Editor's Note. June2015. I know I say it all the tim e, but w e r eally do appr eciate the over w helm ing suppor t w e've r eceived. W ithout you, I'd pr obably be stuck in a for eign countr y doing the only other thing I know how and Calvin w ould be in a br ight or ange jum p suit w ashing police car s all day. Sur e, w e'd be pen-pals, but it's not the sam e. Thank you all for this oppor tunity. If you w er e M acho M an Randy Savage and w e w er e the Ultim ate War r ior and w e died, w e'd be w aiting in heaven for you w ith the biggest hug you could im agine. See figur e 1 below * This issue, and the last, m ay have felt a little light in the business and science sections, but that's only because w e had to m ake som e r oom for our local ar tists and Daniel's super long Choke ar ticle. Don't w or r y, w e ar e still dedicated to local businesses and science; those sections ar en't going anyw her e. I hope you take the tim e to r ead the Choke stor y, it's a bit w or dy, but it's pr etty m uch m ovie-r eady. The only thing it w as m issing w as Br ian Fr uge. Thanks Daniel Fuselier, you'r e kind of a m ir acle... a big hair y m ir acle. We couldn't find a w eir d w r estling painting that fully conveys our love for you so just im agine Fig. 1, but w ith tw o Ultim ate War r ior s w aiting to hug you. You ar e the cr eam of the cr op... Last m onth, w e w ent to the Wh en th e Word Was Sound show at M yPl ace A meri can Pub...if you couldn't m ake it; I'm sor r y. It w as am azing. Th e A rti st cr eated m aster pieces r ight befor e our eyes as w e listened to the m ind-bending m usic of Bri gh t Li k e th e Sun, M y Educati on, and W TW W (((S))). Luckily for you, I knew this w ould be an event to r em em ber so w e asked our fr iends at Capti v ati ng Ci nema and Jami e Hartnett Ph otgraph y to docum ent the w hole thing. We ar e in the pr ocess of putting it all together now, so be on the look out. Speaking of things you shouldn't m iss, w e ar e five-ish shor t m onths aw ay fr om CHUCK FEST (Par t Deux). It's going to be even bigger and better than last tim e. Dave Evans is deter m ined to m ake this an event to r em em ber and w e believe he just m ight be able to pull it off. I can't m ake any pr om ises, but I pr om ise W hen the Wor d Was Sound w ill be playing. He even booked the w or ld-fam ous psychedelic m ar iachi band, Juxtapose! You ar en't going to w ant to m iss it.
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Thanks again for ever ything. We love each and ever y one of you. Be sur e to look tw ice befor e cr ossing the str eet and eat your vegetables.
Sincer ely, War r en Bujol Editor -in-Chief, Exposur e M agazine
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* Calvin and I don't actually know w hat the r elationship betw een M r. Savage and M r. War r ior w as like (w e never w atched w r estling) so that m ay not be the gr eatest exam ple.
Local
Br inging Down the House pg. 6 | Acadian Coffee Roaster s pg. 8
Busi ness Mathematical Liar s and Fr ightened Bullies- pg. 10 | The High 5 of Failur e - pg. 11
Sci ence Deconstr ucting Depr ession by Utilizing Your Thir d Eye- pg. 14 | God Save the Queen - pg. 16
Cul ture
Championship Super Boogie Thr ee -pg. 20 | Bayou Rum pg. 24 | Thr ough the Eyes of the Holder beast pg. 30 | Or ange-Slice Eating Visionar ies pg. 32
Perspecti v e To Live and Die in LC: The Choke Stor y pg. 36 | The Dar k Times: The Impor tance of Weir d - pg. 4
l ocal
Br i n g i n g Do w n t h e Ho u se A cad i an Co f f ee Ro ast er s
pg. 6 pg. 8
busi ness
M at h em at i cal Li ar s an d Fr i g h t en ed Bu l l i es Th e Hi g h Fi v e o f Fai l u r e
pg. 10 pg. 11
sci ence
Deco n st r u ct i n g Dep r essi o n By Ut i l i zi n g Yo u r Th i r d Ey e Go d Sav e t h e Qu een
pg. 14 pg. 16
cul ture
Th e Ch am p i o n sh i p Su p er Bo o g i e Th r ee Bay o u Ru m : Bu i l d i n g a Br an d Th at Feel s Li k e Ho m e Th r o u g h t h e Ey es o f t h e Ho l d er b east Or g an i c Sl i ce-Eat i n g Vi si o n ar i es
