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then again, if it's about doing your own thing, why concern ourselves with who may be reading it; and if we are doing are own thing, the target audience should be of no concern; sorta like Maz and Sarah have hit on, but taking it one example further. Musicians and artists (which I have neither the gift nor talent to be, so I content myself to the role of spectator and audience), do communicate -- so i'm told -- about what is going on with and and about society in that time frame. Myself, I don't know how people can look at paintings from a particular era and form conclusions about what was happening in that society at the time, but i believe it to be true nonetheless, and that Travis, as a musician, if fulfilling a role and making a record or tape that people in the future will be able to examine and form certain conclusions about society -- either as whole or as to a niche, maybe teens, young adults, whatever.

I thought an apt and current analogy that might capture, in my own words, what both Sarah and Maz have communicated, is that: To those of us who tend to feel about cajun music along the lines that Sarah does, the history, age, past, and like what we consider to be the purity of the sound, be it the vocals, the instruments, or the sense of it speaking to us of a time in the past, vs. those who thrive on the Franks, Mattes, et cet., to say that the new stuff is still "cajun" is would be akin to saying that Debbie does Dallas belongs in the same genre of film as Gone with the Wind. They're both movies, they both have actors and actresses, but I think it's safe to say that they should not be up for the same awards. I agree with Sarah and don't like people haphazardly associating everything with 'cajun music' just because it's cool or may sell the label. Matte is cool and definitely talented, more than I'll ever dream of being, but an accordion in a piece of music, sung by a cajun, doesn't qualify it to be a cajun song. Maybe a rap song sung by a cajun. Then again, i've never been one to enjoy the mindless repitition of lyrics or riffs, regardless of the music genre, and i tend to detest 95% of the rap out there because it seems that the requirement to enjoy it is that one not have a brain or no thoughts higher than getting drunk or laid

Like most contributors to this thread, i have listened to, and have cd's of bluegrass, gospel, country, rock, pop, celtic, spanish, mexicana, new age, jazz, et cet. Growing up in S. Louisiana where I was and in my environment, I only heard cajun music on saturdays, and on Fridays when i could gain entry to the VFW.

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The horse is still breathing... hand me that rifle.

Points well taken with maximum respect to you, Matt.

What do you think of these recorded tunes by Travis Matte & The Zydeco Kingpins:

Going Up the Country
Lacassine Special
Kaplan Mix
Dear Rosa
Reno Waltz
Summer of 69
Blue Monday
Your Daddy Don't Want Me Around
Shoulda Coulda
Without You I'm Not Me
Tickle My Fiddle
I'm Happy Being Me
A Night To Remember
Tuesday's Gone


R!CK

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I think I have that playlist...lol

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Exactly!!! Well put, Matt.

Who changed the spelling of your last name?



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