LOUISIANA  AND  TEXAS    ....    FOR THE  FUN OF IT

       CAJUN , CREOLE , ZYDECO MUSIC

 

2005   TRAGEDY IN  LOUISIANA :                    

                    KATRINA STORM KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

      To get news of musicians/singers/artists/...   go to  www.gumbopages.com/looka 

 

NEWS      &     FESTIVALS        2003

May 2003:  11th Annual Fort Lauderdale Cajun-Zydeco Crawfish Festival           (May 8-11)           www.ci.fort-lauderdale.fl.us/festivals 

 

Cajun & Zydeco Muziekfestival ( Raamsdonkveer , Holland) 2003    :   13-14-15  June 2003                                    www.zydecocity.nl     ( info@zydecocity.nl)                                                                                                        Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin, Sean Vidrine & Swampfyre, etc...

 

Festival Acadiens , Girard Park,  Lafayette, Louisiana,   Sept. 19-21 , 2003   www.lafayettetravel.com 

 

Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival, Plaisance, LA    Sept. 29-30, 2003   www.zydeco.org 

 

 

 

  Web Sites    Records , videos,...
   
http://www.cajunculture.com

http://www.ikoiko.com

http://users.erols.com/ghayman/articles.htm

      ghayman@erols.com  (zyde-zine     

       magazine; send e.mail request)

 cajun spotlight - Notes steps (click to check the january 2002 issue or  NotesSteps@aol.com 

 

  Swallow Records/ Maison de Soul http://www.floydsrecords.com 

 

 

Red Hot Records http://www.redhot.com  

 

 

 

Encyclopedia of Cajun culture  www.cajunculture.com 
 Cajun & Zydeco culture Center  www.bayoubeat.com 
radios  on   line :               

     KBON   

WWOZ  (jazz,blues,zydeco from New Orleans, LA)

http://www.warpradio.com/singlepage.asp?id=11834
                                go to    'click here to listen')

http://www.broadcast.com/radio/jazz/wwoz

   Parler  cajun.......  www.angelfire.com/ky/LeCorde/cajun.html 
   
       interviews:   http://whatbayou.com/pastinterviews.html 

 

artists:

BEAU JOCQUE     hommage    http://www.takeoff.to/beaujocque

Lisa  HALEY      lisa@bluefiddle.com

ZYDECO BROTHERS        http://www.zydecobrothers.com

 

  

 

Ben Sandmel - The Hot Biscuits Recording Co. 221 Metairie Ct.

Metairie, LA, 70001, USA

ph: 504 - 828-0461

fx: 504 - 828-0761

e-mail: hotbiscuits@att.net

      Hackberry Ramblers,....

   

 

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                                                    Wild Bill PITRE     

Marcel  DUGAS       WB.PITRE2.jpg (34142 octets)                      W.B.PITRE.jpg (34055 octets)     

 

 A chunk of good news from  BALFA TOUJOURS: ....

  J-P Bruneau just received this message from St Martinville, Louisiana

Dec 18, 2001        Dear Friends and Family: At 9:30 this morning we received the most wonderful blessing, our daughter  Amelia  Rose Powell. She's 8lbs. and 4ozs., very healthy, with rosy cheeks and a sweet little pout.

We're overjoyed to have brought her into our lives, which have been enriched by all of you. We feel blessed to overflowing, and now these blessings will spill into a new life and continue to thrive and grow on their own.

The best holiday season to you and all your families. Love,

Dirk,Christine

 BOO ..................         THE  BAD  NEWS.......

From: Scott Billington
 Monday, December 24, 2001 11:25 AM
 To: Mary Katherine Aldin
 Subject: Charles Chavis

 I'm sad to report that Boozoo Chavis's son Charles died of a heart attack
 on Saturday night. It's been a rough year for the Chavis family, and
 Charles was way too young (in his mid-forties). Charles was the rubboard
 player and frontman for Boozoo's band, The Magic Sounds. Condolences may
 be sent to:

 Leona Chavis
 115 Petah Ave.
 Lake Charles, LA 70605

Wendell Forman of the Zydeco Brothers wrote:

Lake Charles, La.: Zydeco musician Charles Chavis (Boozoo'