It would be of more than passing interest to know how many songs and how many musicians of note had their origins in the brothels of New Orleans. Louis Armstrong and Kid Ory come to mind. "Playin' piano in a cathouse" was a common thread. Themes of cocaine and booze, "soiled doves" and their pimps, Curiously named Madams, lost innocence and vengeful lovers ("Frankie & Johnny"?)all permeate the New Orleans musical tradition. Was "House of the Rising Sun" named because, when you drop the 'the,' the initials spell out WHORS?