Guitarist Tommy Malone smiled as he took center stage at the 2002 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. He had reason to smile: things have been going his way lately. The former founder of the Subdudes took awhile to get his musical sea legs back after the popularSubdudes parted company in 1996.
Born in the Big Easy, Malone absorbed the music of his hometown, and began playing in high school with his band, Elroy. It was here that he and Steve Amadee forged a lifelong musical friendship. Malone also played in Dust Woofie and Kurt Kasson's jug band, featuring the Wheeler Sist...