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DYLAN: I'M DYLAN DREYER.

TODAY WE'RE ON AN ADVENTURE DOWN THE MIGHTY

MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO EXPLORE THE GREAT STATE OF

LOUISIANA.

WE'LL MEET THE PROUD MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIVE IN ONE

OF THE MOST UNIQUE PLACES ON EARTH.

WE'LL SAMPLE THE RICH CULTURE OF NEW ORLEANS,

NAVIGATE ENCHANTED SWAMPLANDS IN SEARCH OF

HUNGRY ALLIGATORS, LEARN ABOUT THE REGION'S DIVERSE

ECOLOGY AND COMPLICATED HISTORY,

AND FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO PILOT A SHIP ACROSS OLD

MAN RIVER.

THE JOURNEY STARTS RIGHT NOW.

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DYLAN: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS HUGE.

IT STRETCHES THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM MINNESOTA TO

THE GULF OF MEXICO.

OUR JOURNEY BEGINS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA,

ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH;

HOME TO THE WORLD-FAMOUS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS,

THE BIRTHPLACE IF ICONIC AMERICAN JAZZ AND THE ONLY

SPOT IN THE U.S.A.

WHERE COWBOYS STILL SPEAK FRENCH.

MEET RYAN LAMBERT.

HE GREW UP ON THIS RIVER.

HE UNDERSTANDS AS MUCH AS ANYONE WHAT MAKES THIS

CORNER OF OUR FRAGILE PLANET SO VERY SPECIAL.

RYAN: WE'RE AT THE END OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

THIS IS THE LARGEST ESTUARY IN NORTH AMERICA

WHERE THE MISSISSIPPI BLEEDS OUT INTO THE GULF

OF MEXICO.

ANYTHING THAT THAT WATER WITH THE NUTRIENTS AND THE

SEDIMENT TOUCHES IS GOLD, I MEAN YOU CAN SEE AROUND,

THERE'S JUST HABITAT AND WILDLIFE EVERYWHERE ON

THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER; BEAUTIFUL.

DYLAN: RYAN LIVES RIGHT ON THE RIVERBANK.

RYAN'S BACKYARD IS AN ECOLOGICAL ARTERY

ATTRACTING COUNTLESS SPECIES LIKE GRAY AND

WHITE HERONS AND PELICANS.

TO ENSURE THE RIVER KEEPS ITS BALANCE AS AN

ECOSYSTEM RYAN ALSO BUILDS BARRIERS AND SANDBAGS THAT

SLOW DOWN THE RUSHING WATER AND ENSURE THE

GROWTH OF NEW ISLANDS WHERE LIFE WILL FLOURISH.

RYAN: SO AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA EVERYTHING TO OUR

RIGHT WAS OPEN WATER.

AND WE CAME THROUGH HERE AND WE BUILT ONE SMALL

PROJECT, A TERRACE PROJECT,

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LAND AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE

NOW.

DYLAN: RYAN IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO PROTECT THE

DELTA HABITAT.

THE NUMEROUS SMALL ISLANDS THAT HE HELPED CREATE ALSO

FUNCTION AS SMALL DAMS.

TAKEN TOGETHER, THEY RESULT IN A GIGANTIC

NETWORK SLOWING DOWN THE RIVER'S FLOW AND

COUNTERING TIDAL SURGES FROM THE OCEAN.

RYAN: YOU HAVE THESE SANDBARS,

YOU HAVE ALL THIS VEGETATION STARTING TO

GROW ON IT WHICH TELLS US IT'S WORKING.

THAT IF WE DON'T DO THIS WE CAN NO LONGER LIVE IN

THIS AREA.

THIS IS WHAT PROTECTS US FROM HURRICANES.

I'LL TAKE YOU OUT TO A LITTLE PLACE AT THE END OF

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER; IT'S ONE OF THE LAST

MARINAS ON THE RIVER.

VERY POPULAR SPOT.

RIGHT NOW ALL THE CHARTER CAPTAINS WILL BE COMING

IN, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF TUNA FISH,

A LOT OF FISH, EVERYBODY WILL BE CLEANING THEIR

FISH.

IT'S A GREAT TIME TO COME SIT AND HAVE A NICE

EVENING WITH THEM.

DYLAN: THE OVERWHELMING PROPORTION OF FISH CAUGHT

OFF THE COAST IS YELLOWFIN TUNA.

SOME CAN WEIGH OVER 170 POUNDS.

THE CATCH IS UNLOADED IN VENICE MARINA AND THEN

PREPARED FOR TRANSPORT TO NEW ORLEANS AND BEYOND.

