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A Party for Baton Rouge
2008.05.06
83-year-old blues pianist Henry Gray leads his group, "The Cats".
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83-year-old blues pianist Henry Gray leads his group, "The Cats".
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At the Blues Festival the rule was "no playing in the fountain". Obviously that didn't apply at Fest For All.
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At the Blues Festival the rule was "no playing in the fountain". Obviously that didn't apply at Fest For All.
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Dancing in Galvez Plaza
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Dancing in Galvez Plaza
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The Cats pick and blow.
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The Cats pick and blow.
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Top this, Dancing With the Stars
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Top this, Dancing With the Stars
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Fest For All decorative touch
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Fest For All decorative touch
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The couple in front are close friends of mine. They love to dance.
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The couple in front are close friends of mine. They love to dance.
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Talk about a backlit shot!
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Talk about a backlit shot!
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To my photographic relief, the sun dips behind the Old State Capitol.
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To my photographic relief, the sun dips behind the Old State Capitol.
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New Orleans jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins was the closing act on this stage.
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New Orleans jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins was the closing act on this stage.
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Energetic dancers
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Energetic dancers
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Percussionist for either Henry or Kermit
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Percussionist for either Henry or Kermit
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Do that again!
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Do that again!
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Ruffins and his keyboardist
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Ruffins and his keyboardist
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Ready for zydeco or to scrub clothes
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Ready for zydeco or to scrub clothes
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Red-suited Jimmy Winfield was an unbilled guest of Kermit Ruffins.
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Red-suited Jimmy Winfield was an unbilled guest of Kermit Ruffins.
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Line dance
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Line dance
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Getting the last of that drink.
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Getting the last of that drink.
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A solitary light comes on as twilight approaches. Fest For All attracts folks from all over Baton Rouge.
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A solitary light comes on as twilight approaches. Fest For All attracts folks from all over Baton Rouge.
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Something to hold on to
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Something to hold on to
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I thought that they guy with the beard was a very interesting looking character.
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I thought that they guy with the beard was a very interesting looking character.
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Well you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow
Kick off your shoes and
you throw them on the floor
Dance in the kitchen 'till the morning light
Louisiana Saturday Night
Louisiana Saturday Night, Hall and Newman (popularized by Alabama among others)
Louisiana enters the almost continuous festival mode in the spring. On Sunday afternoon we went to Fest For All in downtown Baton Rouge to hear live music and check out great arts and crafts.
