
Two members of Preservation Brass kicked off the 2024 French Quarter Festival by telling lies. In "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey," trumpeter Kevin Louis sang, "The sun was shining fine." In "Up a Lazy River," fellow trumpeter Mark Braud referenced the "blue skies up above." Neither lyric was true Thursday morning at the NewOrleans.com Stage in Jackson Square. The sky was cloudy and gray; the sun was nowhere to be found. The musicians, like many listeners, wore jackets to ward off a breezy chill. But chilly and gray was...