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, "Diamond" Dave Boyd at The Gumbo Festival and at the Louisiana State Fair - Bridge City
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. Oscar "Harpo" Davis
91. Kevin Johnson
92. Mr. Man with Jerry Padgett
93. The Sonny Ledoux Band with Bill Guess, Rick Price
94. Emily Branton
95. Bryan Southwick
96. Lucas Spinosa
97. John Lisi
98. Pandora Roxx
99. Curtis Coubello and the Insta-Gators
100. Sundanze Howie
101. The Sleeze Brothers with Mark Brannan and Les Leblanc, et al
102. Monday Night Band at the Caterie with Cam Pyle, Toby Templet, Mike Broussard
103. Johnny Gossip with Toby Templet, Jeff Hood
104. Joel Cooper
105. Ralph McGee
106. Marlin Beam
107. Eddie Smith Band
108. Henry Gray with Les Leblanc
109. Something Blue Band
110. Chris House
111. Esco McCollum
112. Blu Rouge 
113. Marci Pace
114. Big Daddy T
115. Luther Kent and Trick Bag along with Bobby Campo
116. Long Neck Society 
117. Bofus with Skip Varnado and Deware Walker 
118. David Craig  
119. Ernest Scott and The Funk Children with Clay Coleman, Keith Simoneaux, Dan Bourgeois and George Enete
120. Floyd Brown 
121. Jeff Leblanc and The Delta Drifters 
122.  Bryan Romano
123. Ole Sole Band with Jonathan Caraway and Jarred Guidry 
124. Taylor Nauta 
125. Jerry Amoroso of Potliquor
126. Patrick Cooper
127. Kevin Schexnayder
128. Dennis Pennington
129. Eric DiSanto 
130. Rob Chidester
131. Steve Judice
132. Bill Romano
133. Barry Hebert
134. Doc Chaney
135. Heather Feierabend
136. Clay Parker
137. Tyler Baronet
138. John Fohl
139. Cold Grits 
140. Colorblind 
141. Leauxco 
142. The Blues Doctors with Adam Gussow and Alan Gross 
143. Andrew Bernard who co-wrote Judy in Disguise with John Fred 
144. Clay Boudreaux 
145. Caleb Elliot 
146. Geared Up with Scotty Drake 
147. Justin McCain
148. Diamondback 
149. Sole Brothers with Doc Hearl and King Solomon
150. Hal Higgins
151. Javier Guitierrez
152. Argyle Friday
153. LaRouge
154. Greg Wright
155. Ray Stumbo 
156. Circa Amore 
157. The Paul and Pete Band
158. Red Armes with Rick Newton
159. Stone Sober band
160. Don, Jared and Konspiracy 
161. Kozmic Kowboys with Zeke Thompson
162. Tommy Ike Hailey
163. Sweet Root with Joshua Magee, Jennifer Hutter, Dakota Civello, Jullian Civello
164. Ian Webster and Taylor Clark 
165. Sam Broussard
166. Smokehouse Porter and Miss Mamie with Holger Notzel
167. Lil' Ray Neal
168. Jacob "Jake" Gunter
169. Billy Callaway
170. Hogy and the Healers
171. Old Dawgs
172. Richard Bewley
173. Lyndsey Spiller and Carrie Louring
174. Wessell "Warm Daddy" Anderson
175. Jeff Krumholt
176. Two Blu with Mike Atkinson and Barry Hebert
177. Psycho Jo with Larry Worthy, Ricky Centenio and Willis Dauzat
178. Allison Collins with Terry Acosta
179. Brittany Pool
180. Eric Baskin 
181. Johnny Rossetti aka John Belle
     
182. H.R. Ziifle
183. Bob Henderson
184. Doubleshot with Bryan Romano, Steve Schittone and Tim Haney
185. Victoria Lecta Cave
186. Jovin Webb from American Idol
187. Tim Marchand
188. Rhett Anthony Glindmeyer
189. Kybalion with Mike Kent and Scott Lee Tully
190. Wen Tilley Trio with Joey Breland and Courtland Smith
191. South of Central Band
192. Craig Rhodes, Andy Bourgeois, Tom Burkett and Neil Maurer
     
193. United We Jam
194. Paul Dutsch
195. Lee Serio Band 
196. Keepin' Time band with Wendell "Jerry" Watts
197. Connor Martin Band
198. Justin Beard
199. Daniel Lee Comeaux