Grand Marshall Jennifer Jones leads the jazz funeral second-line for Snooks Eaglin on Friday, Feb. 27. In a tan suit and his trademark sunglasses, the late Snooks Eaglin lay in a casket near the ...
About an hour ago, legendary New Orleans guitarist Fird "Snooks" Eaglin passed away. He was 73 years old. Born in New Orleans in January of 1936, Eaglin lost his sight before he was two years old. The ...
The tune is an old Dixieland standard, and Eaglin coaxes a whole jazz band out of his guitar -- slap bass, trumpet, clarinet, the whole shebang. Each section is more elaborate and intricate than the ...