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Bayou Rum Bu i ld i n g a Br a n d Th a t Fe e ls Li ke Ho m e By Calvin Tyler Photos by Chad Whited Not since the glor y days of Tabasco has Louisiana seen a com pany w ith the gusto and pr om ise of Bayou Rum . M any a hom egr ow n tr adition have popped up and becom e successful w ithin the outlines of our state, but few have stood the test of tim e let alone felt like they have been her e for the last 100 year s. Being the publisher that I am , I felt that it w as a w ise m ove to visit this alr eady legendar y facility in hopes of captur ing its allur e in an attem pt to shar e. Now, because I am a publisher, I w as aw ar ded the pr ivilege of sitting dow n w ith and enjoying the com pany of Bayou Rum 's pr esident, Tr ey Litel. Quite the fascinating char acter he tur ned out to be, too. No questions left unansw er ed- other than the the question of w hy he didn't like taking photogr aphs in his office, but then again, I guess it all adds to the myster y of M r. Pr esident. I digr ess. W ith m e on this W illy Wonka-esque jour ney w er e none other than Exposur e's ver y ow n Sales Dir ector, Alyssa Sar vaunt, and photogr apher /my tallest fr iend, Chad W hited (for r eal though, Chad stands at 6' 6"). We ventur ed into this unknow n ter r itor y w ith the taste of unlived life taunting our tongues. Know ing all too w ell that w e w ould need to Car pe this Diem if w e w er e to succeed. In this piece w e aim ed to invite you along w ith us thr ough photo r epr esentations of our day at Bayou Rum 's distiller y in Lacassine, Louisiana.
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Photos by M ike Holder beast
A s Told By H ap p y H or t on
As my pal Er ic and I w alked thr ough the str eets of the M ar igny the sounds of the after noon cocktail and light jazz cr ow d filled the air. Although this place has changed im m ensely, it is still so w ildly r em iniscent of the New Or leans I once knew as a young m an. M aking our w ay dow n Fr enchm an str eet I slipped a buck to a one legged hom eless m an atop a str eet-side solar pow er ed auto-com pacting tr ashcan. Appr oaching the Blue Nile I began to see the black and w hite pr om otional flyer s for a var iety of bands plaster the str eet-side w indow, I star ted to now feel a since of ease com e over m e know ing that not all things have changed that m uch. The lar ge plain w ooden side door of the Blue Nile opened, and thr ough the sea of tour ists w ith catchy slogan filled shir ts and cam er as ar ound their necks, a bear ded face appear ed am ongst the cr ow d and I hear d a voice say ?Hey M ikey! Up her e m an!? The face belonged to none other than videogr apher and photogr apher M ike Holder beast. M ike quickly usher ed Er ic and I in, he slam m ed the door shut to pr event the nor m al slew of cr ow ds fr om w ander ing in befor e opening to ?check the place out?, w hich I am sur e occur s m or e tim es daily than they could count. We w alked up the cr eaky side stair s of the Blue Nile and into the upstair s bar. M ike gr abbed a couple of stools for us and flipped them over as I scanned the r oom and stage ar ea. Although it has since been r em odeled and r epair ed I w as w ildly excited to see that the place that I have w itnessed so m any am azing bands pass thr ough has kept a level of consistency that for m ost businesses has been lost. After a few intr oductions and
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the nor m al cor r elations of m utual aquaintences and fr iends w e began to talk . Shor tly after Hur r icane Katr ina, a per iod of tim e in the city w her e m ost had lost alm ost ever ything they had him self included, M ike felt the need to docum ent not only the after m ath but the pr ocess of picking up the pieces and r ebuilding. Alw ays having a passion for photogr aphy, M ike w ent dow n and w ith m oney he pr obably did not have to spend on luxur ies at the tim e, pur chased a cam er a. Holder beast began to captur e im ages of devastation, but also the str ength to endur e that this city has had since its infancy. As New Or leans began to r ebuild and gr ow so did his love and desir e to show the w or ld his per spective on his sur r oundings. As people began to r etur n to their hom es and businesses one other thing r etur ned as w ell, The New Or leans M etal Scene. Once again on any given Fr iday the sm ell of stale cigar ette sm oke and w hiskey filled the air w hile heavy guitar r iffs that felt as though they w er e punching you in the face could be hear d a block aw ay. W ith his new found love and now equipm ent to do so he began to captur e im ages of a w or ld he had been involved w ith for m any year s alr eady. Not only did the cities m etal scene have its voice back; it also now had a pow er ful ally to captur e and show the w or ld that it too has endur ed. W ith his lens, M ike Holder beast w as now able to tell the stor y of gener ations of m usic that r ocked the foundation of the m etal scene to its fucking cor e. Pictur es so r aw and r eal that you can alm ost hear the sounds of
