Geauxbama, Gumbobama

Because teaching for me is so closely intertwined with South Louisiana washboard-spooning-fiddle plucking-crawfish boiling-two stepping culture. And because there are thirteen days left until the election. Here is a phenomenal video featuring Red Stick Ramblers' own Linzay among other fixtures in the Cajun/Creole music arena. And see the washboard player? C and I once asked him for directions in Lafayette, LA, thinking he was just a friendly Joe Six Pack in our beloved Red state. He pointed us to Grant St. Dance Hall where he later proceeded to hop on stage and go to town on that aluminum that drapes his chest. Here he joins other community musicians who support Obama in a place no one is allowed to call anything but pro-America.

I miss Louisiana...