but intends to return to N.O. as soon as he
can.
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David Roe aka Dr.
"The Rounders"
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http://royalrounders.com/
davidroe@royalrounders.com
1000 Bourbon Street #391 New Orleans, LA 70116
Phone/Fax (504) 525-1973
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I am currently in Skaneateles NY doing the Dickens
Christmas Show with my old buds and fellow monks- Michael
Marzella, Jim Greene, Ray St Louis, the Nunny Nuns and a
host o' local talent. We run weekends through December
18th.
This week former Queen and King of WooHoo!- Jim Havlin
and Stacy St John- along with Curmudgeon Chef Clarence,
formerly of Coops, Arnauds and Bernies passed the health
and liquor boards in Havre De Grace, MD and will be
opening their creole kitchen and Nawlins themed bar right
across from the Aberdeen Proving Grounds just north of
Baltimore. I will be spending the week helping them get
up and going. Congrats!!! And WooHoo!
Chandler and I have a handful of dates in DC area the
first weeks of January and will be heading to New York
and New England January 20th. check out ChrisChandler.org
fordetails.
I plan on splitting my non musical time between
getting OkeeDokee Gardens ready for Spring and helping
out at Clarence's Kitchen
How am I able to do all this travelling? In my new
(1996) Escort Station Wagon. Yes. I own an infernal
combustion engine for the first time in nearly 10
years.
I miss the French Quarter and the ability to attain
anything I needed on my bike, but those days are gone. I
dream of New Orleans as it was, is , and could be, and
ever the optimist, fear the worst. Fortunately, I knew
New Orleans when Buster Holmes beans and rice were under
a buck, and Booker played the Toulouse Theater almost
every afternoon. I pray for my friends and fellow
musicians who are struggling to bring the city back to
life. God Bless Us, Every One.
Commercial note:
Only 19 shopping days till solstice. My two CDs on
CDBABY.com are on sale for $11.11. Such a deal. And so
easy to wrap.
Also go there for the finest recording I have ever
produced- Chris Chandler's American Storyteller. Great
tales and pomes, Beautiful music and even a video shot at
Mardi Gras 97, and The Rounders playing at Toulouse and
Royal.
I hope the New Year is not so eventful, and that the
republicans and their crony insiders get what is coming
to them for their willful acts of violence around the
world, and their lack of help to those who are suffering
from the effects of their violence and lack of
compassion.
As the keepers of the sacred flame say, "Blessed
Be"
DR
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Marguerite
Smith
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See NY Times article 9/21, still playing on Burbon
Street
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Jake, Casey, Grandpa, Jacob, Robin
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See NY Times article 9/21, conflicting information
with other reports
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Irina
Filatova
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http://www.face-painter.com/
(504) 473-3581
email: buskergirl@hotmail.com
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Hi, this is Irina, face-painter from New Orleans
I am stuck in Memphis with no car, and want to get out
of here, but I do not know where to go. I am looking for
info on housing for Katrina victims in San Francisco or
Miami, I am also willing to join a travelling Co, which
can use a face-painter, or relocate to any big city in
USA or Europe with good public transportation system,
where I can work either as a street artist or a booked
entertainer for a circus, zoo etc...
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Jose Torres Tama
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http://torrestama.com/
Jose Torres Tama
2322 Dauphine Street, New Orleans, LA 70117
Tel: (504) 948-4607
Email: jose@torrestama.com
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ZEITGEIST MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTS CENTER
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http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/
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Zeitgeist founder Rene Broussard evacuated to Memphis
with his family and has relocated to Shreveport where he
will be programming films with Artspace and the
minicine?. He can be reached at:
Rene Broussard
c/o Orleans Square Apartments
8500 Jackson Square Place, Apartment 9F
Shreveport, LA 71115
zte@bellsouth
504-352-1150 cell or 318-798-2092 home
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Mary Howell
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Mary Howell, Esq., Howell &
Snead, 316 S. Dorgenois, New Orleans, 70119
504-822-4455
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Attorney who has supported the New Orleans street
artists and cultural community was seen live and well
recently in New Orleans by Jeremy Lyons.
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Sherrie R. Bias
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225-281-5855
http://www.sherriebias.com
sherriebias@lycos.com
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Jazz vocalist is ok. Looking for work and financial
support. See web site for details:
Sherrie R. Bias is noted for her outstanding vocal
ability & dynamic stage presence. As a lover of both
traditional and modern Jazz, Ms. Bias blends a unique
quality of lively vocals with soulful and exciting
interpretations.
