I love our Louisiana life and heritage.......
 

Family got together last night, cooked a big meal and had a little jam session.

I just gotta show off a little. Last night was Hueys first time playing infront of anyone but me......and he did great!

Normally this would be a thread about what we cooked, but this puts the food on the back burner.........

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Man that's awesome!!!!!!

That's awesome!!

That's cool Tim

That's awesome! Spider-Man was jammin out!

that is very cool!

Awesome. I remember them days!! I ain't picked up a fiddle in years. Good luck to him. One of the hardest instruments to play! Good luck to him.

There's no better place on earth than southern Louisiana!!

Teach em young!

BJ, yeah you right......

He sees it everyweekend, so he really wants to participate. That makes it even more fun

Awesome!! One thing I'll always regret is never learning to play the fiddle or accordion.

If I remember correctly ole top dawg could sure play one.

My big regret is not learning from my grandparents.......their 2nd language was english. The TRUE cajun french died with their generation.......and its a damn shame

And by the way.......its never too late

VERY cool stuff

This is the biggest regret of my life.

My moms first language was French I can handle my own n keep up n understand some just not speak it that fast or fluently. My fav part is when they try talking bout u and say ur NAme in English

Couldn't agree more!

Unfortunately that is the truth. I picked up some French in school and a good bit in Nova Scotia. After years of not using it I quickly realize how much I forgot when my grandparents starts talking to me. My parents never picked it up so I'm scrambling to learn as much as I can before they are gone. I hope to be able to pass some on to my son. He already LOVES Cajun music. The only way to calm him down is with Johnny Sonnier's "Chere Alice"

What instruments do you play? Do you give lessons?

I play the radio very well......

Piano very little...
Fiddle, I can play at times, it ain't easy, but I can scratxh out a song. But when its time to learn a new one..... Well.....lets just say when I do, the cat runs for the border.....
Acordion is a damn mystery to me

Hahahaha! I've never even touched a fiddle before. My old neighbor taught me La Porte d'en Arrière on only 3 keys. If you listen well you can make it out! I tried it the other day on a toy accordion at Craker Barrel. But I can play some KBON like its nobodies business!

It's not just the cajun side for me..........My dad's parents were part of the Hungarian settlement in Albany Louisiana. I grew up hearing cajun french and hungarian, never learned either.

Ironically, both sets of grandparents did not really want us to learn. They thought it would hold us back. It's just this last generation of society that sees the cajun heritage as cool. Many thought us very ignorant because of our accents and traditions, frankly many still do if you travel any at all.

I am proud of the new movements to teach. Especially the music.
My hungarian family all played the fiddle.
It was a big part of my music life. I played clarinet.......(yes light wieght) but that thing payed for two years of college before i stupidly quit and came home to "work"

Thats one thing I wish I knew how to speak,is the cajun french. That is a beautiful language. I used to love to hear my grandparents speaking it when I was little,even though I didnt understand anyting they were saying.

these folks can use any support we can give. Jindal cut there budget.