Go Back   Cigar Weekly Community Forums and Discussion Groups > Community Centers > Smokin Tunes

Smokin Tunes A place for musicians and music lovers (that also smoke cigars!) to discuss their passion.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 09-12-2022, 02:14 PM   #1
BigO
Publisher/Owner
El Chefé
BBQ Guru
Herf God
 
BigO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Atlanta.
Posts: 55,720
Only the Gulf guys will even remember

Johnny Fasullo on WWOZ. Every time I hear Zydeco, I immediately think of him. He died shortly after his mother (of whom he was a caretaker of) in November 2005.

I have several recordings of his Sunday morning shows. Talking up acts at the Rock 'N Bowl. That was a 3 story music venue made out of a bowling alley. So quintessentially New Orleans. Each floor was a different style of music. The basement was zydeco.

'Cause Johnny can't dance!

If you need a reference point, think about the assistant coach played by Blake Clarke in The Waterboy. He mixed Cajun French and English so much that sometimes you couldn't understand a damned thing he said. But extremely enthusiastic.

I need to dig those old cassettes and play them again. It was a very unique radio program.
__________________
Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough

Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier.

If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention.

Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity.

Unborn lives matter too.

BigO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2022, 02:30 PM   #2
KatDad
Herf God
 
KatDad's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Posts: 30,220
Zydeco always seemed like exuberant, good times music to me.
__________________
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it
George Bernard Shaw

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it
H. L. Mencken

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants
Albert Camus

The Land of the Free Because of the Brave
KatDad is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2022, 02:50 PM   #3
BigO
Publisher/Owner
El Chefé
BBQ Guru
Herf God
 
BigO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Atlanta.
Posts: 55,720
As my Cajun wife explained it to me she said " you dance when you're free". I've heard the stories about how poor her family was even 3 generations ago (and trust me, they took that passage from Genesis about being "fruitful and multiply" quite seriously...all of the last generation had at least 8 kids and the current generation is following suit. This is a very complex family tree that I have a devil of a time keeping track of).

Bottom line is that they were poor and making music and dancing was free and it made them feel freer. I can understand that. Respect it too. Music and food are a huge part of daily life in South Louisiana. It's a very rich culture. If it wasn't for fucking hurricanes, I'd still be living the high life there. It pains me that my wife is so far apart from her family, which is a really big deal and (used to be) a great joy to her. Her family is really fun bunch of people to gather with. And they can REALLY cook!
__________________
Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough

Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier.

If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention.

Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity.

Unborn lives matter too.


Last edited by BigO; 09-13-2022 at 10:59 AM.
BigO is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
None
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
hey guys...remember me Sgresso Pipe Room 2 05-16-2016 05:18 AM


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:56 AM.