Stacy Parker Aab: "The Terror They Went Through": Vocalist John Boutte Shares His Katrina Experience

Published: August 27, 2007, 6:25 pm

Below is an excerpt from John Boutte's Katrina oral history essay. I interviewed him in Detroit on February 28th, 2007. He garnered nationwide attention for his post-Katrina rendition of Randy Newman's Louisiana 1927. When I see him perform and listen to his CDs, I am always blown away by his vocals. Mr. Boutte described his first gig post-Katrina as "like church." I think just listening to him is "like church." Check him out at johnboutte.com and at his myspace page. The full interview will be post on thekatrinaexperience.net later this week. * * * THE VOCALIST My name is John Boutte, from New Orleans, Louisiana. I was born November 3rd, 1958. I'm the eighth child of ten. Six girls, four boys. By the same mother and father. A Catholic, Creole family from New Orleans. I was born in the seventh ward in New Orleans, which is about a half a mile outside of the French Quarter. Family's been in New Orleans since the French were there. Probably since

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