The Cajun Swamp Fire Of Feufollet

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  Lafayette LA is a happening place. There, musicians young and old are pushing the boundaries of their genres.

Feufollet has been doing that for a decade, even though most of its members are still in college. Like its compatriots in the Pine Leaf Boys, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, the Red Stick Ramblers and several other local bands, Feufollet is trying to bring the sensibility of its generation to a much older style of music.

Feufollet translates literally from the French as "crazy fire." In southwestern Louisiana, it's used to refer to the will o' the wisp: the spectral, shifting light seen over the swamps at night. Fiddler and accordionist Chris Stafford explains that the band chose the name because folk tales came up with many different meanings for "wills o' the wisp."

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[CajunFun]

Pretty cool stuff...

[RaisingCajun08]

Very cool stuff indeed. Feufollet is one of the best traditional cajun bands around. Funny enough, I remember seeing them play quite a few years back when the band was just getting together. They were just a bunch of elementary kids having a good time. But man they are all talented.

[CajunFun]

Very cool stuff indeed. Feufollet is one of the best traditional cajun bands around. Funny enough, I remember seeing them play quite a few years back when the band was just getting together. They were just a bunch of elementary kids having a good time. But man they are all talented.

What I find interesting is that when I was at UL, nobody listened to Cajun music much. It was all pop stuff.

Now the kids are getting into Cajun & Zydeco. Could make Lafayette and UL a lot more interesting places.

[reddot]

_ What I find interesting is that when I was at UL, nobody listened to Cajun music much. It was all pop stuff.

Now the kids are getting into Cajun & Zydeco. Could make Lafayette and UL a lot more interesting places. _

Just when did you go to UL ?

"Could make Lafayette and UL a lot more interesting places."

Ya think?



P.S. Thanks for posting the story

[BeauCajun]

_ What I find interesting is that when I was at UL, nobody listened to Cajun music much. It was all pop stuff.

_

Was that pop music like Bill Haley, Buddy Holley and Elvis way back then?

[CajunFun]

Was that pop music like Bill Haley, Buddy Holley and Elvis way back then?

No, mainly just banging rocks around...

[RaginFan2]

_ No, mainly just banging rocks around... _

So that's how you invented "rock" n roll?