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.

stay tuned for more stories like this.

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 Anselmo
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
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. Monday Night Band at the Caterie with Cam Pyle, Toby Templet, Mike Broussard
101. Johnny Gossip with Toby Templet, Jeff Hood
102. Joel Cooper
103. Ralph McGee
104. Marlin Beam
105. Eddie Smith Band
106. Henry Gray with Les Leblanc
107. Something Blue Band
108. Chris House
109. Esco McCollum
110. Blu Rouge 
111. Marci Pace
112. Big Daddy T
113. Luther Kent and Trick Bag along with Bobby Campo
114. Long Neck Society 
115. Bofus with Skip Varnado and Deware Walker 
116. David Craig  
117. Ernest Scott and The Funk Children with Clay Coleman, Keith Simoneaux, Dan Bourgeois and George Enete
118. Floyd Brown 
119. Jeff Leblanc and The Delta Drifters 
120.  Bryan Romano
121. Ole Sole Band with Jonathan Caraway and Jarred Guidry 
122. Taylor Nauta 
123. Jerry Amoroso of Potliquor
124. Patrick Cooper
125. Kevin Schexnayder
126. Dennis Pennington
127. Eric DiSanto 
128. Rob Chidester
129. Steve Judice
130. Bill Romano
131. Barry Hebert
132. Doc Chaney
133. Heather Feierabend
134. Clay Parker
135. Tyler Baronet
136. John Fohl
137. Cold Grits 
138. Colorblind 
139. Leauxco 
140. The Blues Doctors with Adam Gussow and Alan Gross 
141. Andrew Bernard who co-wrote Judy in Disguise with John Fred 
142. Clay Boudreaux 
143. Caleb Elliot 
144. Geared Up with Scotty Drake 
145. Justin McCain
146. Diamondback 
147. Sole Brothers with Doc Hearl and King Solomon
148. Hal Higgins
149. Javier Guitierrez
150. Argyle Friday
151. LaRouge
152. Greg Wright
153. Ray Stumbo 
154. Circa Amore 
155. The Paul and Pete Band
156. Red Armes with Rick Newton
157. Stone Sober band
158. Don, Jared and Konspiracy 
159. Tommy Ike Hailey
160. Sweet Root with Joshua Magee, Jennifer Hutter, Dakota Civello, Jullian Civello
161. Ian Webster and Taylor Clark 
162. Sam Broussard
163. Smokehouse Porter and Miss Mamie with Holger Notzel
164. Lil' Ray Neal
165. Jacob "Jake" Gunter
166. Billy Callaway
167. Hogy and the Healers
168. Old Dawgs
169. Richard Bewley
170. Lyndsey Spiller and Carrie Louring
171. Wessell "Warm Daddy" Anderson
172. Jeff Krumholt
173. Two Blu with Mike Atkinson and Barry Hebert
174. Psycho Jo with Larry Worthy, Ricky Centenio and Willis Dauzat
175. Allison Collins with Terry Acosta
176. Brittany Pool
177. Eric Baskin 
178. Johnny Rossetti
179. H.R. Ziifle
180. Bob Henderson
181. Doubleshot with Bryan Romano, Steve  Schittone and Tim Haney
182. Victoria Lecta Cave
183. Jovin Webb from American Idol
184. Rhett Anthony Glindmeyer
185. Kybalion with Mike Kent and Scott Lee Tully
186. Wen Tilley Trio with Joey Breland and Courtland Smith

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. 

Places that I have played music:

  This is a list of places that I have played music:

