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 | | The last New Orleans band to offer regular excursion services for the Streckfus Line was led by pianist, singer, and arranger Walter "Fats" Pichon, a musician who studied at the New England Conservatory and worked aboard the S.S. Island Queen with Sidney Desvigne. |
 | | Pictured (in ties), from left to right, are Pichon, trombonist Irving Douroux, banjoist Sam Casimir, unidentified, trumpeters Clarence "Perch" Thornton and Jack Lamont, saxophonists Harry Lang, Manuel Crusto, and Willie Casimir, and trombonist Ray Brown, along with other members of the ship's staff. |
 | | In 1950 he became musical director for Fats Domino and went on to a stellar career in rhythm and blues and rock and roll. |
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