My new book is available already online here. It will be for sale at the Maple Leaf Book Shop, Garden District Books, Octavia Books, and The Louisiana Music Factory on Monday.
Here’s snippet from the back cover: “Mick Jagger, Wynton Marsalis, Elvis Costello, and Peter Jennings are just a handful of luminaries making appearances in this rollicking chronicle of trumpeter/vocalist and indisputable New Orleans icon, Kermit Ruffins, and the down home Bywater bar he made famous.
Teeming with a colorful cast of unforgettable characters, Not Just Another Thursday Night: Kermit Ruffins and Vaughan’s Lounge, celebrates community and tradition while capturing the sense of timelessness that defines New Orleans. Mazza’s account overflows with hilarious tales of musicians and bar flies, voodoo ceremonies and epic jams, placing the reader deep in the gritty Ninth Ward neighborhood and right on top of the bandstand.”
