If the Fountain Could Talk

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Dear Fountain:

My great uncle, Oliver Ragsdale, was reportedly a mandolin and piano player at Pat O’Briens for many years. He was a fine man, and had a fine family who I met some 20 years ago. How time flies. My wife and I are visiting New Orleans this weekend (with about a million close personal friends at Mardi Gras).

So we plan on visiting Pat O’s of course.

The only time I remember meeting Uncle Oliver about 1963, when I was about 15. I recall that the family ‘didn’t discuss’ that Uncle Oliver worked in a BAR as a musician. That was another world!!

I noticed on website there are many long-time employees – by some chance some of them might remember Oliver. If the story is accurate, and my memory as well.

Best Regards,

James Wallace

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