It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

New Orleans musician Jake Hammer McGregor fights a never ending battle with Irish cage fighter Connor McGregor. Not literally, but for recognition. Try Googling McGregor and you ll see what Jake s up against.Jake and his bass player in the eponymous band McGregor demonstrate why Connor ought to be scared, at least of pursuing a music career. If you ve never heard Jake s music you ve just made a discovery for which you ll be ever grateful. These guys Jake and bass player Sam Ferguson have got it. Sophie Lafayette materialized out of the internet in Dar es Salaam Tanzania where she has been a fan of New Orleans and a long time Happy Hour listener and materialized at our table at Wayfare. Finally realizing a lifelong dream, Sophie made it through living in New Zealand, the UK, Norway and Tanzania before making it to Freret Street in New Orleans. While she s here, Sophie s shaking things up though not in the way most new arrivals do. Sophie is an international political activist working on behalf of folks she cal