Sherrie has gained a boasting reputation for jazzy
improvisations, word play and mastery of scat. She
effortlessly commands the stage with a style and grace of
distinguishing her as new jazz royalty.
Born in New Orleans,Louisiana, and a woman of many
talents. She is an Author, Singer /Songwriter and
affectionate mother of two. She continues to perform in a
wide variety of musical expressions including Gospel and
Merenge.
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From: "Peter Bennett" <glassharper@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:53:09 -0600
To: stephenbaird@surfglobal.net
Cc: unclescam@buskers.org, dayro@bellsouth.net,
buskergirl@hotmail.com, jim@smirk.com, willowtara@earthlink.net,
info@robertbloor.com, adahann@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: How you doing?
Hey, Stephen ---
Thank you for your note and for your kind thoughts. I think it
is just great that you have been able to negotiate a suspension of
the Cambridge performers' fee for N.O. refugee entertainers -- it
has been a revelation to see the outpouring of love and the desire
to help by so many people and organizations. The N.Y. Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall concert in support of the Louisiana Philharmonic
Orchestra brought tears to my eyes knowing several friends from
N.O. were privileged to be a part of that historic event.
I have returned to N.O. and spent the day today playing on
Jackson Square for, mainly, relief workers and local returnees who
were, to a person, very supportive and welcoming. Willow and Tara,
also, were on the square.
The smell of rotting food in refrigerators abandoned on the
street is at times overwhelming, but then there always have been
noxious smells to deal with here and this new one will get cleaned
up in due time. My own apartment suffered no major damage and I
feel blessed after seeing the devastation so many suffered not a
half a mile away in the Ninth Ward to the East and Uptown to the
West.
One more name should be added to your list of those not yet
heard from. Although she is not a street entertainer, street
performance in N.O. would probably have died years ago but for her
tireless advocacy. I hope Monday to bike up to S. Dorgenois St. to
see if attorney Mary Howell is at her office.
Your N.O. Buskers' page is a treasure and was a source of
solace as I sat in Central New York trying to piece together a
degree of truth about the situation from conflicting reports.
Although it may take a year to get the tourists and the
conventioneers back I know it will happen. In the mean time the
outpouring of affection from returning locals is enough to make me
want to stay and do what I can to help with the reanimation of
this historic district.
Thanks again for your concern and support of our extended
community of buskers!
Peter (The Glassharper) Bennett
website: www.glassharper.com
email: glassharper@hotmail.com
1000 Bourbon St. #290
New Orleans, LA 70116
Cell: 504-481-4987
New York Times article
on New Orleans street musicians September 21st.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/arts/music/21busker.html?th&emc=th
Marguerite Smith, one of the
few remaining musicians in the city
"Jake, Casey, Grandpa - he
plays the blues like you read about - Jacob and..." Ms. Smith
paused, moving from foot to foot, her battery-powered sandals
lighting up with each shuffle as she tried to remember. It was
about the only light on Bourbon Street.
"And Robin, that little dude
who plays the harmonica," she finally concluded.
Hi Stephen,
Glad to hear from you. Do you
know if Grandpa got out?
Stony did, so did Tara and
Willow, Grayson and Lisa. We saw Troy on TV playing the blues on
Royal St. to no one. We don't know about other street
performers.
We are going to tour to raise
money for ourselves and for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic which
gives free medical care to musicians is a good charity. They can
be contacted at musiciank@swlahec.com. or Kathy Richard,
337.989.0001. Send donations to NOMC Emergency Fund, 103
Independence Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506, fax 337-989-1401 e-mail
finance@swlahec.com
PreservationHall.com is also
setting us a charity to keep paying their musicians and of course
there is the Jazz Foundation of America, www.Jazzfoundation.org.
We haven't heard of anyone setting up a charity for Street
Musicians. Maybe you could help us set one up.
We are at my father's cousin's
widow's house with my cousin Gwen Foster at 422 Williamson St. in
Alexandria, LA 71302-6046, 318-443-4430. Our cells are working
now,D-504-251-6515, R-504-6060-345.
We almost didn't leave either.
Autumn was yelling if we died, she was going to kick our casket.
She had us in stiches, but she was convincing enough that we left.