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Or a n g e Sl i c e- Ea t i n g V i s i o n a r i es By JohnThomas
Sm all tow n soccer in Am er ica has a cer tain r ing of cliché in the Am er ican cultur al canon. Our childr en, w ho gallivant thr ough the tow n in lar ge m ulti-per son-holding vehicles dr iven by ?m om s?, w ho ar e br ought to football fields and shuffled about by a boister ous goateed par ent or for m er high-school Über m ensch type, ar e a global and local cliché. The exception, a slight handful of those ver y com m itted or ange-slice eating visionar ies continue to for ge ahead thr ough sm all tow n r ecr eational coaching m ayhem and chaos, boister ous goatee coaches and Über m ensch alike, into high school playhouses of disar r ay and talent flux. A for tunate few of, those few visionar ies, w ill at som e point stum ble into a successful concoction of w eak com petition, and r aw talent to str ing together a glor ious state cham pionship r un. It becom es a cliché not for the intent of insult but w ith the design of im pr ovem ent. M aybe. The sentim ent is sim ple and tr ue. Soccer in sm all tow n Am er ica is, in som e households, a backbone of athletic outlet, but not that m any. The question is not can w e pr ovide a better system , per haps like the college system that develops college football athletes into the billion-dollar industr y that is the NFL, but do w e car e to do so? Wor ld cup success, the pr osper ity of the M LS, the advent of a functioning m en?s college soccer pr ogr am s, is all easily possible fr om such a society that is, for anecdotal exam ple able, as in my hom e state of Louisiana, to pay to send all gr aduating high school students of a 2.5 GPA or higher to college. Can this sam e society not also tr ain athletes to a higher level than the fledgling, seem ingly w eak-m inded and som etim es aw e-inspir ing Jozy Altidor e? As one of those boister ous coaches w ho has had tim e to see young talent car een at full speed into the glass ceiling that hangs over m en?s soccer in Am er ica and disintegr ate into dr unken over ly aggr essive Sunday-soccer -at-the-par k player s, the answ er is str ikingly clear. Those young player s, fr om sm all tow n Am er ica m ust find
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To Li v e an d Di e i n Lak e Ch ar l es: Th e Ch o k e St o r y Th e Dar k Ti m e: Th e Im p o r t an ce o f W ei r d
pg. 36 pg. 44
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the sam e cr uise ship as the other s, even though they m ay have been in the ?thir d class cabins?. Even still, is the assum ption that the r ecor d industr y is fickle and alw ays tr ying to be one step ahead of the gam e. After all, Kor n also r eleased their self-titled album in 1994 as w ell, laying the gr oundw or k for a new er m etal sound that w ould play a significant r ole in the year s that follow ed. Regar dless of the r easons for the lack of r ecognition, Choke for ged on. Shor tly after the second album , Boon par ted w ays w ith Choke. It w as a m utual decision that r eflected a cr eative distance gr ow ing w ith the band. It also m ar ked another er a of Choke. Enter Char lie Fr ye in 1998. Char lie Fr ye w as a young dr eadlocked thr ash style guitar player. He concentr ated m ostly on fast finger -w or k and solos that w er e m or e associated w ith bands like Slayer, Anthr ax, and M egadeth than w hat had been Choke?s calling car d. At fir st he w asn?t a fan of the slow er, bluesier side of m etal. Jer omy and Char lie becam e fr iends r oughly ar ound 1997 and he had seen Tr acy befor e. After listening to som e of the m usic that Jer omy show ed him , he becam e enam or ed w ith w hat he could br ing to the table. W hen he joined, nu-m etal w as in full sw ing. Lim p Bizkit, Kor n, Coal Cham ber and other s w er e dom inating the Ozzfest lineup. This w as an er a w ith deep per cussive elem ents based on hip-hop patter ns m or e than any m elodic over tur es of m etal?s past. The idea of Char lie joining w as to br ing back an old school feel w ith guitar solos and soundscapes that w ould fur ther set them apar t
