{"id":25362,"date":"2019-06-13T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/hear-a-taste-of-new-orleans-with-shamarr-allen\/"},"modified":"2019-06-13T18:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T00:16:00","slug":"hear-a-taste-of-new-orleans-with-shamarr-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/hear-a-taste-of-new-orleans-with-shamarr-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear a taste of New Orleans with Shamarr Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ShamarrAllen-ESW-061419.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ShamarrAllen-ESW-061419.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ShamarrAllen-ESW-061419-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>Shamarr Allen performing at Lundi Gras 2012. Allen will play on Saturday, June 15, at the Dillon Amphitheater for free.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Joshua Lee<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Dubbed \u201cThe definition of New Orleans,\u201d composer, writer, producer, vocalist and trumpeter Shamarr Allen will perform with his band The Underdawgs on Saturday, June 15, at the Dillon Amphitheater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Hailing from the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Allen has influences in jazz, hip-hop, rock, funk rhythms, blues and country. In addition to performing with his band, Allen has collaborated with many renowned artists around the world such as Willie Nelson, Patti LaBelle, Galactic, Harrick Connick Jr. and Lenny Kravitz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Joining him as The Underdawgs are Floyd Gray on drums, Herbert Stevens on percussion and vocals, Matt Clark on guitar and vocals, Jason Butler on keyboards and William Terry on bass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The free concert at the amphitheater on West Lodgepole Street begins at 7 p.m. Visit TownOfDillon.com for more information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/explore-summit\/hear-a-taste-of-new-orleans-with-shamarr-allen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shamarr Allen performing at Lundi Gras 2012. Allen will play on Saturday, June 15, at the Dillon Amphitheater for free.Courtesy Joshua Lee Dubbed \u201cThe definition of New Orleans,\u201d composer, writer, producer, vocalist and trumpeter Shamarr Allen will perform with his band The Underdawgs on Saturday, June 15, at the Dillon Amphitheater. Hailing from the lower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 00:28:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}