We couldn't get RR Bill to leave with us. He stayed with
Charmaine's and kept Stormy's dog, Cruiser. We know Charmaine got
out, but we suspect Bill stayed with her dogs and cats and
Cruiser.
We saw our house on satellite
at ngs.woc.noaa.gov/Katrina/HTM. It looks as though we have some
roof damage. Everything from Ramparts to the river looks dry. I
could drive to our house if I could get past the cops. I would
like to get that roof fixed before we have worse damage, but of
course the "powers that be" have their own agendas and our wishes
don't count.
We are hoping to go on tour and
have three gigs set up in Michigan and offers in other places
including a gallery in MASS.
Let us know your address and
what you hear about the "missing".
Thanks, DaRo
DavidandRoselyn.com
Hello Friends,
First off I want to thank so many of you who emailed us
expressing
concern, prayers and good wishes. All of the Deltabilly Boys
and families got out safely, although we worried for a while about
Greg's girlfriends Julie, who was in a French Qtr hotel and moved
to the Superdome. But she and her family are safe. Greg is in
Ithaca, NY, thinking about moving to NYC. He was in Germany when
the storm hit; it seems his neigborhood was not flooded, but he
had no access to his instruments in his home. Paul and his family
got out late Sunday night before the storm; they have been staying
in their mobile home in a fishing camp in Livingston, La, 30 miles
from Baton Rouge. They went back to Kenner (Jefferson Parish) to
inspect their property: no flooding, but some roof damage.
Needless to say, like thousands of others, they are eager to
return home to make repairs before rain and other factors compound
the damage. But the powers that be have a different agenda.
Needless to say,!
I am horrified not only by the response to this disaster by
EVERY LEVEL of government, but I am also distressed by the fact
that hundred of well equipped, self-sufficient, organized citizens
are in danger of being focibly evicted from homes and safe havens,
even those that are in dry neighborhoods. But I will try to keep
my rantings to a minimum, and get on with telling you about the
band.
Saturday night before Katrina hit, myself, my wife Valery and
our daughter Luciana evacuated to Baton Rouge with no difficulty.
We brought with us our computers, about a weeks worth of clothes,
five guitars, some musical equipment and Lucy's bicycle. For once
my tendency to overpack paid off; we really didn't expect our
street to be inundated by six to eight feet of water, but there it
is. It soon became clear what was happening when the levee broke,
and that we would not even be allowed home for months even to
inspect and recover. In Baton Rouge, gas shortages, traffic jams,
and local paranoia of so-called lawless "refugees" made our
decision to move on rather easy. My wife and daughter flew out of
Atlanta, and I drove up to meet them at my parents' house in
Boston, hooking up a gig at the Pour House Music Hall along the
way in Raleigh, NC. The proprietor, Marianne, alerted the media to
my (our) plight, and long-story-short, I ended up on MSNBC. Here's
the links to t!he article and video.
http://www.nbc17.com/news/4943092/detail.html
http://nbc17.feedroom.com/iframeset.jsp?ord=967258
So now we have our daughter at a great school in Cambridge (my
sister teaches there), and we are looking for an apartment and
work. I got my "buskers' license" from the Cambridge Arts Council
and I am playing on Harvard Square. (Back to the drawing board!) I
will be plugging into the music scene here, getting involved with
relief awareness/fundraising and hopefully will start touring the
North East. Plans to reunite the band are on hold, as we wait and
see how things develop both in New Orleans and for each of us
individually. Maybe down there, maybe up here -- who knows??
I will be informing you all about relief afforts and tours. I
am happy to say that I have not had any terrible news about any
friends -- we have been contacting each other through text
messages, emails, website, phone calls, etc. I did get some bad
news, though: Gatemouth Brown finally succombed to lung cancer at
his family's home in Texas yesterday morning. He was gigging till
the end, right up to evacuation.
Peace and prosperity to you all, death and humiliation to
tyrants.
Jeremy Lyons
http://www.deltabilly.com
Grandpa and Stonee are the toast of Lubbock TX. From:
susan.shore@ttu.edu
Subject: Stoney B and Grandpa
Date: September 11, 2005
12:30:27 PM EDT
To:
DavidRoe1111@royalrounders.com
A bright spot in the night ....
Stoney B. and Grandpa are alive
and well and living in Lubbock. The story as I know it....
