PINE LEAF BOYS
CSPS debut | From Lafayette, Louisiana, The Pine Leaf Boys bring youthful exuberance to their inimitable brand of traditional Cajun and Creole music. In addition to the dance hall standards, their repertoire includes many of the more obscure songs of past masters, performed with gusto.
Skillful multi-instrumentalists, they present their music on twin fiddles, accordion, bass, and drum, switching instruments with dazzling frequency during their raucous shows. All five members of the band  — Wilson Savoy, Cedric Watson, Jon Bertrand, Drew Simon, and Blake Miller  —  are in their early 20s, and live together in the same shotgun house near downtown

Lafayette. Steeped in music since childhood and hailing from the farms and villages of Cajun country, the Pine Leaf Boys have been making a name for themselves not only for their youth, but also by preserving the traditional Cajun sound while allowing it to breathe and stretch.
“The live performances of the Pine Leaf Boys are a revelation of anarchy and reverence and manic exuberance funneled through traditional musical forms,": says noted critic Josh Caffery. "Full-throttle and wide open, The Pine Leaf Boys heat the tubes of the old music until they break it all up into the sweetest distortion imaginable.”
Sun Jan 20 | 7 pm
CSPS | 1103 Third St SE | Cedar Rapids
$14 advance | $17 day of show

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