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Run That Music Bayou |
| Section: THE ARTS / MUSIC |
| Author: Kathleen Reese |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1986 |
| Size: 1,152 Words, 6,633 Characters |
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What do you find in the swamps of Louisiana besides aligators and snakes? Good music and plenty of it. At least that's what you can find in the dance halls of Louisiana.
This year has brought an awareness of Cajun food to places like New York and Washington, D.C. After dinner a little entertainment is called for and the Cajuns have that too. One example is Beausoleil, a Cajun dance band that is based in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The group is named after Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil, a rebel who led the Acadian resistance against the British during the exile from Acadia in 1755. The members of the group are : Michael Doucet (fiddle/vocals), Errol Verret (accordion), David Doucet (guitar/vocals),Billy Ware (percussion ), Tommy Comeaux ( mandolin) and Tommy Alesi (drums).
Cajuns...
. . .
...s an interpreter, a spokesman for cultural values."
One of Beausoleil's latest albums "Parlez-nous a Boire"(1985) is on the Arhoolie label. They appear regularly throughout Louisiana including Mulate's restaurant in Breaux Bridge, and The Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. If you're ever in the neighborhood, make sure you look them up because you'll be in for the best treat of your life.
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