Rick - I never cease to be amazed at the bottomless reservoir of info and tricks we can all pick up on this board. The stuff about acoustic zydeco is very valuable and has me looking at it a different way.
What are Lexan spoons? Just the white plastic canteen type spoons? or something else? I know the whole gist of your post is improvisation, but just thought I'd ask!

Glad you liked the Pop That Coochie suggestion.

Going to see Leon Chavis next weekend. You know him? What dya reckon to him? What relation to Boozoo, if any, is he?

BJ

lexan plastic spoons indeed a quiet form to be sure... AH Fiddle Sticks!

Who here has ever seen or heard of fiddle Sticks??

Great expression as a saying.... but, fiddle sticks do exist for real, though perhaps rarely used.

Yeah, Nonc- I've seen fiddle sticks on a couple of occasions. Can't remember who. One might have been a Dutch or French band.

But I still don't know what Lexan spoons are. Are they those joined together cheating spoons?

BJ

Just looked back and Rick said plastic Lexan spoons - so I'm none the wiser.

The New Riverside Ramblers, our CFMA Award Winning Cajun band in the Twin Cities, plays a song where the drummer uses fiddlesticks, two thin sticks, played against the fiddle as the fiddle player plays a song. It's a percussion thing. Really does exist.

leon chavis is the son of joe chavis,
who was boozoo's brother.

about acoustic zydeco, go for it,
but to me, that music is about a
full electric band pulling
together like 5 locomotives hauling
a floor full of dancers to
nirvana


'lexan' usually refers to
plexiglas [in the UK]

wle.

You can purchase a lexan (allegedly "unbreakable" plastic) cutlery set at your local camping gear outfitter. BTW, I've managed to break 'em. It's tough, but it CAN be done! They are usually sold in a set (fork, spoon and knife), but it's the spoons that are best to use on a frottoir -- in a low-volume setting. Whether that's acoustic or just, let's say, the "dinner" portion of a private party gig. When they're done eatin', ya crank up the PA and switch to the paint can openers!

The plasticware is also great in rehearsal. I rehearse with a drummer that has electronic drums (for rehearsals only) and my rubboard player will use the lexan spoons on the rubboard so we don't squint as much!

S'all good...

R!CK

Thanks Guys -that's cleared up all my loose ends. Now I can sleep at night!

Joe Chavis will be backing Leon this weekend. The rest of the band are some very competent Brits - yes, there are some! Actually, I do the bass player a dis-service. I think it'll be Vera van Heeringen, from the Netherlands.

Leon is doing the accordion workshop.

Can't wait!

BJ

Getting back to the reggae discusion for a minute, I saw Horace Trahan last year at the Blue Moon saloon for Mardi Gras and they did a few reggae tunes which I thought were awsome. They really had the place jammin and the political basis on some were right on. It may have been a turn off for some, expecting different Horace style , but I thought it was great to have in the set. I would consider buying an album with some of that on it if he would put it out.