Friends and family will raise a joyful noise on April 7 for Lafayette blues musician and all-around good guy Andy Cornett.
Friends and family will raise a joyful noise on April 7 for Lafayette blues musician and all-around good guy Andy Cornett. The 61-year-old harmonica/bass player died Feb. 24 following a string of health setbacks. The memorial celebration will take place at noon at the venue Cornett made a labor of love over the last several years, the Feed & Seed Community Arts Center on North Grant Street across the tracks from downtown.
Musican-friends of Cornett's are encouraged to bring their instruments to the celebration. In the meantime, donations in Cornett's memory may be made to the Louisiana Cultural Economy's Health Initiative, 101 Jefferson St., Suite 100, 70506. The Health Initiative provides free health screenings and other health-care services to Louisiana's working musicians, most of whom do not have health insurance.