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Jubilee Community Arts: Morris Ardoin | 8:00 PM
 Louisiana Creole Music
The Ardoin family have recorded Creole dance music for four generations, representing the whole path from the old country dance music to modern zydeco. The legendary figure Amédé Ardoin, whose first cousin Alfonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin was Morris Ardoin’s father, formed a partnership with Cajun fiddler Dennis McGee, whose 1930 recordings are revered by Cajun and zydeco musicians alike as pioneering in their use of Delta blues motifs, but also document the oldest Creole music styles on sound recording. “Bois Sec” led the Ardoin Family band with his sons Morris, Lawrence “Black” and Gustav “Bud” until Gustav’s death in 1974. The Morris Ardoin Band offers a rare opportunity to hear styles of Creole music nearly lost among living musicians but seminal to Cajun, zydeco and swamp pop music that thrives in South Louisiana and beyond today. The Knoxville Cajun Dance Association will offer dance lessons downstairs at the Laurel from 6:45 to 7:45 for an extra $3 at the door.
The Laurel Theater is located on the corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville near the UT campus. For additional information call (865) 522-5851 or email concerts @ jubileearts.org.
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