Just before the storm hit,
Grandpa was in the hospital for x-rays (don't know what the
related injury or illness is/was), and eventually was evacuated to
the Astrodome in Houston. In the meantime, Stoney went to the
Superdome in NO, and eventually ended up on a plane to Lubbock and
was here a few days before he hooked up with Grandpa and got him
out here.
Shelter time is over, got an
apartment yesterday, but Stoney got to be a bit of a celebrity
when one of the local tv reporters interviewed him, found out he
was a singer, and some folks from MHMR helped put him in touch
with some other music folk here.
So now there is a new acoustic
guitar, a new electric guitar and amp that you see in the attached
photos (aptly named "Katrina"), new cowboy hat, new apartment, and
Grandpa, which I suspect was the best gift.
They played last night at the
Mean Woman Grill in Levelland, about 30 miles west of Lubbock,
also home to South Plains College and their terrific bluegrass and
traditional music program. That's where the photographs are from.
First ever performance in Texas, and I suspect not the last.
Better days are coming.....
Susan Shore, Lubbock Lake
Landmark 806-742-1116
Hey, Stephen ---
Thank you so much for your message and
your concern. And bless you for the work you and your organization
have been doing to help!
I was one of the ones lucky enough to
have transportation to escape. David and Roselyn were flooded out
in the By Water, are in Alexandria w/ friends and probably need
clothes. Puppet Master Eve Dupont got stuck in Blioxi while trying
to escape N.O. She's OK and in Clearwater Beach, FL, but lost most
of her superb marrionettes. Magician Warpo went to Las Vegas, but
intends to return to N.O. as soon as he can. Videos from N.O. show
an occasional trumpeter or harmonica player playing the forlorn
streets of the Quarter. No tourists, but, hey, its what we
do!
I have escaped to Central New York state
where I'm rotating among various family members so as not to
outlive my welcome in any one place. Word has it that residents
will be allowed back into the Quarter within the next few days to
check on their properties. Since I haven't been able to contact my
landlord I don't know if I have a home to go home to. Secondly, of
course, there will be no audiences there for Lord knows how
long.
I suspect I will go Burlington to catch
the "leaf-peeper" tourists and then to Clearwater Beach, FL, where
I know I can play at the Pier 60 "Sunset Celebration" every
evening. On the way, I'll take a detour to N.O. to see if any
damage was done at my apartment.
The outpouring of love, concern and
charity I have seen after the disaster on the Gulf Coast is nearly
overwhelming. Of course in the days right after the storm it
didn't take much to get me crying. Glued, as I was, to the TV and
NPR I saw several friends and acquaintances coping with the
aftermath. A few nights after the levees broke, however, capped
it. Listening to NBC-TV with only partial attention I thought I
heard a name I should recognize. The reporter was interviewing a
fellow who was walking west on an elevated section of I-10 with
his meager possessions on a folding hand cart behind him. What
riveted my attention was when I heard him say, in a Cajun accent
an alligator couldn't chomp through, "Well, I've got my soap with
me."
It was my homeless friend Ricky Breaux, a
master soap carver, who made his living carving cakes of soap into
cartoon characters and selling them on the street in New Orleans.
Ironically there had been no mention of his occupation, so to
someone just tuning in he probably sounded like someone who, in
the exigency of evacuation, wanted to make sure he could stay
clean!
I met Ricky last year when he fell in
love with my new puppy, KD. He squatted down behind me as I played
my glass harp on Jackson Square and asked if he could do a
portrait of her. Though only about nine months old at the time she
sat perfectly still for the next half hour while Ricky carved a
remarkable likeness right down to her four large black spots,
which he applied with Magic Marker. The soap sculpture sat on the
fireplace mantle in my French Quarter apartment and I cried once
again realizing it may not have survived.
But then again it may have. It is fairly
clear, at this point, that the flood waters never reached up onto
Dumaine Street, one of the higher points in New Orleans. It was
the height of the land, of course, that led Sieur de Bienville to
build his colony there nearly 300 years ago. Several city-wide
fires, innumerable hurricanes, disease, pestilence and wars have
not wiped out my favorite city in the world. This disaster won't
either.
Peter (The Glassharper)
Bennett
website: www.glassharper.com
email: glassharper@hotmail.com
1000 Bourbon St. #290 (mail-drop --
probably not back in business yet)
New Orleans, LA 70116
504-481-4987 (spotty service at
best).
Temporary residence: Plymouth, NY,
607-334-3041
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