We received this distressing email yesterday from Adele Dauphin at the Rock ‘n’ Bowl:
I wanted to update you on Snooks Eaglin and Harry Ravain.
Snooks has been hospitalized recently, but he has been released and is doing better. Snooks required some units of blood during his hospital stay, and those units were charged to his hospital bill. Ochsner Blood Bank has organized a replacement blood drive for him. Units of blood are very expensive; a replacement drive puts donated units back in the blood bank and Snooks gets a credit on his hospital bill for each unit donated. Thus, a replacement drive helps keep the blood supply at good levels and helps him with his medical expenses.
If you are able to donate blood, please call the Ochsner Blood Bank and tell them you would like to donate in the name of Fird “Snooks” Eaglin. If you live out of town, you can donate at your local blood bank or hospital, and give them Ochsner’s contact info and Snooks’ name. The hospitals will handle all the paperwork.
Ochsner Blood Bank
1516 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121
(504) 842-7826
Thank you.
Also, local drummer Harry Ravain has been battling lung cancer for a little over a year now. Harry does all kinds of musical things, but most people know him from Benny Grunch & the Bunch. His prognosis is greatly improved and it is possible for him to now have surgery to remove part of his lung so he can be cancer-free. Rock ‘n’ Bowl and his friends will host a benefit on Sunday, February 8 to help defray his medical expenses. A $5.00 donation will get you entertainment by the following: Benny Grunch, Bobby Cure, Earl Stanley, Fleur de Lis NOLA, John Blancher (!), The Nobles, New Orleans Quarter Notes, Orleans, Paul Varisco, Phat Tuesday, acclaimed hypnotist Amazing Dr. Z, and much more. For more information, please call Alan Reese at 504-888-9586 or 504-289-2167. You can check up on Harry by reading his
blog, http://harryravain.blogspot.com/
