The lovely damsels in red on our Yuletide cover are the Tricou Treasures, who perform at the Tricou House on Bourbon Street. The Treasures include bassist/vocalist Jodi Adair, saxophonist/vocalist Lindsey Hendrix and percussionist/vocalist Jodi Adair.

“We started out as an affiliate of Vince Vance and the Valiants, as a group where we would train girls to become Valiantettes,” explains Lindsey, whose father Fred Hendrix (a.k.a. Tommy Tomorrow) was a founding member of the storied Valiants ...