New Orleans musicians

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Jordan Shlain, president of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, is spearheading an effort to bring to the S.F.Bay Area up to 100 displaced musicians who fled the devastation, with the intention of giving them a place to live and play until they can return home.

There were reportedly 3,000 to 5,000 full-time musicians working in New Orleans at the time the hurricane hit and there are numerous organizations, many listed in the Chronicle article, now pushing to save the Orleans' culture by getting the stricken musicians relocated and rehired.