It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

When it comes to the Blues, Baton Rouge is one of the best known cities on the map. Some will even tell you the Blues were born right here in the Red Stick on the banks of the Mississippi, despite what those in the Mississippi Delta or Memphis might say. For more than four decades Stephanie s guest on Out to Lunch, Johnny Pallazotto has been a tireless promoter, producer, manager and advocate of the Baton Rouge blues scene. He has helped to shape the careers of dozens of artist, auditioned and signed new writers, filed copyrights, negotiated contracts for recording artists, produced and distributed albums, and produced concerts from Los Angeles to Louisiana. Johnny is co founder of Baton Rouge Blues Foundation, produces the Slim Harpo Music Awards and works with a program to help public school student learn about Louisiana s music roots. One of the shortcomings Johnny and other industry veterans will tell you about the local music scene is the lack of infrastructure to help develop homegrown talent. We ve got