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Lost Bayou Ramblers was born deep in South Louisiana performing old style, predominantly acoustic Cajun music at clubs and festivals across the US, Europe, and Canada. They were formed in 1999 by Louis Michot ( fiddle and vocals) and his brother Andre Michot ( cajun accordion and lap steel guitar ) and grew to include producer Korey Richey ...
From the 1990s to the present, artists such as Lee Benoit, Cory McCauley, Jason Frey, Mitch Reed and Randy Vidrine, Christine Balfa of Balfa Toujours, Ray Abshire, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, the Pine Leaf Boys, and Chris Miller have been popular with contemporary audiences while maintaining a connection with traditional forms. [14]
In 1936, the Hackberry Ramblers recorded "Jolie Blonde", "Oh Josephine, Ma Josephine", "One Step De L'Amour" and "Faux Pas Tu Bray Cherie". [3] Darbone and Duhon were the first musicians to bring electronic amplification to area dance halls, sometime 1932 or later, running a public address system off the idling engine of Darbone's Model-A Ford .
Paley was born on March 19, 1928, and raised in New York City. [1] [2] His parents were left-wing activists, and he grew up hearing spirituals and political songs.After moving with his mother to California for several years in his early teens, he returned to New York and began learning the guitar and banjo, and visiting clubs where singers such as Lead Belly and Josh White performed.
On 26 October 2013 at the Black Pot Festival in Lafayette, LA, a festival started by the Red Stick Ramblers in 2006, the band announced that this would be their last show as The Red Stick Ramblers. 5/6th of the members of the most recent personnel of the band have gone on to form The Revelers, which is currently active.
Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is a ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii [a] known for his fast and complex finger work. [2] His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. [3]
He and the Rayne-Bo Ramblers, with the band leader being Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc, performed six songs in 1935, with Abshire being listed in the credits as "Nason Absher". [7] He also played with the Rayne-Bo Ramblers again in the 1960s. [3] [2] Abshire was a member the U.S. Army and was in World War II which stopped him from playing the ...
Poole's music saw a revival in the 1960s, most likely due to his inclusion on the 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music, and his renditions have been re-recorded by numerous artists, such as John Mellencamp with "White House Blues", The Chieftains, New Lost City Ramblers, Holy Modal Rounders and Hot Tuna with "Hesitation Blues", and Joan Baez ...