From backwoods bars and small-town dives to swampside dance
halls and converted clapboard barns, Louisiana Saturday Night
offers an anecdotal history and experiential guidebook to some of
the Gumbo State's most unique blues, Cajun, and zydeco clubs.
Music critic Alex V. Cook uncovers south Louisiana's wellspring
of musical tradition, showing us that indigenous music exists not
as an artifact to be salvaged by preservationists, but serves as a
living, breathing, singing, laughing, and crying part of Louisiana
culture. Louisiana Saturday Night takes the reader to both offbeat
and traditional venues in and around Baton Rouge, Cajun country,
and New Orleans, where we hear the distinctive voices of musicians,
patrons, and owners -- like Teddy Johnson, born in the house that
now serves as Teddy's Juke Joint. Along the way, Cook ruminates on
the cultural importance of the people and places he encounters, and
shows their critical role in keeping Louisiana's unique music
alive. A map, a journal, a snapshot of what goes on in the little
shacks off main roads, Louisiana Saturday Night provides an
indispensable and entertaining companion for those in pursuit of
Louisiana's quirky and varied nightlife.
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