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Rochester Cajun Zydeco Network Presents

BeauSoleil
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Michael Doucet

Saturday May 17th
 
at the
Harmony House

“BeauSoleil is a force of nature” - Producer Todd Mouton

“The World’s Greatest Cajun Band” - Garrison Keillor of "Prairie Home Companion"

For over 30 years, BeauSoleil has packed dance-floors around the globe with potent Cajun music that's deeply traditional and vibrantly futuristic. BeauSoleil’s powerful music is filled with spirited flat-picked guitar solos, fiery fiddle and accordion duels and funky interlocked percussion workouts. While its repertoire includes hundreds of traditional Cajun and zydeco songs, BeauSoleil has also pushed past constraints of purely traditional instrumentation, rhythm, and lyrics of Louisiana folk music, incorporating elements of rock-and-roll, jazz, blues, calypso, and other genres in original compositions and reworkings of traditional tunes.  BeauSoleil’s music winds through waltzes like the easy-flowing bayous of their home, picks up contagious energy with no-holds-barred two-steps, funky second line rhythms, propulsive reels, and western swing-infused swamp pop. From The Grand Ole Opry to Newport Folk, from concert hall to dance floor, the music of BeauSoleil has captivated audiences the world over.

The band's name BeauSoleil comes from a nickname for Joseph Broussard, one of the heroes in the Acadian resistance against the English in Acadie who later joined the Acadians in Louisiana. The nickname is said to describe Broussard's smile, which was bright as the sun.

One Grammy Award - L'Amour Ou La Folie (Love Or Folly) – 1997 for Best Traditional Folk Album

Ten Grammy Nominations - Best Traditional Folk and Contemporary Folk categories

Ten time winners of the “Big Easy Entertainment Award” for “Best Cajun Band” - presented by the New Orleans music and entertainment publication Gambit Weekly.

LOCATION:  Harmony House, 58 East Main St, Webster, NY 14580
TIME:

• 7:15PM - Cajun dance lesson by Esther Brill
• 8:00PM to 11:00PM – Performance

TICKETS:     Advance tickets are $17 and cover is $20 at the door.

• The Bop Shop -  Village Gate 274 N Goodman                    
• Aaron’s Alley - 662 Monroe Avenue
• Stutzman’s Guitar Center -  4405 West Ridge Rd
• The Music Store - 18 E. Main St Webster

INFO:           (585) 727-4119

BACKGROUND ON BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet:

LSU Resources:
http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/mdoucet.htm   
BeauSoleil Home:
http://www.rosebudus.com/beausoleil/
BeauSoleil BIO:
http://www.rosebudus.com/beausoleil/LookingBackTomorrow.html
Michael Doucet Interview with Johnny D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SpI7HI-hoo
BeauSoleil – YouTube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z4HcLxauO4

Poster Downloads:

BeauSoleil pdf Poster