Friday, September 22, 2017

Louisiana: Back Into the Music


Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars, Lafayette, Louisiana. September 2017.


September 2017


A suburban lawn concert fronted by Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars opened the door into my September 2017 South Louisiana visit.

Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars, Lafayette, Louisiana. September 2017.



A high-energy, skilled band. Roddie's band played the classics and some contemporary pieces. Below is the traditional Joe Pitre a Deux Femmes (Joe Pitre Has Two Wives). The older couple, with the woman wearing the red blouse, is always a pleasure to watch; I've seen the two dance at other venues.





Sadly, I didn't dance.

Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars, Lafayette, Louisiana. September 2017.


This last in a summertime concert series took place at the new development called Couret Farms. A pretty enough suburban neighborhood, but the glorification of a plantation nostalgia in the developers' ad copy does not sit well with me. I wouldn't attend another event here unless the advertising approach changed.

Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars, Lafayette, Louisiana. September 2017.


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