Making The Show – NOLA 300 JAM with Harry Connick Jr.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There’s something pretty special about the day when you get the call to lead the band for the 300th anniversary celebration of New Orleans music. When that phone call comes from the super Krewe of Orpheus….Harry Connick Jr’s own Lundi Gras parade….it makes the day even better. The Mixed Nuts were the house band for…

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Making The Show – July 3, 2017 – Uncle Sam Jam

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On Monday, July 3 2017, The Mixed Nuts performed for a crowd of 22,500 at The Uncle Sam Jam in Lafreniere Park in Metairie, LA on the eve of Independence Day. The Nuts performed a set of their own, then backed up legendary soul singer Marc Broussard with members of Marc’s band, and then…

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Performing at The Orpheuscapade 2017

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Chuck Berry University

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Every guitar player needs to go through a Chuck Berry phase. Every.  Single.  One. Like a million other boys that grew up in 1985, I watched Marty McFly rock out a high school prom with a classic cherry red Gibson ES-345 in “Back To The Future.”   It’s one of those moments that impressed…

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