David Greely & Joel Savoy

David Greely and Joel Savoy are two of the most proficient and versatile fiddle players that Louisiana has ever produced. Recently they started playing gigs together.They play songs that Cajuns of the 1800's played and most Cajun of today have never heard. The songs are complex, twisting, reels, jigs and waltzes -hard enough to play by one but even harder to play in twin fiddle style. They challange each other. That makes it fun for them and us.

1 Year of Blogging

One year ago, for whatever reason, I decided to start blogging. I told my self I would give it a year and see how it goes. I have come to enjoy it (even if it is just me looking at it.) Happy Birthday Bloggy.

We Ain't Always Pretty, Cher

The other day, I was searching the internet for recipes when I spotted a "Cajun" recipe. I clicked on it and of course it is some bastardized recipe (bastardized half out of necessity and half out of ignorance) written by someone that lives far away from Louisiana. Nothing new here. I wonder how many people taste something that is suppose to be Cajun (but is far from it) and decide that they don't like Cajun food.

But there is one comment at the bottom of the page that caught my eye - "These dish is not very pretty. It is all brown............Cajun food subscribes to the Looks like Hell, tastes like Heaven school......."

I never really thought about it but our food is not always pretty. But it always tastes good. But try and make boudin look appetizing to someone that didn't grow up with it. Or how about Sticky Chicken?

We ain't always pretty, cher....mais, we always good.

Photographs shot with Holga 6x6 of a "Cajun Microwave" (top) and Moise cooking graton in a black iron pot (bottom.) Savoy, LA

Lomography

Here is another successful lomographic photo. It was shot using my Holga. I like how this photo looks like it could have been taken 30 years ago.