When there were reports of 10,000 people missing, of course we were very worried. A lot of our musicians are elderly and didn't have means, physical capabilities to survive a situation like that. None of us knew how devastating the hurricane would be. Fortunately our musicians were resourceful people - they had the means to get out of New Orleans. A few, like me, stubbornly stayed. I had friends who were doctors, and we holed up in the house. But we always had an escape route planned out.

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