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[Past Performance Calendar archive]

[A one-page reader / quick bio of the band]
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Photo Courtesy of Jillian Johnson www.workagencies.com |
Photo courtesy of Philip Gould www.philipgould.com |
Top Ten Reasons to See the Pine Leaf Boys by Bruce Handelman
- Metro Santa Cruz, |
The Pine Leaf Boys are a new generation of Cajun musicians from Louisiana who not only grew up with the music but live and breathe it. The young PLBs play authentic, traditional Cajun, Creole and zydeco music while adding some updates of their own. - Berkeley Community Calendar |
"I went to hear and dance to the Pine Leaf Boys last night here in Atlanta. I think they are one of the best new young bands from the genre that I have heard in a very long time. Cedric Watson (fiddler extraordinaire) and Wilson Savoy (brilliant - accordion, vocals, and fiddle) capture the soul of so many of the older artists, including musicians such as Canray Fontenot through Danny and Edward Poullard (to whom they recorded an homage on their CD entitled La Musique). Their music is infused with such enthusiasm and energy..." - Local review of show in Atlanta, Georgia |
It's remarkably adherent to old styles, with its roots running deep, yet it is incredibly fresh and resoundingly vibrant. -Nick Pittman, Times of Acadiana |





It's
hard to avoid food metaphors when writing about
Cajun music. The words spicy, saucy, tangy all lend
themselves well to its description, but such hackneyed
clichés have no place in the Metro Santa
Cruz... it must be noted that the Pine Leaf
Boys play Cajun/Zydeco music like no other
twentysomethings we've ever heard. Musical polygamists,
they frequently swap accordions, guitars, fiddles
midshow and sound good no matter who is playing
what. The
experience of a good zydeco show is like being in
an unruly bar brawl without all that pesky fighting.
Rowdy dancing and a sense of communal inebriation
are the order of the evening, so polish up those alligator
boots and get ready to romp.
