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Man from Delmonte

After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, West and his family relocated to Lawrence, Kansas.

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And Mike West, who wrote the songs, was the Australian-born son of the successful author, Morris West.

Morris West

Another of West's sons, Mike, is a musician who fronted the UK independent popular music band the Man from Delmonte during the late 1980s and early 1990s and has released several solo albums of New Orleans country music, especially being well known with the international touring act Truckstop Honeymoon.

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