The good times were rolling at Shenanigans last night when Cajun masters Jesse Lege and Bayou Brew along with fiddle player Joel Savoy came to town. I totally dig Cajun music. That’s probably no surprise since accordions are king in Cajun land. Cajun music without an accordion is…well…um…it sure as hell isn’t Cajun. But add a fiddle, a triangle, and some sweet nasal singing to the glorious sounds of the squeezebox and you’ve got a foot-tappin’, twirlin’ around the dance floor good time.

I took a couple of friends and we had a ball, along with everyone else in the room. The thing is, you can’t sit still when you listen to this kind of authentic French Canadian Louisiana music. You get up and you dance, even if you don’t know what you’re doing. In this picture I’m trying to teach my friend Theresa how to do the Cajun-two-step.

Sadly, I didn’t have a video camera so I have no live footage of their fabulous performance last night. But here’s a great YouTube video of Jesse Lege and Joel Savoy performing live at a radio station in Seattle. Here’s another one you can practice your two-step to. And if you want to expand your knowledge of Cajun/Zydeco and Louisiana Swamp music, check out Talia Moser’s radio show, Louisiana Dance Hall, on WRIR right here in Richmond every Monday night from 9-11. Then grab your roommate, your neighbor, your husband or your girlfriend and dance, dance, dance.