Eric Overmyer talks New Orleans Jazz Fest and Treme | Huffington Post

Treme series co-creator Eric Overmyer is a longtime New Orleans resident, and a big enough fan of New Orleans music to make the city's musicians the cornerstone of the show. Are there ties between the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and HBO's Treme? Enough to warrant a Tuesday taping of a "festival-like experience" in City Park. Tim Robbins directed Treme Episode 2, "Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky." It's a Thanksgiving episode introducing the wider world to Sissy Bounce, a phenomenon including New Orleans gay bounce artists Sissy Nobby, Katey Red and Queen Diva Big Freeida...

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