NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Longtime New Orleans-area musician, band leader, educator and military veteran Paul Batiste has died at age 74, his family told Fox 8.
Relatives said Batiste passed away Friday night (April 25) after a fight with cancer.
Paul Batiste was a founding member of the Batiste Brothers Band, a funk and blues act that formed in Metairie in 1974. It’s original members included brothers Paul (songwriter, guitar and flute), Michael (lead vocals, bass), Peter (keyboard and vocals), David (keyboard) and Russell (drums, percussion)…