Maze featuring Frankie Beverly performs on the Congo Square Stage during the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 8, 2022.

Melissa says the love affair between New Orleans and Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly, started years before the band's live album was released. Frankie even credits New Orleans for the band's success.

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After years of performing in and around New Orleans, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly has proven that no one can uplift the city quite like they do.

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, right, performs during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2009. Credit: AP/Patrick Semansky By The Associated ...

Maze’s biggest hit was “Before I Let Go” from “Live from New Orleans,” released in 1981. It became the go-to song for weddings and other gatherings in the Black community, People said.

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, right, performs during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2009. Beverly has died at the age of 77.

FILE – Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, right, performs during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) ...

But it was Beverly and Maze's record "Before I Let Go," from their 1981 fifth album, "Live in New Orleans," that the band is most known for, becoming synonymous with Black cookouts, family ...