"doing something for Cajun music" could go more than one way

Kinda .like the Monkees and Rock and roll

Dam straight! Ha! ~R!CK

Great publicity for PLB.. and well deserved. They are talented, they are tongue in cheek, they are **** takers, they are in-yo-face, they are orthodox and unorthodox..they know the music ( they perform it ..they don't LIVE it )..and they are an ACT. Best Cajun style Music College Bar Band around.. they are a Party Band..they are Roots( that rock ) and satisfy on that level. They make few pretenses and do pay honour to their roots....they are here for the beer, and more power to them... as for Grammy awards,I have my doubts anything they are doing warrants that kind of attention.. perhaps they are gigging and recording out of the same spirit ( not necessarily the same music ) as their Cajun Creole forefathers.

I agree on all the other comments made on other groups.. but.. Pine Leaf Boys will be Pine Leaf Boys..and more power to them.

G.

Y a bien dit tout ce qu'y avait à dire cil-là.
Les Pine Leafs rock la maison!

These are young guys who are still coming into their own. They have received a lot of press and hype, but I believe this is tied more to their connections to past masters (Marc S et al), increasingly obscured Creole tradition, and a resurgent young audience.

It's always tough to live up to hype - just ask the Strokes.

I highly recommend the Pine Leaf Two Step. In my opinion it's their best song. It has an oustanding groove, and the fiddle and accordion solos are beyond reproach.

I'm saying you won't find better bands or awesome obscure musicians -- they're all over the area -- but bear in mind that this is a young band of talented guys who are still evolving.

This is a situation where a rising tide lifts all boats.

"... rising tide lifts all boats...." man that's huge, Nick! Right fn on! Well put -- and extremely applicable. That sums it up!

R!CK

Pine leaf 2-step-

Thanks, I found one at a Christmas Party at Blue moon on Youtube.

Great Recommendation! They were really laying into it! Wilson was cooking... they should go for that kind of energy on their records.

As good as they were, I still think that Cedric needs to listen to some creole music! He is playing in the wrong register, and his timbre makes my teeth hurt.
I think, now hearing these guys really hit the mark, that his playing is my main objection to their sound.

Wow, I can't believe some of the elitist bullsh*t I have read in this thread. I'm a big fan of the PLBs, and I'll explain alittle bit about why that is. I'm 28 and I started dancing to cajun and zydeco regularly when I was about 19 yrs old mostly to Steve Riley, Geno Delafose and Keith Frank at places such as Whiskey River Landing, Grant Street and the Hamilton's Club. One thing I love about the PLBs is that their shows are exciting and they are getting ALOT of the younger generations out of the night club scene and getting them interested in and dancing to roots music on a Saturday night, getting them interested in participating, exploring and preserving our unique culture.

Cajun and zydeco is 1st and foremost dance music, and as a dancer I know good dance music. The Pine Leaf Boys put on some of the best live performances you'll ever find, atleast when you get to see them in their "natural" setting, I'm talkin The Blue Moon, GrantStreet, ect... The PLBs are my favorite band to see live and dance to, next would be Geno.

You want perfect musicianship, go listen to Beethoven. You want an action packed South Louisiana Saturday night that you won't soon forget, come see the Pine Leaf Boys live at the Blue Moon in Lafayette.