2nd line drumming
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New Orleans is creole
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My mom's grandmother was a Cajun lady. Her father's mother. Total Cajun. I guess that makes me like 1/16 Cajun or something. I don't ever claim it, I don't ever even think about my history or lineage or anything, but there's a little Cajun in me somewhere.
The rest of my family is Sicilian, and they were denied access to Ellis Island in NYC so their boat was sent all the way around the US coast to come up the Mississippi River and get off in New Orleans. They didn't make it that far. For some reason they got off early in the swamps of Louisiana south of Baton Rouge and worked the sugarcane fields until they could get their shit together enough to travel to New Orleans on their own.
The rest of my family is Sicilian, and they were denied access to Ellis Island in NYC so their boat was sent all the way around the US coast to come up the Mississippi River and get off in New Orleans. They didn't make it that far. For some reason they got off early in the swamps of Louisiana south of Baton Rouge and worked the sugarcane fields until they could get their shit together enough to travel to New Orleans on their own.
Rebel Yell
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I loved everything about this video. His explanation of the groove (between straight and swing) was great. His colorful, visceral way of describing and explaining things works well in conjunction with his playing. Like, if there's any confusion about what he means exactly, he clears it up by grooving the living fuck out of it.