Three Legends of Cajun and Creole Music On One Stage!

Jourdan Thibodeaux, Cedric Watson and Joel Savoy

Jourdan Thibodeaux is the guy you picture when someone says the word “authentic.” Straight from the blackjack boggy woods of Cypress Island, Louisiana, Jourdan is one of only a small number of young people speaking Cajun French today, and his soulful singing and fiddling are the perfect medium for his ever-growing repertoire of original Louisiana French songs. His musical ability and his crafty songwriting which is at once classic and progressive has afforded him a band comprised of some of the finest artists in Acadiana today, including Cedric Watson and Joel Savoy.

Cedric Watson is one of the brightest young talents to emerge in Louisiana French music over the last decade. He is a four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist & songwriter with seemingly unlimited potential. With an apparently bottomless repertoire of songs at his fingertips, Cedric plays everything from forgotten Creole melodies and obscure Dennis McGee reels to more modern Cajun and Zydeco songs, even occasionally throwing in a bluegrass fiddle tune or an old string band number. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he is also a prolific songwriter, writing almost all of his songs on his double row Hohner accordion. Cedric’s songs channel his diverse ancestry (African, French, Native American and Spanish) to create his own brand of sounds.

Joel Savoy, founder of the Louisiana-based label Valcour Records, is a GRAMMY-winning recording engineer and record producer as well as a ten-time GRAMMY nominee. He was the Artistic Director of the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington, from 2017-2023 and is currently a program manager for the National Council for Traditional Arts program National Treasures, as well as the President of the Association for the Liberty Theatre of Eunice, a not for profit organization dedicated to restoring the Liberty Theatre in his home town. Joel is a versatile fiddler and guitarist and he has played and taught music around the world for the last 20 years. He has worked with the best in southwest Louisiana as well as with folks like John Fogerty, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Earle, and T-Bone Burnett, although most often he’s seen with his brother Wilson and their parents in the Savoy Family Cajun Band.

Together, Jourdan, Cedric, and Joel perform original and traditional music from the Acadiana region of southwest Louisiana on fiddles, accordion and guitar, and it’s sung in Cajun and Creole French but you don’t have to speak the language to get it- it’s music that’s made for dancing, but pairs well with good times of any sort!

DETAILS

ADMISSION: $20 advance / $25 door (subject to availability)

This show will be held in the Milking Parlor at the Historic Octagon Barn Center. Doors will open at 6pm with the band beginning at 7. Seating is first come, first served. If you have a unique seating requirement please email and we will do our best to accommodate your request. The Octagon Barn Center is ADA accessible.

Old-Time Jam - 6-7pm!

COVID-19: If you are feeling unwell, please stay home.

OUTSIDE FOOD & DRINK: other than personal water bottles, no outside food and/or drink is permitted inside the venue. The Octagon Barn Center is a non-smoking facility.

Host or Publisher SLO County Stumblers