Riverfolk Jam Camp Aug 4-6 - WOW!
Mr. Mark
HALL & THE LOUISIANA CANE CUTTERS to teach at the RIVERFOLK Jam Camp
(Aug 4-6).
Yes...we have an amazing Camp experience planned in association with
the Riverfolk Festival in August. Here is a brief summary of teaching
staff for Cajun/Zydeco. Don't miss out on this opportunity. Space
will be limited.
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Joe Hall : accordion - // Teaching experience at August Heritage,
Ozark Folk Center, Fredericks School in Louisiana. Born and raised in
Eunice Louisiana, Joseph Hall has gone back to the roots of zydeco,
learning to play accordion by studying with legendary Creole
musicians, Bois Sec, Canray Fotenot, Nathan Abshire, Calvin Carriere,
Nolton Simien, and Marc Savoy.
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Jonna Frishberg : fiddle - // Jonno is a musician living and working
in New Orleans. With Mamou and Charivari Cajun Band he played fiddle
and accordion in the only Cajun band ever signed to MCA Records. Jonno
has performed as a classical violist at the Kennedy Center and the
White House, and squeezed the Cajun accordion at the Library of
Congress. He has been equally at home in honky tonks, dance halls, or
teaching ... Jonno's playing has been described as ...amazing, diverse
and impressive.
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D'Jalma Garnier : guitar, fiddle - // known for Creole and Cajun
fiddle and "outside" musical compositions and collaborations with
other artists. D'Jalma Garnier has been the subject and contributor of
many articles and documentaries about Louisiana Creole Music. He plays
fiddle and guitar and has performed with many leading Creole
musicians. His study of Creole fiddle playing was advanced as the
result of a two-year Texas Folklike Resources Grant to study and
perform with the NEA National Heritage Award winner Canray Fontenot.
D'Jalma has taught this material repeatedly at the Augusta Heritage
Camp, for Louisiana Folk Roots in Lafayette, and in other workshops at
home and abroad.
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Gerald Broussard : bass - // brother of Jeffery Broussard and son of
Delton Broussard, a Zydeco legend from Opelousas, also amazing on
accordion.
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Paul Lavan : Drums, rubboard, percussion ...has played all his life in
Louisiana with numerous bands, Cajun & Zydeco.
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REGISTER BY MAY 1st save 10% - go to: <http://riverfolkfestival.org/
Riverfolk_Festival/Jam_Camp.html>
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Mr Mark