Published on March 16th, 2014 | by Newt Rayburn

Video: Bill Perry, Jr. playing “It’s A Wonderful World” March 15, 2014 – Tribute to Blaine Pitzer

Bill Perry, Jr. played the Louis Armstrong classic “It’s a Wonderful World” on piano at “The Celebration of the Life of Blaine Pitzer” memorial at The Powerhouse in Oxford, Mississippi on Saturday, March 15, 2014.

Live sound by Tim Burkhead.
Video by Newt Rayburn – The Local Voice.

For more information on Blaine “Blano” Pitzer, please visit http://www.thelocalvoice.net/oxford/?p=12654

Tags: Bill Perry Jr., Blaine Pitzer, blano, Louis Armstrong, Mississippi, Newt Rayburn, Oxford, piano, The Jubilee, The Powerhouse, tim burkhead

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Newt Rayburn Newt Rayburn founded THE LOCAL VOICE in March of 2006. Previously, Newt was Editor of PROFANE EXISTENCE in Minneapolis, and Art Director for Ole Miss' LIVING BLUES magazine. Newt won a National Magazine Award in 1999 for his SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE with THE OXFORD AMERICAN. A seventh-generation Lafayette County, Mississippian, Newt Rayburn's alter ego—Neuter Cooter—lead the Mississippi band THE COOTERS to Rocknoll Glory across the USA from 1993-2018. Newt is a family man who also is a publisher, photographer, writer, musician, landlord, and Civil War enthusiast.