'Music On The Hill' Returns To Auburn With Glen David Andrews October 17, 2017 12:34

The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities is excited to host Music on the Hill featuring New Orleans own, Glen David Andrews on Wednesday, November 15th, 6pm at Pebble Hill (101 S. Debardeleben Street). The event will benefit the East Alabama Food Bank and be a part of their annual Beat Bama Food Drive. Music on the Hill is free and open to the public. Due to limited seating, registration is required (click here). Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to contribute to the Beat Bama Food Drive effort and a chair/blanket. Performing at the event is New Orleans talent Glen David Andrews (the “Treme Prince”) whom Quint Davis, Producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival claims is “one of the giant talents of New Orleans”. With his expert trombone chops and witty stage banter, the gospel/R&B singer and trombonist is sure to set Pebble Hill on fire with his electrifying performance.

Click Here: Learn More About Glen David Andrews 

Glen David was recruited into a brass band led by his younger cousin, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, and played in both the New Birth, Lil Rascals, and Tremé brass bands, among others, lending equal measures of musicianship and showmanship to each. Now he fronts his own high-powered ensemble that touches on every style of music in the course of a show. He was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010. He appeared in three seasons of HBO’s Treme; in numerous documentaries, including Faubourg Tremé:

The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, by Lolis Eric Elie, Swiss filmmaker Peter Entell's chronicle of the controversial, post-Katrina proposed closing of St. Augustine Church; Shake the Devil Off, and Spike Lee’s two epics about Katrina, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, and If Da Creek Don’t Rise. About Food Bank of East Alabama http://foodbankofeastalabama.com/ The mission of the Food Bank of East Alabama is to alleviate hunger; to provide an efficient, coordinated system for collecting and distributing food; to reduce food waste; and to increase public awareness regarding hunger and food security issues in East Central Alabama.

Watch Glen David Andrews perform on 'Jam In The Van' here: