There once was a street that served as a music mecca for Black New Orleanians despite its awkward mix of Protestants and party people.
Whether looking for a suit, salvation or secular entertainment, they could find it on South Rampart Street.
“They came to shop, they came to promenade, they came dressed up, but for whatever reason, they came to South Rampart Street,” the documentary “Music of South Rampart Street” states…