MG MUSIC MAN: John "Papa" Gros, a native son and bedrock maker of New Orleans music for three-plus decades, will perform Dec. 12 at the North Star Theatre in Mandeville. He's a consummate live performer, songwriter, singer, longtime band leader and piano powerhouse who learned from the icons who defined New Orleans music for him: Dr. John, Allen Toussaint and Art Neville. Gros' own sound draws from the funk, brass band, R&B, blues and traditional jazz he cut his teeth on. He is also key to a unqiue Mardi Gras tradition that he and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux have repeated for the last 20 Carnival seasons. Gros and Boudreaux gather on Bacchus Sunday to perform Funk N Chant, a long set of New Orleans funk and Mardi Gras Indian classics. What started as a Carnival jam has evolved into a must-se

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