Routes to Roots
Guitar Grooves Workshops
Where:
Louisiana Folk Roots
118 W. Vermilion, downtown Lafayette
Fee:
Admission is $20.00 ($15.00 for Friends of LFR)
Lagniappe presentation only $6.00 ($4.00 for Friends of LFR)
When:
Saturday, July 22, 2006
1:30pm - 5:30pm (Check in 1:00 PM)
Preregistration is required.
Description
The second annual GUITAR GROOVES workshop and lagniappe presentation features instructors Randy Vidrine and Al Berard. The workshop is open to begining and intermediate/advanced guitar players. A special lagniappe presentation will follow the instruction sessions, featuring Michael Juan Nunez along with Al Berard and Randy Vidrine, faciliated by Marce Lacouture.
1:00-1:30 p.m. Check-in
1:30-2:45 p.m. Class session I
Al - Beginning
Randy - Int/Advanced
2:45-3:00 p.m. Break
3:00-4:15 p.m. Class session II
Randy - Beginning
Al - Int/Advanced
4:15-4:30 p.m. Break
4:30-5:30 p.m. Lagniappe presentation
Bios:
Al Berard began playing music at the age of eleven. He learned many of
his tunes from recordings by legendary Cajun musicians Dennis McGee and
Dewey Balfa. Al sings, plays the fiddle, guitar, mandolin, writes songs,
and is the leader of the Grammy-nominated band the Basin Brothers. He
is also the fiddle player and vocalist for the Cajun supergroup the
Traiteurs, and operates his own recording studio in Cecilia, Louisiana.
Randy Vidrine is one of the finest and most respected Cajun guitarists
and vocalists in Louisiana. He has strong roots in the musical families
of Ville Platte, from which he absorbed his solid rhythmic guitar style
and his high, soaring vocals. He has been in some of the best old-style
Cajun bands of the last ten years, including McCauley, Reed, and
Vidrine, the group Tasso, and now Charivari. Randy's original
compositions, which often deal with the humor of rural life in
Louisiana, are also very popular.
Growing up in a nomadic Air Force family, Marce Lacouture had one foot
rooted in Texas and the other in Louisiana. The musical and cultural
diversity of both sides of the Sabine helped to create one of the most
compelling voices to come out of these neighboring states. The 1980s
found Marce heading to Louisiana to explore her Cajun heritage. Her
search led to a years-long apprenticeship through the National Endowment
for the Arts with traditional ballad singers Lula Landry and Inez
Catalon. Marce's ability to bring alive the ancient ballads and home
traditions of French Louisiana makes her a sought-after performer and
teacher of the musical ancestry of Cajun dance music. Marce's first
solo recording, La Joie Cadienne, (Cajun Joy), is a loving tribute to
her mentors.
Micheal Juan's musical journey has landed him with the Hub City All
Stars, where he can be seen passionately working a bottleneck slide
across his guitar. He has spent decades studying authentic guitar
styles, from the Piedmont styles of the Mississippi Delta, to the
Honky-Tonk pedal steel licks of Louisiana masters. His broad palate of
authentic guitar playing is a huge contributor to the sounds of The Hub
City All Stars. However, Michael Juan's guitar playing is just one
aspect of his diverse talents, which includes vocals, songwriting, and
producing. He somehow finds the time to balance playing with The Hub
City All Stars and fronting his own rockin' project, Michael Juan Nunez
and the Bone Shakas. Whether its with the Hub City All Stars, or his
own band, Michael Juan Nunez & the Bone Shakas
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