Mississippi river cruises I recently played

       This month I played 2 paddlewheelers on The Mighty Mississippi river. The first one originated at Oak Alley plantation .  We were picked up by a driver for BR Limo who transported us to the dock on the levee in Vacherie, La. We boarded the "Queen of the Mississippi" at 12:00 noon for a cruise up the river to Baton Rouge. Peter Duffield, Mike LeBlanc and myself were scheduled to play music for a tour group from Australia later that evening at 8:00pm. We walked around the boat for a couple of hours only to retire in a crew lounge on the 4th deck. Later before showtime we were served a gourmet meal directly in our private quarters. Come 8:00pm we did a sound check on the 2nd deck Riverboat lounge. At showtime the room was filled to capacity with the passengers and crew. We performed our usual set of classic rock and acoustic numbers along with some dance tunes later in our performance to a very appreciative audience. The passengers got up and filled the dance floor really enjoying themselves to our delight.

The second show we did was on the newest addition to American Cruise lines fleet of paddlewheel riverboats the "American Eagle" which docked next to the "USS Kidd" in Baton Rouge. The boat arrived at 7:00pm and we were escorted to Paddlewheel lounge. Again we played for a energetic crowd on the cruise from different parts of the United States.

We hope to play on many more cruises in the future and are really delighted that we were picked by Laddie Dwyer of A Unique Entertainment, Inc. to entertain the passengers on the Mississippi River.

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Live After 5 in Baton Rouge, La 2014

I had the pleasure of being onstage with David St. Romain and Chris Leblanc at the "Live After 5" event on May 22, 2014. I played harmonica on Tom Petty's "Last Dance for Mary Jane" and  Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally". Afterward I met a lot of new friends and fans. This has to be one of my highlights as a musician here in Baton Rouge, La.

Mayor Kip Holden was out and about dressed up in his Western outfit celebrating The Bayou Country Superfest for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

My wife is chauffeuring many of the performers to and from their hotel rooms to the stage at Tiger Stadium, I know this is also a thrill for her. We both enjoy being in the music business to the fullest.

Groups and/or Individuals I have either been in a group with or have been onstage with:

