SoCo Rocks the Voodoo Music Experience.Southern Comfort Returns With Frozen Cocktails and Stage Sponsorship LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Grab your friends and head to the 2006 Voodoo Music Experience Voodoo Music Experience is a three day music festival traditionally held on Halloween weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana's City Park since 1999. The 2007 festival has been expanded to three days and will be held on October 26, 27, and 28. for two legendary nights of outrageous music, great cocktails, and New Orleans fun this Halloween weekend. Southern Comfort (SoCo) continues its tradition of supporting the music experience as spirit sponsor and local music stage sponsor. Grab a frozen SoCo & Lime and join us for a toast to music on October 28 and 29 in New Orleans' City Park. SoCo returns to sponsor its seventh Voodoo Music Experience as co-host of the local music stage. The SoCo/WWOZ Stage honors the music of the region and provides a stage for local musicians to share their music at the festival. The SoCo/WWOZ Stage line-up includes the much-anticipated reunion and return of the Original Meters. Other confirmed acts include Troy "Trombone trombone [Ital.,=large trumpet], brass wind musical instrument of cylindrical bore, twice bent on itself, having a sliding section that lengthens or shortens it and thus regulates the pitch. The descendant of the sackbut, it was developed in the 15th cent. Shorty short·y also short·ie Informal n. pl. short·ies 1. A person short in stature. 2. A thing of less than average size, length, extension, or duration. adj. " Andrews, Soul Rebels, Hot 8 Brass Band The Hot 8 Brass Band is a New Orleans based brass band that blends hip-hop, jazz and funk styles with a traditional New Orleans brass sounds. It was formed in 1995 by tubist Bennie "Big Peter" Pete, merging two earlier bands, the Looney Tunes Brass Band and the High Steppers Brass , Kermit Ruffin's BBQ BBQ barbecue Brunch, Morning 40 Federation, Amanda Shaw, Cowboy Mouth and Friends. "Voodoo Music Experience is the coming together of music, New Orleans, and SoCo for a legendary weekend with friends," said Laura Petry, Brand Manager, Southern Comfort. "We're proud to support a New Orleans' music event of this caliber and to help remind people to visit New Orleans and to support the music of the city." This year, the Voodoo Music Experience has teamed with WWOZ and Preservation Hall for FlambeauCoa homage to the music and culture of the city. Talent for the Preservation Hall Tent includes, Rockie Charles, Ernie Vincent, Preservation Hall Jazz Band Preservation Hall Jazz Band is the name for groups of Traditional jazz musicians from New Orleans on tours organized by Preservation Hall. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band usually performs nightly at Preservation Hall and tours around the world over 150 days a year. , Wardell Quezergue' New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Review, Bingo, Marva Wright "Tribute to Mahalia Jackson," Otra, Jon Cleary, Irma Thomas, Big Chief Bo Dollis and The Wild Magnolia Indians. Beyond this, look for interesting musical collaborations from various acts on the bill. Two day weekend passes are $60 and available through www.voodoomusicfest.com. "Southern Comfort invites you to start the night with a SoCo & Lime, listen to some great local New Orleans music, and, as always, drink responsibly with your groups of friends," said Petry. The 2006 Voodoo Music Experience, with two main stages and five additional unique performance areas featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. For most of its career, the group has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. , Duran Duran, Wu-Tang Clan, The Flaming Lips, My Chemical Romance, Pete Yorn, Social Distortion, Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon are a rock band made up of three brothers and one cousin, based in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. , Ozomatli, Secret Machines, Blue October, Kinky, Brazilian Girls, Ferry Corsten, Broken Social Scene, Drive-By Truckers, The Living Things, Jack's Mannequin, Joseph Arthur, Yerba Buena, The Rentals and The Whigs. Southern Comfort also returns as sponsor of the "Road to Voodoo." This four-and-a-half week tour brings Ferry Corsten, an electronic/dance music artist, to 27 venues across the United States. SoCo is also involved in numerous other music events, including the exclusive spirits sponsor of the New Orleans Jazz New Orleans Jazz can refer to:
In 1874, bartender M.W. Heron created Southern Comfort, a fruit, spice, and whiskey flavored liqueur, in a small bar in New Orleans, Louisiana. Today, Southern Comfort is sold in 80 countries around the world and continues to grow as an icon brand. Visit us at www.southerncomfort.com. Southern Comfort created the SoCo Music Fund to bring relief to the musicians of New Orleans. Donations are accepted via the web site by visiting www.SoComusicfund.org. Money raised through the SoCo Music Fund will be distributed to the New Orleans Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. for use towards the Musicians' Village and the New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund for immediate assistance to musicians. For more information on the fund, please visit the SoCo Music Fund web site. Start and end the night right. Drink Southern Comfort Responsibly. Liqueur, 21-50% Alc. by Volume, Southern Comfort Company, Louisville, KY [c]2006 |
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