1. Glen Oaks High School 
2. Glen Oaks Junior High 
3. Rick’s at the old Howard Johnson’s College at Corporate
4. Papparazzi’s at College and Corporate
5. Cadillac Café
6. R.T.’s
7. Catfish Town
8. Poor Boy Lloyd’s
9. The Bellemont
10. The Sheraton
11. Pedigo’s
12. La Rouge Garden
13. Cecil’s
14. Vermillionville in Lafayette, La
15. Silver Moon
16. Phil Brady’s
17. Tony’s Tavern
18. The Vineyard
19. Roxanne’s O’neal Tavern all 3 locations
20. The Caterie
21. Linda’s Lounge
22. The Silver Bullet
23. The Stagecoach
24. Casino Rouge aka Hollywood Casino
25. Bayou Sara Lounge at the Holiday Inn St. Francisville
26. Lakeside Daiquiris
27. The Holeshot
28. The Saint Billiards hall
29. Drusilla Daiquiris
30. The Red Horse
31. The Roux House
32. The Walkon’s at LSU
33. Happy’s Irish Tavern
34. Fernando’s Mexican in Denham Springs
35. Jones Creek Oyster Bar
36. Bourbon Street Daiquiris
37. Churchill’s
38. The Pastime
39. Caliente’s Mexican Craving
40. The Varsity
41. Clicks Billiards
42. LSU Law Center
43. LSU Faculty Club
44. Casa Maria in Gonzales
45. Rocky and Carlos’ in Chalmette ,St. Bernard
46. Spanky’s in Prairieville and Maurepas, La
47. On the Half Shell in Prairieville
48. The Manship Theatre 4^th floor terrace 4^th of July 2009
49. Mount Hope Plantation
50. Boudreaux’s Fine Catering
51. The Grill Room at Perkins Rowe
52. LSU Mini Barn Chili Cookoff for OLOL Childrens Hospital
53. Country Club of Louisiana with Rusty Yates
54. Mi Padre’s on Bluebonnet Blvd.
55. The Atrium at The Belle of Baton Rouge at Catfish Town
56. Galvez Plaza for Lukemia and Lymphoma Society Oct 2008
57. Mariner’s at Port Vincent
58. Sciviques at Port Vincent
59. Cocodries in Denham Springs with Hootie Hoo
60. Magnolia Café in St Francisville
61. Primo’s Steak House with Rusty Yates Band
62. Capital City Grill
63. Avoyelle’s Café with Kenny Gill
64. Boudreaux and Thibodeaux’s on Third St.
65. The Vault (the old Rathskeller)
66. The Station
67. Our Place
68. Southpaw’s in Dutchtown
69. Holiday Inn on Seigen Lane
70. North Gate Tavern
71. Superior Grill
72. Sharp’s Café in Denham Springs
73. Serrano’s Salsa
74. Wanetiri Lakes
75. Slippery Pete’s
76. Stumble Inn
77. Mason’s Grill
78. Splitz Lounge in Hammond
79. Crawfish Town in Henderson
80. Parrot’s Lounge in New Roads
81. Plaquemine Civic Center with Passing Outlaws
82. Cypress Lounge in Walker
83. Richoux’s
84. Mojo’s in Denham Springs
85. Ralph’s Tavern in Wakefield /St. Francisville
86. The Field House at LSU
87. Lazy Dog Saloon in Prairieville
88. Phil Bradys
89. Satterfield’s in New Roads
90. Forrest Grove Plantation in Denham Springs C&A Christmas Party
91. Lake House Reception Center
92. Ashley Manor
93. Fred’s at Port Vincent
94. The Pennington BioMedical Center on Perkins for Lukemia and Lymphoma Society
95. Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center-Heidelberg Room for NLSSA Conference
96. Sammy’s Grill with Chris Leblanc Band
97. Beaumont Civic Center
98. The Bathroom Window in Plaquemine
99. Casa Loma in Addis
100. Saturn Dealership of Baton Rouge
101. Magnolia Square in Central
102. Cinco de Mayo Mexican Rest. in Zachary
103. Chuck’s Lounge in Addis
104. Sean Kelley’s in New Orleans
105. Bourbon Orleans Hotel with Rusty Yates
106. La. State Fairgrounds
107. Ponchatoula High School with Charley Pappy
108. The Spanish Moon
109. The Bengal
110. Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity House
111. Clinton Farmers Market
112. The White Rose Motel Lounge
113. Cooley’s
114. Taste of Louisiana Café in Denham Springs
115. Three Ladies Lounge
116. LA Daiquiris
117. Bayou Bar in Gonzales
118. Moonlight Inn
119. Park Place in Gonzales
120. French Connection Lounge
121. Raful Neal’s Club in Port Allen
122. Sidelines in Zachary
123. LaFonda’s
124. Crossroads Lounge in Zachary with Stormy
125. Joe’s Nascar Lounge
126. Dot and Peanut’s Smackwater Lounge
127. Helen’s Backdraft
128. Magnolia Plaza Sports Bar
129. Puncher’s Sports Bar
130. Thirsty Tiger
131. Fest For All with Randy Davis
132. Gumbo Festival at Bridge City
133. Bayou Cajun on Oneal Lane
134. Bear Creek Steakhouse
135. La Carreta-Baton Rouge
136. Argosy Atrium
137. Southern Skies
138. Jan’s Lounge
139. Red Horse in St. Francisville
140. Chelsea’s Open Mike at LSU and Perkins road locations.
141. Art Bar with Func Haus
