Can't have Mardis Gras without this song --" La Dance Des Mardi Gras " -- as performed by The Balfa Brothers. Feel that cajun fiddle just cut right through your heart ! Long live Dewey Balfa !

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The once and true king of Zydeco, Mr. Clifton Chenier:

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Kenny Wayne Shepard is Stevie Ray Vaughan incarnate!!!

Beau Jocque - Cornbread. What ya gonna gimme ?
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The Zydeco Cowboy, Boozoo Chavis "Johnny Billy Goat"

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Wayne Toups "Pauve T-Johnny Pe Pas Danses"

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nice! thanks!

and for you, would it be mardi gras without the meters and this mardi gras classic?

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or a little dr. john...

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Born in Shreveport: ( Have pity on the dinosaur. Listened to the song and have convinced myself I need to drink a beer ... cheers !)

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Gotta have some Swamp Pop, Cookie and the Cupcakes "Mathilda". There is actually a law in Louisiana that this song must be played at every wedding reception in south Louisiana !

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Ferriday's own, Jerry Lee Lewis aka "Killer"

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