at the tim e. This m ay have backfir ed. ?Choke w asn?t r eally Choke until Char lie joined the band.? Tr acy tells m e. ?He r eally br ought in an elem ent that led us to develop a sound that w e could call our ow n.? Tr acy found a kindr ed spir it in Char lie. They quickly developed a close bond over their love for m or e avant gar de ar tists like Faith No M or e, Fr ank Zappa, and the M elvins. For the fir st tim e Tr acy w asn?t the only ?fr eaky kid? in the band. Char lie?s love for ?80s guitar ists like The Edge fr om U2 cr eeped its w ay into the band?s sound. Char lie w as instantly thr ust into a spotlight he w asn?t fully pr epar ed for. ?I definitely under estim ated the cr edibility of the guys at fir st? he r em em ber s. He had alw ays thought of them as a local band that w ould hit the r oad and play som e show s out of tow n. It w asn?t until he played a show w ith them in Dallas that he under stood how big they w er e nationw ide. ?I w as blow n aw ay by their notor iety ever yw her e else.? As a 21 year old in his fir st band, he quickly r ealized that he had big shoes to fill. Alm ost im m ediately after Char lie joined them , Choke decided to r ecor d a 3r d album . Ar m ed w ith a new sound and a better cr eative under standing, the band w ent to Noiselab studios in New Or leans. They spent sever al w eeks tr acking w hat w ould be an album that never got to see an official r elease. The only things that w ould sur vive hur r icane Katr ina w er e the
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tim es that Tr acy and co. seem ed to be ?nam e- dr opping? and playing up their r ecognition. In talking to them today, it seem s that it w as just a m atter of their lives at the tim e and m aybe ther e w as a disconnect fr om hom e life and tour life. W ith nothing r eally giving w ay in the ar ea of signing deals or r eaching a next step, Choke w as star ting to get r estless. Full tim e jobs w er e becom ing m or e of a pr ior ity and r elationships star ted to take m or e focus. Char lie had also decided to m ove to Dallas. It w as a per iod of change for the five m em ber s of the band. Br yan specifically had star ted to get tir ed of the gr ind of being in a local band that undoubtedly had ?r ockstar ? issues. He decided to leave the band and focus on other pr ojects. Choke enlisted a few local dr um m er s dur ing this tim e per iod. Dusty Haiko had played in the Alexandr ia m etal outfit Deadm an Cir cus. They had often played show s w ith Choke and w er e consider ed ?br other ? bands. Dusty had m oved to Lake Char les and w as spending his tim e w ith 3 or 4 other pr ojects w hen Tr acy called him up. ?It r eally w as one of the coolest things I got to do,? r em em ber s Dusty. ?I had never gotten a chance to play such a thick gr oove.? Even though he had been a fan of Choke since his days in high school, w hat im pr essed him the m ost about his tim e playing for them w as their com m and of the audience. ?You w ould never think these guys w er e playing in their hom etow n. It w as alw ays a par ty ever y tim e w e played.? They w er en?t playing full tim e anym or e. At m ost they w er e kept to show s once a w eekend, as ever yday lives w er e taking m or e contr ol. After Dusty?s depar tur e, local dr um m er Tr ey New m iller stepped behind the dr um s Tr ey had gone to Lake Ar thur ten year s after Jer omy. He r em em ber s that Jer omy w as still consider ed a legend in his hom etow n. Jer omy had helped Tr ey get a job at Doc?s M usic w hen he fir st m oved to tow n, so it w as an easy ?yes? w hen they needed som eone to get behind the kit. Again, he had know n about Choke since he w as in high school and loved them . He never under stood w hy they hadn?t gone for th and blow n up in a big w ay. Tr ey?s biggest adjustm ent cam e fr om playing in str ictly r egim ented show s for cover bands to the fr ee par tying atm ospher e that Choke pr ovided. ?Those guys par ty so har d,? he laughs. ?It w as never a dull m om ent. I m ean, they w er e sponsor ed by Jager m eister at som e point.? He w as also am azed at how har d they w or ked