Coco Robicheaux, 1947-2011
 

Last night, Coco Robicheaux ? mystic bluesman, artist and Frenchmen Street fixture ? collapsed while at one of his favorite haunts, the Apple Barrel, and was taken by ambulance to Tulane Medical Center. Word flew on Twitter that Coco had died before the ambulance reached the hospital, but no one wanted to believe it; nevertheless, it was confirmed, and WWOZ-FM, as it does whenever a significant New Orleans musical figure dies, went all-Coco in memoriam.? [ Read more ]

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Well that sucks!!

R.I.P...Coco