Re: Squeezer Musical Poll - Creole, Cajun, Zydeco & Show Band
Dead or alive?
BEAU JOCQUE A true band man. He was the first to share the limelight on stage and in the studioo. He understood what it took to make 2=chord hell exciting and modulated as it hadn't been done before. I love his single row stuff. I wish he had stuck with it. Gone too soon.
ZYDECO FORCE. Beau Jocque's legacy
WAYNE TOUPS. You can be a white squeezebox player singing in French and not be laughed at. Thanks Wayne.
Never seen but heard traditional/neo traditional
PAUL DAIGLE
JUDE MOREAU
Would have loved to see Iry and Nathan. Oh well...
Thx, everyone... Great feedback .... Isleton will rock this year !
There is good news on the left side (California ..you lucky dogs).
I have the task of putting Isleton back together with a 2006 line up.... (sometimes dreams do come true). It'll be a ton of work in the months ahead for this Nonc (and Edward Poullard as well) regarding logistics ... regardless, it is good for all of French music.
For those who indicated the following:
Ed Poullard - he is my General and he will always be at Isleton as long as there is an event touched by Nonc... as Mark St. Mary says "Case Closed Chere "
Keith Frank - the email has been sent to Keith
Preston Frank and the Frank Family Band - I am hopefull... Spoke with Preston a few weeks back but he had no clue about Isleton cause I had no clue it was gonna happen .. he would be a show stopper for sure.
Goldman Thibideaux - There was no mention of Goldman... however this would have been my pick of the traditional Creole cast members...I would not be complete on the Creole side of matters , if I did not have Goldman Thibideaux in the showcase. Among the finest humans I have ever encountered and a fun old time Creole squeezer that is fast becoming a rare icon within the aging segment of the culture.
Cory Ledet - for years I have admired Cory, truly a super star long over due.... he is a great personality and a fine young man.
So as the story goes:
The dream team concept was a thrill of victory feeling, all said and done. So what next?
I have waited three years to bundle a Creole Cavalcade of Stars (tm) as part of a vision. Ed and I have discussed it and we have much yet to brainstorm. When all is said and done, it should be a freight train loaded with sound (Creole, Cajun and that Zydeco thing). We will see how this thing unfolds and rolls out. I will keep everyone posted as we go.
Re: Re: Thx, everyone... Great feedback .... Isleton will rock this year !
Yep, sure as the world ... Griff had mentioned Goldman.
I stay in touch with Goldman and his wife Theresa via phone regulary. They are both a treasure of humanity in my estimation. I had decided (last summer)that if somehow Isleton come back together again for what we know Isleton to be, Goldman would be in the show whether he knew it or not.
Something few may know... they have family ties with Ida Guillry (Queen Ida)... daughter, son or neice married one of Ida's kin etc. anyhow, it would be dandy to get them gathered up over here and watch the fun roll out... but Goldman for sure (Ed and I already discussed him). Bon Ton
Re: Re: Re: Thx, everyone... Great feedback .... Isleton will rock this year !
He does a version of Amedie Two-Step on his latest cd that is just DRIVING. Its not just accordion, its some sort of intertwined syncopation thing going on between the instruments. There's rhythms within rhythms. Wish I could figure out how he's doing it.
I agree... Jason is, well just about one of the best real deal musicians going. Jason was one of my Cajun Dream Team must have members 2 years ago... as was Edward, oh what a band of pros that was, I can tell you.
When Jason is on, he is among the funniest guys you'll ever find... his humor is among the best audience grabbers you can hope for when it comes to icebreakers and snagging a crowd, pulling em in, shaking em down and winding em up...besides being a fine fine musician. As for Edward, well there is not an instrument he can not play in this genre, except perhaps pan flute (hell he may wear goat leggins and play a dang pan flute for all I know) Ha. On the Dream Team thing that was, Edward was not only team lead , but he was the primary on drums (he played drums in the Poullard family band as a youngster), also fiddle accordion and guitar... everyone had a rotation on various instruments as part of the dream team band, so as to show the incredible rounded tallent each member posessed. Nothing like it to my knowledge before or after, perhaps there was and I just did not know it... but it was a major happening though, I can tell you brother, hard to top that scene... but we will try.