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Jam-balaya: Louisiana musicians unite to save the coastal wetlands at the best RNC party of the week

By Karl Bremer | 09.03.08 | 7:16 am

Louisiana guitarist Tab Benoit had a reason for a heightened sense of urgency in his plea to save his state’s coastal wetlands Monday night at First Avenue in Minneapolis. Earlier that day, Hurricane Gustav made landfall less than 20 miles…