Louis Gallaud at Preservation Hall

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Louis Gallaud played in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in the mid-1960s. Louis Gallaud Photo of Louis Gallaud at the piano at Preservation Hall.The Hogan Jazz Archive caption reads, "Band members Louis Gallaud, p; Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, b; Harrison Verrett, bj; during a performance at Preservation Hall in early July." The year isn't mentioned. Slow Drag joined the band in the mid-1960s and passed in 1969, so that narrows it down a bit more. Gallaud was born on February 27, 1897. He played gigs in Storyville prior to the district's closing. So, he was working with A. J. Piron,...