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Kenny Wayne Shepherd performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday, May 6, 2017, in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

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Tourists at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, whose office adjoins Jean Lafitte's National Park Service headquarters, were met with a sign about the federal government shutdown. Below it, a handwritten sign read "Thanks Trump," with a waggish umlaut over the "u." (Photo by James Varney/The Washington Times)

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Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday, May 5, 2018, in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

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LaToya Cantrell celebrates her victory in the New Orleans mayoral election during her election party at the New Orleans Jazz Market in Central City on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, in New Orleans. Cantrell, a City Council member who gained a political following as she worked to help her hard-hit neighborhood recover from Hurricane Katrina, was the victor Saturday night in an election that will make her the first woman mayor in New Orleans' history. (Michael DeMocker/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)

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FILE- In this May 2, 2008 file photo, D.L. Menard of D.L. Menard and the Louisiana Aces performs during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Menard was 30 when he wrote "The Back Door," a jaunty ditty about a guy who gets so drunk he has to sneak in the back door and later gets thrown in jail for fighting. Now 85, Menard will be performing Sunday, July 2, 2017, at a tribute created as part of the town of Erath’s Fourth of July celebration. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

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FILE- In this May 2, 2008 file photo, D.L. Menard of D.L. Menard and the Louisiana Aces performs during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Menard was 30 when he wrote "The Back Door," a jaunty ditty about a guy who gets so drunk he has to sneak in the back door and later gets thrown in jail for fighting. Now 85, Menard will be performing Sunday, July 2, 2017, at a tribute created as part of the town of Erath’s Fourth of July celebration. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

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Jayme Romain, a drummer from Lake Charles, La., seen here in this April 28, 2017 photo at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, describes the festival as "the whole gumbo." Romain was playing during the seven-day festival that concludes on Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

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Ray Hackett, seen on April 28, 2017 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, is often referred to as the "How ya gonna clap?" man because of the devices he sells outside the festival. The item allows people to hold their cold beverages around their necks on a strap. Hackett is a regular fixture at the seven-day festival that concludes Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

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Lakeisha Jolivett, left, and Francesca Bermudez, seen in this April 28, 2017 photo at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, are both from New Orleans. Jolivett was attending the festival for the first time and Bermudez, a good friend, was here for her second-year. The seven-day festival is popular with both tourists from out of town and locals. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

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Chef Pierre Hilzim, seen here in this May 4, 2017 photo at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, is responsible for making one of the festival's most popular dishes: the creamy pasta dish called "Crawfish Monica." The seven-day festival features music, culture and food from Louisiana. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)

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In this April 28, 2017 photo, Randy Ellis, a guitarist from Thibodaux, La. who was playing in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, poses for a photo at the festival in New Orleans. The seven-day festival features hundreds of acts from around the state as well as popular, out-of-town acts.(AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

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The trombone of Mark Mullins, of the brass funk rock band Bonerama, and the crowd at the Acura Stage, are seen in the reflection of his sunglasses as he performs with the band at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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The brass funk rock band Bonerama performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Jazz vocalist Germaine Bazzle performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Young members of the Original Big Seven Junior Steppers dance during a second line at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Blues guitarist Sonny Landreth plays the slide guitar at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Blues guitarist Sonny Landreth plays the slide guitar at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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The Cheyenne and 7th Ward Creole Hunters Mardi Gras Indians second line through the crowd at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Fans cheer as Widespread Panic performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indian tribe, performs with the band Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)