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Percy Sledge - "When A Man Loves A Woman". I am going to try to document the visit in a piece for McSweeney's, but there are some things which are right for here as well.
It is a remarkable part of the world, rich and singular, with enough music, food and conversation in which to spend a lifetime. I rode a golden mini-van from Lafayette to Baton Rouge to New Orleans. Last week I visited Louisiana, invited by the lieutenant governor's office and the state's tourist board.
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