Lafayette's own three-time Grammy-nominated monsters known as the Pine Leaf Boys play Downtown Alive tonight. Or should I say Downtown Alive!!! Jody Nederveld! over at DTA! loves those exclamation points! It’s the brand, baby. And so do I, because they’re fun! That’s the coffee talking. Back to business. One of Lafayette’s greatest up and coming assets, The Pine Leaf Boys are known for their own inimitable brand of organic roots music, mixing traditional Cajun with juré swing, old school dancehall, and old time roots magic. The Pine Leaf Boys play the old fashion standards while bringing many of the obscure songs of past into the kaleidoscope of the future. See the Pine Leaf boys tonight, March 19 at Parc Sans Souci in downtown Lafayette.
And while you're at it, chick out Bonsoir, Catin at Bach Lunch today. Nice weather + good music + food outside = Bach Lunch in Parc San Souci.
Is it a crime for citizens to photograph, video, or take notes of a police officer in the line of duty, or a right protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? Locally, such activity, as witnessed recently, will at the very least result in a night spent behind bars.
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