Codi and I missed the Blues Festival last year, so we were pretty excited to make it to this year’s event.
The music was great – so good, that I bought a bluesy bluegrass CD – something I never thought I’d do. This one band, “Chris Ardoin And NuStep”, was a lot of fun. It makes for great BBQ music, a lively house-cleaning soundtrack, etc.
Here’s the “Chris Ardoin And NuStep” band…
Chris Ardoin playing one of many types of accordions…
A band member playing the wash board. That’s a pretty cool sound!
This guitarist played very well, but he didn’t look too excited. In retrospect, I think he may have been looking at the dancers and thinking something like “I left the bayou for this?!”
Chris Ardoin again with another accordion…
The area in front of the stage was packed with dancers – some good, some bad, and some were just plain funny. This guy looked like he was doing the chicken, the wave, the boogaloo AND tae-bo all at the same time.
Of course, no blues concert is complete without some unnecessary crackage…
This is a cool panorama of the south end of the Blues Festival. Click to enlarge…