NEW ORLEANS – Curtis Doucette Jr. unlocked the front door of a long-vacant building in New Orleans' Central City neighborhood. Covered in plywood and a crumbling brick veneer, it looked like so many ...

In recent years, a vintage sign hanging on the front of the Dew Drop Inn was one of the few reminders of the legendary hotel and music venue’s midcentury heyday. Its halls once echoed with the sounds ...

NEW ORLEANS — A piece of music history is coming back to life. Friday night, the newly-renovated Dew Drop Inn will kick off a three-day series of shows after being closed for more than 50 years.

Irma Thomas headlined the lovingly restored Dew Drop Inn’s opening night on Friday, March 1. In a glittering outfit, the delightful soul queen of New Orleans ruled from the venue’s stage on a ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The historic night spot, The Dew Drop Inn, in Central City was once a haven for Black musicians during segregation. Now, it’s a new day for the redeveloped Dew Drop Inn. It is a ...

THAT QUESTION. AND WHILE ONE HISTORIC BUILDING IS BEING TORN DOWN ANOTHER ONE IS A STEP CLOSER TO BEING COMPLETELY RESTORED THE DEW DROP IN IT’S A LONG LASALLE STREET IN CENTRAL CITY WAS ONCE A ...

SARANAC LAKE — Electricity arced and sparks flew on Wednesday as Kurt Stender welded the corners of the iconic Dew Drop Inn sign in a parking lot outside the Adirondack Stiles Real Estate Company.

Sixty-three years ago, Irma Thomas borrowed the saucy song “Hip Shakin’ Mama” from Patsy Vidalia, the drag emcee at the Dew Drop Inn. On Friday, Thomas brought it back. The Soul Queen of New Orleans ...

The Dew Drop Inn was the place to be in New Orleans nightlife in the late 1940s and ’50s. At the combined hotel, music club and barber shop, local and touring musicians performed and socialized, often ...

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In this second installment of Hallowed Sound, journalists from the USA TODAY Network examine the state of race in country music, scour the South in search of untold stories and shine a light on a new, ...