142. The Checkmate with Tom Skinner (bass player from Garth Brooks band)
143. Lydia’s 4 way stop in St. Amant
144. Pelican Lounge in Rosedale with Merrill Braud, Henry Frazier and Jerry Gagliano
145. Country Tavern with Joel Patterson, Jerome Thommasie
146. Magnolia Grill
147. Dock of the Bay Lounge at the Prince Murat Hotel on Nicholson Dr with The River City Blues Band
148. The Bluffs
149. The Cathouse restaurant
150. Ricky’s Audubon Liquor and Lounge in St. Fran.
151. Club 415 in Port Allen, La
152. O’Brians Ice House with Joseph Sullivan of Bleeker St. Band
153. Papa Joe’s with Blue Max
154. St. Isodore Parish Fair with C’Jane Run
155. Baker Music Center with Kenny Gill
156. Chelsea’s in Denham Springs
157. M’s Fine and Mellow Café
158. TIlly’s Lounge on Airline Hwy.
159. F.O.P. Hall on Greenwell Springs Road
160. The Pines Hotel on Airline Hwy.
161. The Moose Hall on Greenwell Springs Road
162. Buddy Guy’s Legends Club on Wabash Ave. in Chicago
163. The Rack on Greenwell Springs Road
164. The Time Out Lounge on Old Hammond Hwy.
165. Chuckle’s Daiquiris with Side Effects band in Prairieville, La
166. Rickochet Billiards at LSU with Side Effects band
167. Timmy C’s in Brownsfield
168. Fred’s at Tiger Town in LSU
169. Sullivan’s Ringside on Corporate Blvd.
170. Bayview Tavern in Port Vincent, La
171. Swamp Pop Café on Greenwell Springs Road
172. Cheers Lounge in Port Allen
173. Tin Lizzy’s Landing in Springfield, La
174. Rolling on the River in Springfield, La 1994
175. The Columns in New Orleans on St. Charles St.
176. Nite Moves on Flannery Road aka The Silver Bullet
177. Daiquiri Magic Florida at Sharp
178. Walkon’s on Coursey
179. On the Border Mexican Rest. at Citiplace
180. Dalton’s Downtown
181. The Grape/The Loft Patio at Perkins Rowe
182. The Longbranch Saloon
183. Pit Crew BBQ 
184. Landmark Hotel in New Orleans
185. End of the Line bar in Watson
186. The Paxon Lounge with Randall Hall Band in Jacksonville, Fl Oct. 12, 2000
187. Bourbon St. Piano Bar with Barbie Lane
188. Binx Club in Prairieville
189. Daiquiri Cafe in Brusly
190. The Whistle Stop 
191. Big Heads Tavern - Blues Jam with Jonathan 'Boogie' Long
192. Bar 102 at The Belle of Baton Rouge Atrium
193. Glen's Bar
194. The Tiger Paw Daiquiris and Grill
195. Brew Ha-Ha Coffee Shop
196. Birdman Coffee in St. Francisville
197. Juban's Restaurant 
198. Gonzales Civic Center
199. Garcia's Taco-Prairieville
200. La Carreta-Denham Springs
201. Daiquiri Cafe-Sherwood Forest
202. Monjuni's
203. Heaux Jeaux's Upscale Bar 
204. The Blend with Rusty Yates
205. Portico on Coursey
206. John M. Parker Ag Center at LSU 
207. Gino's Restaurant 
208. Rocco's Poboys
209. American Farmhouse Grill 
210. Lava Cantina at Perkins Rowe 
211. Bistro Byronz 
212. Kristenwood Reception Hall
213. Teddy's Juke Joint  
214. The Red Dragon Listening Room
215. Club Coozan
216. Beausoleil Restaurant 
217. Henry Turner Jr.'s Listening Room 
218. Twisted Daiquiris 
219. Live After 5 with David St. Romain and Chris Leblanc 
220. Baton Rouge Blues Fest 2015 with Kenny Acosta at Baton Rouge River Center
221. Queen of the Mississippi paddlewheeler cruise on American Cruise Lines
222. American Eagle paddlewheeler cruise on American Cruise Lines
223. Hog's Breath Saloon in Destin, Florida
224. Papi's in Denham Springs
225. Ahuuas Mexican on Jones Creek
226. Thai Kitchen
227. Bottle and Tap on Coursey Blvd
228. Fernando's in Walker
229. America - Mississippi paddlewheeler cruise on American Cruise Lines
230. Coach's Grill in Central
231. Rum Buoys on Diversion Canal
232. Curbside Burgers 
233. Colton's Corner Bistro
234. Big Mike's in Denham Springs 
235. Sarita's Grill and Cantina - Denham Springs
236. City Pork on Perkins
237. Papi's in Watson
238. Bin 77 at Perkins Rowe 
239. Duke's Seafood and Steakhouse in Watson 
240. Grand Country Junction Satsuma 2017 Christmas show 
241. Mid City Maker Market
242. Los Reyes Mexican Grill
243. Blackie's
244. Backstreet Lounge
245. Doe's Eat Place
246. Girasole Italian Restaurant
247. Jefferson Lounge
248. Central City Steak & Seafood
249. Lagniappe Restaurant in Watson
250. Scoreboards
251. Dj's Club Elite
252. American Harmony - Mississippi Riverboat on American Cruise Lines
253. El Rio Grande Restaurant
254. El Paso Mexican Grill - Magnolia Beach Plaza
255. Bee Nice Music 2022
256. Pedro's Tacos and Tequila
257. Pelican to Mars