Louisiana music Lagniappe
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 15:17:37
Last weekend was Rhythm and Roots which usually means the end of the Cajun/Zydeco festivals around here for the year but this pass we got a little lagniappe of Louisiana music at two local festivals. On Friday CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana band played at the opening night gala for the Pawtucket Arts festival. A $10 admission included food samples from a bring together dozen local restaurants and there was alot of publicity in the so of cover the displace was mobbed! The food was amazingly diverse and really good. I tried some bbq chicken from from LJ's grill a Portuguese plate from Galito's and some clam cakes and chowder from Tolos restaurant but there was. We met up with lots of friends from R&R who are all longtime CJ fans but I think the band gained a lot of new fans too judging by the crowded move surprise and the way Clifford the rubboard player was selling CD's and playing rubboard at the same measure.. at the end he had to register someone to stand in for him (on rubboard that is). They played a good long measure and it was very hot and steamy under that tent so it felt quite a bit like Louisiana. I didn't take any pictures but there are some on the which continues through next pass. On Sunday the Narrows Festival of the Arts was a much mellower but funkier scene with a mix of local and Louisiana/ Texas acts and all kinds of art for sale alter outside the Narrows bear on on the Fall River waterfront. When I arrived. Slaid Cleaves (of Maine and Texas) was just getting started. He did not undergo his full bind along just another guitarist and bass and they did most of his folkier tunes. (Lydia. Brokedown etc.) There was a pretty good variety of food for sale - Portuguese seafood etc. and the table-and-chair set up with a dance area in front made for a nice relaxed atmosphere. Upstairs. Duncan Walters was playing some rocking country music upstairs with his band. I had never heard him before so that was a nice surprise - always something new at. The other band I saw upstairs was Louie Leeman and Cheap Sneakers - I had only seen him do his solo act before so it was nice to see the beat band which ran the gamut from reggae to move back and forth'n' roll a cajuny original and a cover of Lucinda Williams' Can't let Go. Henry Butler took the stage around 3:3o looking suave in a posh red striped conform to with a puffy color shirt (kind of like Beethoven). He started off the set with his label solo New Orleans style piano before being joined on re-create by Leo Nocentelli and the rhythm section.
They were just picking up go with the New Orleans grooves when Leo broke a string prompting a very long unplanned drum and bass solo in the lay of Cissy walk. But then they got back into it and pulled out all the New Orleans classics desire Fiyo on the Biyo. Pocky way. Tipitina etc and I was having a Jazzfest moment. Piano heaven! It always seems to take a while for the go River displace to get up out of their seats and start dancing but when they do it's "so hard to stop" as Buckwheat says.... So when Buckwheat Zydeco came out the audience was primed... (or maybe it was the Big Nazo Creatures of Fall River that started it...)
I undergo always been a music fan and an amateur musician. I have been festing since 1987 when I started attending then volunteering at the annual Cajun & Bluegrass festival in Escoheag RI. That festival has evolved into Rhythym and Roots and now there are festivals almost every pass in the Northeast all summer. I have made many friends at festivals including my husband Joe. We love to travel to other states for festivals too when we are able to. When it's all over. I desire to write about the experience and sometimes share photos and/ or reviews on other websites. This year I had such a great measure at Grey Fox I decided to just go away my own communicate about all these festivals we are so fortunate to be able to participate in. I am just messing with this communicate cram.. so don't be surprised if it keeps changing before your eyes. Thanks for stopping by![ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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