Photos: Nashville Songwriters At New Orleans Festival

New Orleans-based Songfest Foundation, Inc., an organization founded to benefit Louisiana and Gulf Coast musicians, held its second annual New Orleans Songwriters Festival December 3-5. The event was sponsored by ASCAP, and performers included J.D. Souther, Don Schlitz, Allen Toussaint, Dennis Matkosky, and more.

J.D. Souther and Red Morgan performing

(L-R): Don Schlitz, Greg Barnhill, Dennis Matkosky, Thom Shepherd, Allen Toussaint, Chuck Perkins, Red Morgan and Jim McCormick

(L-R): Don Schlitz, ASCAP's Pat Rolfe, ASCAP's Ralph Murphy, Dennis Matkosky, Bud Tower and Rusty Gaston