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The Red Stick Ramblers

Hard driving, witty, eclectic and honest, the music of the Red Stick Ramblers is inseperable from their way of life and the rich Louisian culture that first inspired them. The Ramblers display a unique hubrid of Cajun, country, stringband, and swing influences – a sound marked by a daring willingness to experiment with mixing different elements.

Featuring the twin-fiddle frontline of Kevin Wimmer and Linzay Young backed by the versatile rhythm section of Chas Justus (guitar), Eric Frey (bass), and Glenn Fields (drums), The Red Stick Ramblers have been astonishing audiences at dancehalls, festivals, and concert halls around the world since 2002, when they first emerged from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

My Suitcase Is Always Packed, produced by the band with Grammy-winner Gary Paczosa and Brandon Bell, is their most wide ranging album yet – from the surging Cajun opener “Je T’aime Pas Mieux” and the haunting banjo and triangle driven “Nonc’ Yorick” to the almost casually ingenious, charismatic swing of “Doggone My Time” and the title track. Brilliantly balancing the hard-driving and the heart-breaking, My Suitcase Is Always Packed is the sound of The Red Stick Ramblers in full flight, at once achingly familiar and infectiously surprising.

Hear them on Myspace or see them live in concert at The Clarence on Oct 2nd