for their or iginality. ?It?s definitely not as easy as they m ake it look . They w er e constantly w r iting new m ater ial. M ost of w hat I hear d never got used.? Both of these m usicians agr ee that Choke w as definitely m isunder stood outside of the band. ?It w as a tr ansition tim e for them I think ,? Dusty m entions, ?they w er e not doing the w hole tour ing all the tim e thing. It r eally br ought them dow n to ear th so to speak .? Both Tr ey and Dusty ar e adam ant that, w ithout Choke, neither one of them w ould have been w hat they w er e. Tr ey m ade m ost of his m usic connections thr ough Jer omy and Dusty says that w ithout Choke helping out Deadm an Cir cus he w ouldn?t have been as accom plished as he is. W hile m ost local m usicians w er e still bad m outhing Choke, these tw o saw fir sthand how helpful they could be. The fir st thing you notice about talking w ith the guys in Choke now is that ther e is no r eal bitter ness or har d feelings. The lack of a solid r ecor d deal and the m usic scene essentially passing them by has not har dened their hear ts any. W hen asked if ther e w er e any linger ing r egr ets, the answ er is a r esounding ?NO!? I pushed Char lie fur ther to ask w hat he could have done differ ently, ?I guess w e could have not accepted r ejection so eager ly. Once w e hear d no, w e just kind of r olled onto the next one w ithout r eally pushing for our selves.? It w asn?t a lack of confidence m aking them r oll over, Photo by M att Ison
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?I t w as m or e of an i dea t h at i f w e con st an t l y m oved on t o t h e n ex t , t h en w e w er e m ov i n g f or w ar d an d t h at w asn ?t n ecessar i l y t h e case." - Charlie Frye In Dallas, Char lie cam e into-his-ow n. He m ade a lot of high pr ofile fr iends that thr ough no am ount of pr evious tour ing or connections could have m et. He r egular ly spent tim e w ith Dim ebag Dar r el of Panter a. His r oom m ates at the tim e w er e accom plished m usicians that have gone on to becom e r ock star s in their ow n r ight. W hen asked w hy he didn?t push Choke r ecor ding into people?s hands then, he r eplies, ?that?s never r eally been my thing. I just liked being one of the guys. If you w ould have seen how m any tim es these guys w er e appr oached w ith dem o cds or r ecor dings, it w as insane.? Char lie decided instead that he w ould just be another one of the guys and develop natur al, r eal fr iendships w ith som e of his idols. ?The w hole Phil Anselm o thing, a lot of people think that his label is just for Louisiana bands, but it?s not. He just signed som e fr iends of m ine fr om Austr alia (King Par r ot). It?s about the m usic he likes. Som etim es Phil gets a little bit too m uch put on his shoulder s.? This is in star k contr ast to w hat other m em ber s of the band feel. Regar dless, Char lie finally m oved back to Lake Char les and has since enr olled at M cNeese. ?I?ve still got som e ir ons in the fir e. I know enough people that I w ill get our 3r d album in som eone?s hands and get som ething going.? About 3 year s ago, Choke had a m eeting. They had pr etty m uch split up at that point and w er e all doing their ow n things. Occasionally you could see som e of them together at a local bands show. Her e and ther e they w ould m ake appear ances and often they w er e asked about playing again. They decided am ongst them selves to have one m or e last hur r ah. The plan w as
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to play all of the tow ns that they had loved to go to one last tim e. They r econvened w ith a new bass player. This bassist w asn?t just a fill-in, he had been one of Choke?s biggest fans since the ver y ear ly days. Luke Duke w as a natur al r eplacem ent on bass. He had spent all of his life in bands ar ound Louisiana r anging fr om cr usty str eet punk to Souther n m etal and ever ything in betw een.
tow n show s, they never stopped talking about how gr eat Lake Char les w as or tr ying to get those bands to com e and play her e.? Fr om the ear ly days getting their star t her e, to constantly tr ying to br ing high pr ofile bands her e, their focus has alw ays been the Lake Char les scene. Even now, their Facebook pages ar e filled w ith r em inder s of show s com ing and w hat?s going on ar ound tow n.
