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Louisiana Saturday night looking for a good time in south Louisiana's juke joints, honky-tonks, and dance halls  Cover Image E-book E-book

Louisiana Saturday night looking for a good time in south Louisiana's juke joints, honky-tonks, and dance halls

Cook, Alex V. (Author).

Summary: From backwoods bars and small-town dives to swampside dance halls and converted clapboard barns, Louisiana Saturday Night offers an anecdotal history and experiential guidebook to some of the Gumbo State's most unique blues, Cajun, and zydeco clubs. Music critic Alex V. Cook uncovers south Louisiana's wellspring of musical tradition, showing us that indigenous music exists not as an artifact to be salvaged by preservationists, but serves as a living, breathing, singing, laughing, and crying part of Louisiana culture. Louisiana Saturday Night takes the reader to both offbeat and traditional ven

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780807144596 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0807144592 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9780807144565
  • ISBN: 0807144568
  • ISBN: 9780807144572
  • ISBN: 0807144576
  • ISBN: 9780807144589
  • ISBN: 0807144584
  • ISBN: 0807144592
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    remote
    1 online resource (xv, 180 p.) : ill., map.
  • Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Teddy's Juke Joint, Zachary; BATON ROUGE AND SURROUNDING AREAS; Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's, Baton Rouge; Boutin's, Baton Rouge; Chelsea's Café, Baton Rouge; DETOUR: Buddy Stewart's Rock Shop and the Rhythm Museum, Baton Rouge; Phil Brady's, Baton Rouge; DETOUR: Tabby's Blues Box, Baton Rouge; Floyd's Morley Marina, Brusly; Hymel's Seafood Restaurant, Convent; Grace's Lounge, Gonzales; DETOUR: Swamp Pop Festival, Gonzales; The Black Pearl, Port Allen; DETOUR: Searching for Emma's, Port Allen; Magnolia Café, St. Francisville; CAJUN COUNTRY
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Dance halls -- Louisiana -- Guidebooks
Music-halls -- Louisiana -- Guidebooks
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Louisiana -- Guidebooks
Cajun music -- Louisiana -- Guidebooks
Cooking, Cajun -- Guidebooks
Louisiana -- Guidebooks
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Cajun music
Cooking, Cajun
Dance halls
Music-halls
Louisiana
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Guidebooks.

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