| The Band – Up On Cripple Creek Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I find this interesting because I'm from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Comments by "RayMan" attempt to explain the connections between this Canadian band and Louisiana, but they are merely conjectural at best. It is true that the Louisiana Cajuns are decendants of Canadian Nova Scotians, but these aren't the people in Lake Charles! Lake Charles is in extreme southwest Louisiana; it's more Texan than Cajun! The most of the state's Cajuns live in Acadiana, an area centered around the city of Lafayette, an area in the Southcentral portion of the state. If someone was seeking Cajun heritage, they shouldn't look for it in Lake Charles any more then they should in Houston! The second problem with RayMan's explaination comes from his comments on the yodelling. Put simply, Cajuns don't yodel. I am a fan of Cajun & Zydeco music and I have never heard yodelling from a Louisiana band. Yodelling comes from the Alpine folk music. In American music, it has been incorporated into some Country and Bluegrass, but these are completely different genres compared to Cajun & Zydeco. Though some Canadians may yodal, this is completely disjointed from Louisiana music. | |
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