R.I.P. Lissa Driscoll (aka Washboard Lissa, Guitar Lissa, Ragtime Annie, etc.)

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R.I.P. Lissa Driscoll (aka Washboard Lissa, Guitar Lissa, Ragtime Annie, etc.)

I just received word that long-time New Orleans entertainer and French Quarter musician, Lissa Driscoll, passed away earlier this week after a long struggle with cancer.  Lissa Driscoll was a fixture in the French Quarter and on Frenchman Street for over thirty years, playing at clubs such as Checkpoint Charlie’s, the Apple Barrel, and, most recently, Rare Form. She will be greatly missed by her friends, family, and fans. 

Voodoo Kitchen – Ragtime Annie, Washboard Lisa (Lissa Driscoll), New Orleans 2015 – Playing slide guitar on her 1959 Kay, in open ‘D’ tuning
Voodoo Kitchen – Ragtime Annie, Washboard Lisa (Lissa Driscoll), New Orleans 2015

Grayson Capps – Washboard Lisa

Lissa Drisscoll (a.k.a. Washboard Lissa, Guitar Lissa, Ragtime Annie, etc.) is a longtime French Quarter fixture and member of countless local groups, as well as an accomplished soloist.

Washboard Lissa from WWOZ New Orleans on Vimeo.

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