New Orleans Garden Party

No, it's not another political organization...

Last Wednesday I went to the Botanical Gardens to a "Garden Party" with food and a very nice concert by the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars!


This is Jumpin' Johnny Sansone...



And these are the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars:
Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, and Waylon Thibodeaux, with drummer and bass player whose names I never got (and they never did solos.)


And here's another member, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.

They played for over two hours at the Botanical Garden... $10 to get in, and they had $2 sodas, and $4 hamburgers and $5 etouffe! A very classy evening, not too expensive.

The concert was a great combination of Cajun songs, like "Row Row Row That Pirouge" and Mardi Gras songs, like "Here Come The Indians Now"

http://backbeatfoundation.org/

Their leader, Tab Benoit, was away for this performance, but I hope to see them at a festival on October 10 in Houma.... if I don't have to be at a wedding.