I see it as a problem that goes beyond any specific genre. I believe it has a lot to do with the way we learn music these days. I've run into many people who learned off of records, tab, etc., and it becomes carved in stone how something is played. Take a blues tune that ad libs before going to the change, for instance. There's a lot of musicians that have a hard time doing that. They have a hard time feeling what's going on and rely on a set pattern. Seems to me, not just Cajun, but any genre needs to get back to playing as an ensemble, able to play off each other. Eye contact! Eye contact! Eye contact!
Just an opinion.
Steve

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