Harry Choates is not very well known today but back in the 1940s he was the shit in Texas and Louisiana! Choates is known as the godfather of Cajun music but I think he did a lot of Texas music as well. He was born in Louisiana, raised in Port Arthur Texas, sang in French and English, and loved Texas Swing. In fact, in merged Cajun music, Texas Swing, blues, jazz and Tejano in his live shows, truly playing Texas music.
The band I'm in is working on a tribute album to Mr. Choates so we took a trip up to Port Arthur yesterday to wish Harry Choates a happy birthday! Harry was born on December 26, 1922.
Here's to you Harry! https://youtu.be/_61TG78UxEQ
(Also, Harry Choates was known to pull practical jokes on his bandmates. We are hoping he was just messing with us and having a laugh at the end of the video!)
Hi
I'm trying to understand a few words in this version of 'Jole Blon'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3P9aFHQvE
It's an old traditional song, of course. I tried listening to other versions (like Harry Choates) but there seems to be a lot of variation in the lyrics, and this version by the Flatlanders (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock) is maybe unique. There are words in the first part of the song that I just can't figure out.
My guess is the mystery words are French or Cajun French, or maybe just the singer's attempt to mimic some such words.
Any help appreciated! I posted the lyrics below w/ "?????" for the mystery words.
>Jole Blon, Louisiana / >On the bayou in the moonlight / >?????, rice and gravy, Jambalaya, file gumbo / >You're my sweet one, my ?????, Jole Blon
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
The doctor says it terminal.
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
