Warren
Luening was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and began
playing jazz at an early age. In 1956, he was named
"Mr. Dixieland of New Orleans", a title also held by
Louis Armstrong, Eddie Miller, Pete Fountain and
others. In 1956, he appeared with Pete Fountain and
Al Hirt at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles,
CA. In 1958, he joined the Lawrence Welk Show.
Leuning
passed away in 2012 from lung cancer at the age of
70.