This is a list of musicians with whom I have performed

1. The Randy Borne - Steve Smith group- We played at many parties and one year played the end of the year dance at Glen Oaks Junior High School circa 1967, we also won second place performing in the yearly talent show at Glen Oaks High School circa 1968.
2. Charlie Pappy band with Chris Braud, Randy Borne, David Mancuso, Dean Williams
3. The Clique with Randy Borne, Dean Williams, Terry Root
4. Blue Max with Ken Herrington, Paul Lampton, Wes Howard, Pat Wasiloski, Stan
5. The Rude Boys with John ‘ChoCho’ Haas, David Crochet, Billy Kimbrell, Denny McCurry, Pfoot, M.T.
6. 3 Blind Mice with Pete Duffield, Ken Herrington, Scott Randall, Armand Kahn
7. Blind Date with Pete Duffield, Ken Herrington, Scott Randall, Armand Kahn, Barry Himel
8. Rudy Richard
9. Troy Turner
10. Barbie Lane (2) groups in Baton Rouge and New Orleans
11. Joel Patterson
12. Chris Leblanc 1994 and beyond
13. Cat Daddy with Steve Arnould, David Crochet, Tom Coerver , Drew Hart, Joey Decker
14. Stan Campbell
15. Bluff Road Band
16. Kirk Holder
17. Paul Shelton
18. Bayou Country with Patrick Shane
19. Func Haus with Wendell Tilley
20. Tareva Henderson and Nelson Blanchard
21. Larry Garner
22. C’Jane Run with Eric Halpen
23. The Levee Band with Merrill Braud, Mark Anselmo,
24. Chicago Al
25. Kenny Acosta with Jeff Johnson, Joe Monk and Phil Guay
26. Jeff Jeansonne
27. Cajun Brew at Vermillionville in Lafayette, La
28. Streamline
29. Todd Westbrook
30. Courtney Westbrook with Kicks
31. Rocky Saxon
32. Hocus Pocus with Mark Spedale
33. Darryl Lewis and La. Hotsauce Band
34. Elvin Killerbee aka Kevin Ellerbee
35. The Randy Davis Group with Henry Frazier, Dave at The Gumbo Festival and at the Louisiana State Fair
36. The Jam Brothers Band
37. River City Blues Band with Kenny Dunn, Mike Owings aka R. L. Spencer
38. Wild Cactus
39. Mike Miller
40. Rudy’s Shoes with Denise Brumfield
41. Sundown with Wayne Peterson
42. Marcus Elizondo
43. Medicine Nation with Todd Orillion, Eddie Hopkins, Terry Granier
44. Keith Pavlovich
45. Murray McCollough
46. Island Fever Band
47. John Kirby
48. Johnny Rivers at Richoux’s
49. Keith Samuels Ardoin at Drusilla Daiquiris
50. Stan Snyder
51. Confidential 1995
52. Bleeker Street with Joseph Sullivan, Steve Navarre
53. Tom Skinner
54. Foxfire with Leroy Davis, Dale Babin, Joe Micelli, Mike Steen, Binky Glindmeyer
55. Stormy with Mike Noto, Paul Shelton, Lee Ferrington,
56. Traces
57. My My My!!
58. Contagious
59. Randy Trantham
60. David Morgan Band
61. Chris Braud Worship Music
62. Timepiece Dwight
63. Lynn Freeman
64. Stray Dog
65. Rusty Hood
66. Randall Hall Band
67. Rusty Yates
68. Bubba Plauche and Doug Thompson
69. Duffield and Company
70. Scratch and Sniff
71. Copas Brothers, Copas Trio and Copus Duo with L.J. Copas
72. Matt Doran
73. David St. Romain
74. Side Effects band with Mark Sides, Wade Duplessis, Troy West
75. The LA Kat’z at Chelsea’s in Denham Springs
76. Scott Van Matre "The Dutchman" at Walkon’s LSU
77. Kevin Paulk
78. Mark Brannan
79. Brian Biggers
80. Bonefrog with Randy Daigre
81. Larry Bernard
82. Steve Mansur
83. Freddie Nations
84. Leslie Wood
85. Susan Owens
86. Will Dale Wesley and Phillip Chandler
87. David Hyde
88. Rick Davis
89. Leonard Jeffers
90. Kevin Johnson
91. Mr. Man with Jerry Padgett
92. The Sonny Ledoux Band with Bill Guess, Rick Price
93. Emily Branton
94. Bryan Southwick
95. Lucas Spinosa
96. John Lisi
97. Pandora Roxx
98. Curtis Coubello and the Insta-Gators
99. Sundanze Howie
100. The Sleeze Brothers with Mark Brannan and Les Leblanc, etal
101. Monday Night Band at the Caterie with Cam Pyle, Toby Templet, Mike Broussard
102. Johnny Gossip with Toby Templet, Jeff Hood
103. Joel Cooper
104. Ralph McGee
105. Marlin Beam
106. Eddie Smith Band
107. Henry Gray with Les Leblanc
108. Something Blue Band
109. Chris House
110. Esco McCollum
111. Blu Rouge 
112. Marci Pace
113. Big Daddy T
114. Luther Kent and Trick Bag along with Bobby Campo
115. Long Neck Society 
116. Bofus with Skip Varnado and Deware Walker 
117. David Craig  
118. Ernest Scott and The Funk Children with Clay Coleman, Keith Simoneaux, Dan Bourgeois and George Enete
119. Floyd Brown 
120. Jeff Leblanc and The Delta Drifters 
121.  Bryan Romano
122. Ole Sole Band with Jonathan Caraway and Jarred Guidry 
123. Taylor Nauta 
124. Jerry Amoroso of Potliquor
125. Patrick Cooper
126. Kevin Schexnayder
127. Dennis Pennington
128. Eric DiSanto 
129. Rob Chidester
130. Steve Judice
131. Bill Romano
132. Barry Hebert
133. Doc Chaney
134. Heather Feierabend
135. Clay Parker
136. Tyler Baronet
137. John Fohl
138. Cold Grits 
139. Colorblind 
140. Leauxco 
141. The Blues Doctors with Adam Gussow and Alan Gross 
142. Andrew Bernard who co-wrote Judy in Disguise with John Fred 
143. Clay Boudreaux 
144. Caleb Elliot 
145. Geared Up with Scotty Drake 
146. Justin McCain
147. Diamondback 
148. Sole Brothers with Doc Hearl and King Solomon
149. Hal Higgins
150. Javier Guitierrez
151. Argyle Friday
152. LaRouge
153. Greg Wright
154. Ray Stumbo 
155. Circa Amore 
156. The Paul and Pete Band
157. Red Armes with Rick Newton
158. Stone Sober band
159. Don, Jared and Konspiracy 
160. Kozmic Kowboys with Zeke Thompson
161. Tommy Ike Hailey
162. Sweet Root with Joshua Magee, Jennifer Hutter, Dakota Civello, Jullian Civello
163. Ian Webster and Taylor Clark 
164. Sam Broussard
165. Smokehouse Porter and Miss Mamie with Holger Notzel
166. Lil' Ray Neal
167. Jacob "Jake" Gunter
168. Billy Callaway
169. Hogy and the Healers
170. Old Dawgs
171. Richard Bewley
172. Lyndsey Spiller and Carrie Louring
173. Wessell "Warm Daddy" Anderson
174. Jeff Krumholt
175. Two Blu with Mike Atkinson and Barry Hebert
176. Psycho Jo with Larry Worthy, Ricky Centenio and Willis Dauzat
177. Allison Collins with Terry Acosta
178. Brittany Pool
179. Eric Baskin 
180. Johnny Rossetti aka John Belle
     
181. H.R. Ziifle
182. Bob Henderson
183. Doubleshot with Bryan Romano, Steve  Schittone and Tim Haney
184. Victoria Lecta Cave
185. Jovin Webb from American Idol
186. Tim Marchand
187. Rhett Anthony Glindmeyer
188. Kybalion with Mike Kent and Scott Lee Tully
189. Wen Tilley Trio with Joey Breland and Courtland Smith
190. Craig Rhodes, Andy Bourgeois, Tom Burkett and Neil Maurer
     
191. United We Jam

Ole Sole in Central

      About a week ago I went to The American Farmhouse Grill in Central and heard a duet called Ole Sole. It consisted of Jonathan Caraway and Jarred Guidry. They were playing acoustic guitars doing songs by the Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, CCR, Van Morrison and more. They let me sit in and play a few tunes with them, afterward they invited me to play a private Christmas party at Kristenwood that Saturday. At the party I ran into an old neighbor of mine that I hadn't seen in over 20 years. They had 3 sons who used to hang out with me after school and I would sometimes play guitar for them. Now they are all grown up and have kids of their own. I really enjoyed playing music with the band and seeing some old friends. It made my holidays very special this year bringing back a lot of good memories.