Jambalaya! - Cajun inspired tom-foolery

[stevieb]

Are you an actual Cajun? I didn't "steal" anything. I grew up in New Orleans and have family roots all over southern Louisiana - from N.O. to Plaquemine to Baton Rouge to Breaux Bridge. The souls of a billion boiled crawfish and LSU football runs through my veins.

As a matter of fact, I AM an actual cajun (well, half cajun- Scottish on me mum's side.) Surname: BOUDREAUX- RICHARD on my grand-mère's side (and you lose ALL cred if you mis-pronounce that.) Family is from CARENCRO, LA. Yes, I've lived there, too.

I've danced at Slim's Y-Ki-Ki, El Sid-O's and Grant Street Dance Hall, fixed and ate gumbo made with meat most people would never even think of as edible, played music with Opelousas and St. Landry Parish cajun musicians, attended mass with my great-grand-mère,, heard my grand-père mutter "hot damn" at least once every time I ever saw him, water ski'd on the Atchafalaya River and sailed on Vermillion Bay AND Lake Arthur, caught and boiled my own shrimp, blue crabs and crawfish (and pulled up a few water moccasins in the process), have been personal friends with Tony Angelle (both before and after his restaurant across from where Prejean's is closed,) and Barry Ancelet is a good friend of my family (He delivered the euology at my grand-mère Evelia's funeral- my mother adores him, my baby sister can't stand him. I am somewhere in the middle.) I have heard and told so many "Boudreaux" jokes I have been heard to say to people I just met, "... and all those things you have heard about me... are true!"

LSU? LSU??? You are kiddin' me, right? Man, Baton Rouge has no soul whatsoever- it can't decide if it wants to be a "big city" or "cajun" or WHAT- the only thing that town knows is that it does NOT want to be New Orleans. And anyway, Acadiana (where TRUE cajuns are from) is a 5-parish area- Wikipedia got it wrong, it is NOT a 22-parish area, but even that "source" does not include EBR Parish in it's let's-let-everyone-who-wants-to-be-a-cajun-call-themselves-one map.

Okay, I am just ribbing you about the LSU/Baton Rouge thing- as I said, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. And I did not actually accuse you of theft- or at least, I didn't mean to.

But I do draw the line here- Justin Wilson- NOT a cajun.

But, really, you are focused on the wrong thing. I LOVE your song- even if Hank Williams IS from north Mississippi...

 

[Greg_L]

Throw another lobster on the babie!
Down here a shrimp is a prawn, a crawdad is also a yabbie and the crayfish is a lobster too!
Now, don't get me started on Balmain Bugs!
Greg, you have the knack (well one of the two anyway).
Fun with a strong skills base.
The closest I get to the Louisiana Purchase is a friend in Shreveport.
I do have several Fats Domino and Tony Joe White records though.

Thanks Ray.

This is outstanding. You rock man.

Thanks man!

Cool tune gerg.

I`d like the vox pushed up a few notches, they get kinda burried at time.

Drums sound really good, as do the balance in the mix.

Sounded like a fun tune to play

Yeah it was fun. Thanks dude.

As a matter of fact, I AM an actual cajun (well, half cajun- Scottish on me mum's side.) Surname: BOUDREAUX- RICHARD on my grand-mère's side (and you lose ALL cred if you mis-pronounce that.) Family is from CARENCRO, LA. Yes, I've lived there, too.

I've danced at Slim's Y-Ki-Ki, El Sid-O's and Grant Street Dance Hall, fixed and ate gumbo made with meat most people would never even think of as edible, played music with Opelousas and St. Landry Parish cajun musicians, attended mass with my great-grand-mère,, heard my grand-père mutter "hot damn" at least once every time I ever saw him, water ski'd on the Atchafalaya River and sailed on Vermillion Bay AND Lake Arthur, caught and boiled my own shrimp, blue crabs and crawfish (and pulled up a few water moccasins in the process), have been personal friends with Tony Angelle (both before and after his restaurant across from where Prejean's is closed,) and Barry Ancelet is a good friend of my family (He delivered the euology at my grand-mère Evelia's funeral- my mother adores him, my baby sister can't stand him. I am somewhere in the middle.) I have heard and told so many "Boudreaux" jokes I have been heard to say to people I just met, "... and all those things you have heard about me... are true!"

LSU? LSU??? You are kiddin' me, right? Man, Baton Rouge has no soul whatsoever- it can't decide if it wants to be a "big city" or "cajun" or WHAT- the only thing that town knows is that it does NOT want to be New Orleans. And anyway, Acadiana (where TRUE cajuns are from) is a 5-parish area- Wikipedia got it wrong, it is NOT a 22-parish area, but even that "source" does not include EBR Parish in it's let's-let-everyone-who-wants-to-be-a-cajun-call-themselves-one map.

Okay, I am just ribbing you about the LSU/Baton Rouge thing- as I said, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. And I did not actually accuse you of theft- or at least, I didn't mean to.

But I do draw the line here- Justin Wilson- NOT a cajun.

But, really, you are focused on the wrong thing. I LOVE your song- even if Hank Williams IS from north Mississippi...

Lol. I didn't need your family history. A simple "yes" would have been fine.

But thanks.

 

[minerman]

Cool song Greg,
I used to play this in a lot of the cover bands I was in, but it was NOTHING like your version! Kicks ass dude, just like all the songs you record. Great job!!!

 

[Greg_L]

Thanks a lot minerman!

 

[mixmkr]

I played this several times. Listened to it first at RP. Gotta love it. maybe a little mid=rangy, but the bass sounds great. Once it kicks in, either my ears get used to it, or it actually is ok. who knows

Yeah...spinned this one a couple times.

I could actually do without the modulation though. Maybe a key change VS a slight modulation... meaning maybe a bigger interval jump.

Opening gtr riff..... ha dixie!

 

[Supercreep]

LOL.

It's not my favorite GL song. But a solid track all around.

Great drums.

 

[Greg_L]

I played this several times. Listened to it first at RP. Gotta love it. maybe a little mid=rangy, but the bass sounds great. Once it kicks in, either my ears get used to it, or it actually is ok. who knows

Yeah...spinned this one a couple times.

I could actually do without the modulation though. Maybe a key change VS a slight modulation... meaning maybe a bigger interval jump.

Opening gtr riff..... ha dixie!

Thanks for checking it out. I didn't put too much thought into the arrangement or anything. It's pretty much just like the original, but electrified.

LOL.

It's not my favorite GL song. But a solid track all around.

Great drums.

Thanks dude. It's not my favorite either - just something to mess around with.