<div id="mod-article-header" class="mod-nytimesarticleheader mod-articleheader"><h1> </h1></div><div class="mod-nytimesarticlebyline mod-articlebyline"><span>NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</span></div><div class="mod-nytimesarticlebyline mod-articlebyline"><span>By Stephen Sigmund</span><br><span class="pubdate">Published: May 19, 2002</span></div><div class="mod-nytimesarticlebyline mod-articlebyline">THE BOURBON STREET MUSICIANS</div><div class="mod-nytimesarticlebyline mod-articlebyline">By Kathy Price.</div><div class="mod-nytimesarticlebyline mod-articlebyline">Illustrated by Andrew Glass.</div><p> </p>
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