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Meh.  His first recordings were still in NOLA and Louisiana dive bars are where he honed his chops. 

I mean, Harry Connick, Jr. has recorded in Nashville and Memphis too.  I guess he's from Tennessee.  

That's... not really the same thing.

I was born in Colorado Springs, Co but moved to Texas at age 3

I dont consider myself as a Coloradoite

Im a Texan

so if it makes you feel better to consider JLL is Louisianaite no problem

Of course you don't consider yourself a Coloradan.  At 3 years old, you probably don't even remember it, and Colorado forms hardly any of your formative years.

That's quite a bit different than growing up in a place until you're about 20 years old, where all your family is and remained, and which contains the churches and dance halls where you honed your craft for years and years.  

John Lennon died in NYC.  He grew up and learned to play in Liverpool, UK.  Nobody says John Lennon was from New York City.  

It doesn't make me "feel better" to say JLL is a Louisianan.  It's a simple matter of fact, just as I live in Texas for many years of my adult life, but no one would ever say I'm from Texas.  

Couldn't be helped.  I married a Longhorn and I ain't apologizin'.  

Those family get togethers for the holidays must have been something else. I assume there was a piano in use at all times.

Thought you were going to mention cousins and marriage proposals

Still the King.