The Pine Leaf Boys Cajun dance

Music Starts:11/15/2008 - 8:00pm

Doors Open:

7:00pm

GENUINE CAJUN DANCE WITH FREE DANCE LESSON BY DAVID JORDAHL BEFORE THE SHOW, 7.30PM! The Pine Leaf Boys are back in town, with a brand new album Homage au Passé! "The live performances of the Pine Leaf Boys are a revelation of anarchy and reverence and manic exuberance funneled through traditional musical forms. Imagine a wide river, storm-tossed and swollen with rain, staying within the banks but cutting a deep channel. Or, imagine a vintage tube amplifier driven to its electrical limit. A Pine Leaf performance is like that. Full-throttle and wide open, The Pine Leaf Boys heat the tubes of the old music until they break up into the sweetest distortion imaginable. " - Joshua Caffery

The Grammy-nominated Pine Leaf Boys have made a name for presenting their own inimitable brand of Cajun music with youthful exuberance. Hailing from southwest Louisiana, the Pine Leaf Boys, known for their wild shows and thoughtful arrangements, have breathed new life into Cajun music, reviving ancient songs and bringing them to the bandstand. Being described as, "... the link that connects the young and the old generations," and, "the best new, energetic, and fun Cajun band in a very long time," the Pine Leaf Boys play the old fashioned dance hall standards while making a priority to bring many of the more obscure songs of past masters into their repertoire and play them with gusto. The variety and energy they release evolves through their shows, bringing multi-faceted angles to Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco. Their mission is to present the awesome music of their ancestors and present the real Cajun music to the world and prove that it is still thriving and full of life.

"The fabulous Pine Leaf Boys hail from the soggy prairies and bayous of southwest Louisiana and play the traditional Cajun and Creole music of that region with a youthful vitality that gives an extra kick to that already vibrant music. All twentysomethings, the Boys are thoroughly steeped in Louisiana roots, but are already prolific writers and innovators who love to mess with things. On the quintet's latest, Blues De Musicien (Arhoolie), for instance, fiddler Cedric Watson's Creole blues tune "Ma Petite Femme" is goosed by Wilson Savoy's raucous piano pounding and Jon Bertrand's sizzling electric guitar. Watson's scorching version of Canray Fontenot's "Jig Cajin" rocks hard, as does Savoy's "Pine Leaf Boogie," propelled by wild shouts and Bertrand's snaky guitar. Watson has so mastered the nuances of the late fiddle icon Canray Fontenot, as well as some of his mannerisms, that you can almost see Fontenot's trademark grin glittering on Watson's face when he plays." - Rick Mason, City Pages, Minneapolis, MN

"The Pine Leaf Boys play Cajun/Zydeco music like no other twentysomethings we've ever heard. Musical polygamists, they frequently swap accordions, guitars, fiddles midshow and sound good no matter who is playing what. The experience of a good zydeco show is like being in an unruly bar brawl without all that pesky fighting. Rowdy dancing and a sense of communal inebriation are the order of the evening, so polish up those alligator boots and get ready to romp." - Metro Santa Cruz