Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 2, 2011

Again the WBF went off with some big names in the music world. The non-profit radio station, KBOO, here in Portland did the broadcasting again and there were lots of problems this year, as in other years. Many drops in reception which I attemted to "fix". Not all were broadcast, which was a bummer, and some were just to rife with problems to save. So there are some bumps in the road, if you will, but over all some nice tunes are here. Of note, the Preston Shannon set, James Harmon, Bobby Radcliff, Chris Cain Band, Ty Curtis Band and of course Lucinda Williams. So enjoy & spread the shows around, twofthrs.

FM>H2 Zoom> HDD>FLAC>Dime All files were sector aligned.
Since I'm not familiar with a lot of these bands there will be some "unknowns" in the set list's.
		http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys have set the standard for modern Cajun music for nearly two decades. Their musicianship, songwriting skills, vocal harmonies and irresistible grooves mark them as one of the strongest bands of any genre to come out of the bayous and backwaters of Southwest Louisiana. Their stunningly clean and cohesive performance of Cajun French music propelled them into the world music limelight early on, and by their third release had garnered them a Grammy nomination in the field of traditional folk music, another in 2004, and then another in 2009. 

Riley, the undisputed master of the Cajun button-accordion, is backed by master fiddler David Greely, guitarist Sam Broussard, and Kevin Dugas on drums and Brazos Huval on bass — a ferocious rhythm section sometimes referred to as the Wyman and Watts, the Muscle Shoals, the Double Trouble of the bayous. From a hot two-step, this versatile group can turn on a dime and deliver an a cappella ballad, then play something as blue and greasy as Howlin' Wolf might have delivered after a lost weekend with a Creole gal. 

Set List 
01 unknown
02 grand isle
03 oh france (multiple drop outs)("fixed")
04 unknown (multiple drop outs)("fixed")
05 too much (multiple drop outs)("fixed")
06 hard to love somone
07 let's talk about drinkin'
08 unknown 
09 honest papa's love their mama's better
10 chatterbox
11 au revoir