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New Orleans Songwriters Festival

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Outside the Pensacola Civic Center on Nov. 13, Bud Tower stared in amazement at two Lynyrd Skynyrd equipment trucks emblazoned with the words "God and Guns." His words.
Tower, a former financial analyst turned songwriter, co-wrote the song "God and Guns," which the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd chose as the title track of their new album. And now here was the title, spelled out larger than life across two 18-wheelers. Once again Tower was reminded that, in music, it all boils down to the song.

That in part is what inspired him to launch the New Orleans Songwriters Festival, or "Songfest, " in 2008. The second Songfest opens Thursday, Dec. 3 and continues through Saturday, Dec. 5 with a series of workshops and performances.

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