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Groupe Country US fondé en 1999 à Baton Rouge (Louisiane). Les
Red Stick Ramblers sont composés de Chas Justus, Eric Frey, Linzay Young, Kevin Wimmer et
Glenn Fields.
The Red
Stick Ramblers are a diverse group of six men who can play the haunting and
heart-tugging traditional Cajun music of generations past and make it just as
enjoyable and memorable for today's youth as it is for their grandparents. They
intersperse the traditional tunes with fare they call "Cajun gypsy swing." Lead
vocalist and fiddler Linzay Young, a Louisiana native who hails from Eunice, is
a Louisiana State University anthropology major. Fiddler Joel Savoy attends the
same school and is a math and French major. His parents are noted Cajun
musicians Ann Savoy and Marc Savoy. Mother and son worked together with Tom
Waits, recording the Cajun music featured on the soundtrack of The Divine
Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, a movie released by Warner Bros. in 2002. Bass
player Ricky "Railroad" Rees is a college English teacher who hails from
Lafayette. He has performed with such artists as the Bluerunners, Rockin' Dopsie,
and Buck Senegal. Drummer Glen Fields, who spends his days behind the counter of
a music store, has been a member of a variety of different groups, playing
everything from jazz to punk. Mandolinist and guitarist Josh Caffery, who grew
up near Franklin, LA, writes for a Lafayette-based newspaper, The Times of
Acadiana. The only Rambler whose full-time job is as a musician is guitarist
Chaz Justus.
Several of the band's members met for the first time while playing in Baton
Rouge in a group called Brother Teresa. When the Red Stick Ramblers started
making a name for themselves in 2001, the band received invitations to appear at
the Festival Acadiens and the Festival International de Louisiane. Thanks to
fine performances, invitations poured in from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival, France's Deferlantes Francophones Festival, the Rhythm & Roots
Festival in Rhode Island, the Cajun/Zydeco Festival in Florida, and the Tropical
Heatwave Festival, also in the Sunshine State. Louisiana Radio Records issued
the band's self-titled debut in 2002. Bring It on Down appeared a year later in
2003, followed by Right Key, Wrong Keyhole in 2005. The band made the leap to
Sugar Hill Records for 2007's Made in the Shade.
Talents : Chas : Guitar - Eric : Bass - Linzay : Fiddle, Vocals - Kevin : Fiddle - Glenn : Drums
Style musical : Zydeco, Traditional Cajun, Old Timey, Creole, Americana, Western Swing
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
Albums
| 01/2002 | CD LOUISIANA RADIO 5883 (US) |
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RED STICK RAMBLERS - Nagasaki / Valse De Balfa / Tchavalo Swing / I've Been Alone Before / Danse Carrée / Alabama Jubilee / All My Life / One Step De McGee / Tears / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Grand Tasso / Pumpkin's Fancy |
| 09/2003 | CD MEMPHIS INT'L 620008 (US) |
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BRING IT ON DOWN -
Bring It On Down To My
House
 / Main Street Blues / What Do I Do? / Stay All Night / Belle /
Two
Step Des Condanmes
/ Rattle My Cage / Blue Drag / Dinah / Parting Waltz / 16
Tons / When The Sugar Cane's Tall |
| 04/2005 | CD MEMPHIS INT'L 620011 (US) |
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RIGHT KEY, WRONG KEYHOLE - That's What I
Like About The South / It Ain't Right /
Valse De Chaoui
/ It's Too Late /
It's Hard To Love Someone / Sweet And Slow / My Ramblin' Heart / Sentimental
/ You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole / Closing Time Blues /
Grand Texas / Devil With The Devil |
| 09/2007 | CD SUGAR HILL SUG-CD-4038 (US) |
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MADE IN THE SHADE - Made In The Shade / Evenin' / Oiseaux Vont Chanter / Cowboy Song / Katrina / Don't Cry, Baby / Laisse Les Cajuns Danser / Hot Tamale Baby / Some Of These Days / Tes Parents Ne Veulent Plus Me Voir [Your Parents Don't Want To See Me / Unsentimental / Smeckled Suite |
| 05/2009 | CD SUGAR HILL SUG-CD-4053 (US) |
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My Suitcase Is Always Packed - Je T'Aime Pas Mieux / Drinkin' To You / Bloodshot Eyes / My Suitcase Is Always Packed / Lay Down In The Grass / Nonc' Yorick (La Bataille De 1916) / Doggone My Time / Goodbye To The Blues / Why, Now Baby? / Old Fashioned Two-Step / La Valse De Meche / Morning Blues / Barnyard Bachelor |
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