@Ultraroyaliste I shared the stage with BeauSoleil (the group members are brothers Michael Doucet (fiddle, vocals) and David Doucet (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Breaux (accordion), Billy Ware (percussion), Tommy Alesi (percussion), and Mitchell Reed (bass, fiddle). Now tell us that they aren't Cajun; with their guitar and drums !?! Red Stick = Baton Rouge. Grow up. New generation as life goes on.
I think the only one of these guys not from Louisiana is Kevin Wimmer. And maybe Chas Justice. And there are an awful lot of young new bands carrying the torch--with electric guitars and drums. And pretty awesome lineage. Check out the Pine Leaf Boys--their fiddle player is Dewey Balfa's nephew and their accordianiste is the son of Marc Savoy. Anyway, Lindzay Young's accent shouldn't be called into question--he's the real deal.
@aammirr I know that the men themselves are Cadiens, but their music is only notionally Cadien insofar as they are diluting it by using Anglo-American instruments in order to appeal to a broader audience and 'innovate.' In innovating, they are merely leaving our Cadien legacy behind and hopping onto the maudit anglais bandwagon. There's a difference between evolution within a tradition and change from it. What language is 'Baton Rouge' ? What language is 'Red Stick' ? 'Ramblers' ?
@Ultraroyaliste - er..so which groups met your culturally narrow definition of innovators? No cultures are pure. Cajun/Cadien culture is a mix of a whole load of influences - moving from France to Nova Scotia, down to Louisiana isn't exactly a process which is going to keep a group of people culturally "pure", now is it? A culture which grows and changes is a living culture. A culture which restricts itself isn't healthy, in many, many ways.
