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During lunch at the Conference
Center on Saturday,
Cedric Watson, a remarkable young
fiddler, from the town of San Felipe, Texas, west of Houston, performed with James Adams on
guitar and Christine Powell on triangle. Adams has been
instrumental in encouraging musicians like Watson and
accordionist Corey Ledet to learn Creole music. Watson
has not only learned the fiddle style of the late Canray
Fontenot, but he is also a gifted vocalist who does an
excellent job performing Canray's songs like "Les Barres
de la Prison" and "Bee de la Manche." In addition, he
sang "Valse de Balfa" and, with Christine's
encouragement, performed the tongue twister "T'en a eu
tu n'auras plus" ("Step It Fast"). Creole fiddlers are
now a rarity, so it is especially heartening to see a
young musician embrace this style with such commitment.
The photos immediately below are from
the first part of the afternoon master session with
Preston Frank, accompanied by Kevin Wimmer on fiddle and
D'Jalma Garnier on guitar. Preston Frank, father of
Keith Frank, is truly a master of Creole music, whose
performance embodied what Louisiana Folk Roots is all
about.
LSUE photographs for the day end
at this point (followed by a necessary return to Eunice
to send out LSUE Bengal baseball results: the team swept
another double-header), but the camp continued with
dinner entertainment provided by Michael Doucet, David
Doucet, and Jimmy Breaux and then a trip to La
Poussière, a legendary Breaux Bridge night club. |
