Louisiana Music Timeline: November 10-12

NOVEMBER 10

1940: Happy Birthday to Bobby Rush born Emmit Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana.

1945: Happy Birthday to trumpeter/composer Stanton Davis born in New Orleans.

1968: Happy Birthday to Chris Cagle born in DeRidder, Louisiana.

2005: Wynton Marsalis was awarded the National Medal of Arts at the White House.

NOVEMBER 11

1934: Birth of tenor saxophonist David Lastie born in New Orleans.

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1972: Happy Birthday to Galactic’s bass guitarist Robert Mercurio.

NOVEMBER 12

1895: Birth of drummer Edgar Mosely born in Algiers, Louisiana.