The addition of Luke br ought on a new er a of Choke. Since he had alw ays been a fan, his input w as an invaluable sour ce of pr ide and infor m ation. Tr acy gets excited talking about him , ?He r eally r em inds us of w hat w e ar e and how m uch fun it can be.? Luke has been assigned w ith deciding on w hat songs they play each night. ?He picks out these songs that w e haven?t played in a long tim e, r eally som e fan favor ites that w e for got about,? Char lie adds. This advantage of having him playing w ith them gives them a per spective long for gotten. This new er a of Choke has been m or e fun and less gr inding than ever befor e. ?Ther e?s a lot of pr essur e taken off w hen you?r e not w or r ied about m aking it or tr ying to accom plish a bigger goal,? says Tr acy. ?Now it?s just r eally us being fr iends and having a good tim e on stage w ith each other. Like it should have alw ays been.? W hat star ted as a last 'hur r ah' has been going on for 3 year s.
Often dur ing our inter view s, other local bands w er e br ought up. Their faces light up w hen they m ention how excited they ar e about any local band that is doing som ething r ight. ?I w ant to see ever yone succeed. I?ve alw ays felt that w ay,? Char lie shifts for w ar d getting excited. ?You have som e of the best m usicians I?ve ever seen ar ound her e and I love the vibe that this city has.? The r elationship, w hile not alw ays r ecipr ocal, w as alw ays at the for efr ont of Choke?s m ind. They w ould r ather toil aw ay in obscur ity than to tur n their back on this place to succeed, and that m eans som ething in this day and age. The landscape of m usic has changed im m easur ably in the 20 year s since Choke for m ed. They cam e fr om a DIY er a that m eant constant tour ing and pushing your self to lim its. If Choke w er e to have for m ed in the M yspace age, their m usic w ould have r eached a far w ider audience m or e quickly than w hat they w er e capable of in 1994. Would this have even m ade a differ ence?
Year after year passes and each m em ber of Choke gets older. W ith age cam e w isdom and a healthy r espect of w hat exactly their m ar k is. This band has been the im petus for an entir e subcultur e that needed them , for better or w or se. Choke never for got w her e they cam e fr om or w hat that place m eant to them . Som e could say that they let the oppor tunities pass them by, but their contr ibution w as their oppor tunity. In a new age w her e social m edia m akes a star out of the undeser ving, these pioneer s not so quietly m ade star s out of them selves w ith nothing m or e than a pr esence that can?t be faked. W hile Choke m ight say they need Lake Char les to sur vive, the tr uth is, Lake Char les needs Choke. Hell, every town needs a band like Choke. Both Tr acy and Char lie often br ing up the Lake Char les bands that have com e and gone. They both acknow ledge how m uch this city and the scene m eans to them . ?We could have gone to New Or leans and joined that inner cir cle, actually it w as suggested to us all the tim e, but Lake Char les w as m or e im por tant to us,? Char lie chim es in. Even Tr ey r ecalls how m uch this ar ea m eant to them , ?They w er e alw ays r epping Lake Char les. Ever yw her e w e played, all of the out of
After 21 total year s of Choke one thing r em ains cer tain. Their fans ar e still som e of the m ost loyal and die-har d you can find. Char lie jokes about it, ?We?r e still playing the sam e songs fr om 10 year s ago, but on the other side of the coin at least w e?r e consistent.? Indeed, ever y Choke show is filled w ith songs that have becom e a soundtr ack to a gener ation of Lake Char les?ow n counter cultur e. Looking thr ough the cr ow d quickly becom es a fam ily r eunion of sor ts for m usicians and fans alike fr om all ar eas of genr e and tim e. W ith the new fan favor ite set lists set by Luke ever y night, the cr ow d is alw ays pr im ed and eager to hear their local her oes kill the stage one m or e tim e. It?s these fans that under stand w hat Choke did for Lake Char les. Not only did they give hope to a young m usician w ho thought only zydeco ar tists cam e fr om Louisiana, but they also kicked dow n door s for Lake Char les to becom e r elevant again. They pr oved that you could leave this tow n and do gr eat things w ithout having to m ove per m anently. They ar e Souther n boys thr ough and thr ough, m or e im por tantly they ar e Lake Char les boys thr ough and thr ough. ?I love this place; I?m never gonna leave it. W hy w ould I?? Char lie asks enthusiastically.
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