Yvonne Fasnacht

Yvonne "Dixie" Fasnacht (1910–November 13, 2011) was a musician in the United States. She ran Dixie’s Bar of Music in New Orleans with her sister Irma Fasnacht from 1939 to 1964.

December 1948 listing for "Dixie's Bar of Music" featuring "Dottie Sloop"

Early life She was born on LaHarpe Street in New Orleans to Julia Almont Fasnacht and Caroll P. Fasnacht. After her mother died of brain cancer, she was largely raised by her older sister Irma. It consisted of her on clarinet and vocals, Judy Ertle on the trumpet, Betty Giblin on the piano, and Maxine Phinney on the bass. They traveled to Chicago and New York, played as a house band at a New York Club, and performed in Speedy Justice, a musical short directed by Milton Schwarzwald. She never married, and some sources have referred to her as a lesbian.