RYAN: PEOPLE IN SOUTH LOUISIANA ARE A BIT

DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE STILL LIVE OFF THE LAND;

WE EAT THE FISH, WE EAT THE CRABS,

THE SHRIMP, THE DUCKS, THE DEER.

WE STILL LIVE OFF THE LAND.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE STILL DEPEND ON MOTHER NATURE TO

GIVE US SUSTENANCE AND RECREATION AS WELL.

DYLAN: THE MISSISSIPPI IS A BROAD TRANSPORTATION

ARTERY FOR THE FREIGHT BARGES ON THEIR WAY TO NEW

ORLEANS.

DURING THE 19TH CENTURY NEW ORLEANS WAS ONE OF THE

LARGEST IMMIGRANT MELTING POTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE ECLECTIC MIX OF STYLES AND CULTURES IS REFLECTED

IN THE CITY'S RESTAURANTS.

NINA COMPTON RECENTLY OPENED HER RESTAURANT

RIGHT NEAR THE HISTORICAL PART OF THE CITY AND SHE'S

CREATED HER OWN SPECIAL STYLE OF CUISINE.

NINA: CREOLE CUISINE IS ABOUT THE AROMATICS AND

IT'S COMING FROM A LOT OF THE AFRICAN AND INFLUENCES

FROM SLAVERY.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'D SEE WHEN THE IMMIGRANTS

CAME TO THIS COUNTRY.

THEY BROUGHT THIS COOKING, THIS...ALL THESE SPICES TO

THE COOKING AS WELL.

SO YOU SEE A LOT OF THIS IN LOUISIANA AND IN THE

CARIBBEAN AS WELL.

DYLAN: NINA'S RESTAURANT IS LOCATED IN THE

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, NOT FAR FROM THE HARBOR.

JUST AROUND THE CORNER THERE'S A FARMER'S MARKET

WHERE THE OLD EUROPEAN ROOTS OF THE CITY ARE

STILL ON DISPLAY.

HERE NINA MEETS A HOST OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT

COUNTRIES AND CULTURES AND BUYS VEGETABLES AND HERBS

THAT SHE CAN'T FIND IN THE SUPERMARKET.

NINA: NORMALLY I LIKE TO BASICALLY GET INSPIRATION

BY COMING TO THESE FARMERS MARKETS TO FEEL THE

NATURAL ENERGY OF WHAT COMES FROM THE SOIL AND

PUTTING IT....YOU KNOW, COOKING WITH IT;

THAT'S MY INSPIRATION.

DYLAN: NINA'S RESTAURANT IS A TRUE REFLECTION OF

WHAT NEW ORLEANS HAS ALWAYS BEEN;

A MELTING POT.

HER KITCHEN STAFF COMES FROM HONDURAS AND

VENEZUELA, SOUS CHEFS FROM CUBA AND THE DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC.

AND IN THE FRENCH RESTAURANT OF THIS

AMERICAN CITY THE MOST COMMONLY SPOKEN LANGUAGE

IS SPANISH.

NINA: PEOPLE ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD

HERE.

THEY LOVE TO EAT, THEY LOVE TO EMBRACE NEW

CULTURES, NEW CUISINES.

SO FOR ME IT'S A VERY BUSY PLACE.

DYLAN: NINA COMPTON IS NOT ALONE IN HER LOVE OF NEW

ORLEANS.

EACH YEAR MORE THAN 10 MILLION TOURISTS VISIT THE

CITY.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG GREW UP HERE WHERE JAZZ SET OUT TO

TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

THE TOURISTS OF TODAY FEEL THE MANY INFLUENCES OF THE

CITY THAT MELD THROUGH MUSIC,

DANCE AND THE SOUNDS OF JAZZ.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

DYLAN: IN 1803 THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LED BY

PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON PURCHASED THE LOUISIANA

TERRITORY FROM FRENCH COMMANDER NAPOLEON

BONAPARTE FOR $15 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE INCLUDED PRESENT-DAY

STATES LIKE IOWA, NEBRASKA,

KANSAS AND EVEN PARTS OF MONTANA AND COLORADO.

AND IT NEARLY DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR ONLY ABOUT 3 CENTS PER ACRE.

COMING UP NEXT, WE'LL FOLLOW THE PATH OF TOM

SAWYER AND DISCOVER HOW MODERN DAY CAPTAINS PILOT

THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

AND LATER WE'LL MEET A FRENCH-SPEAKING,

ACCORDION-PLAYING, ALL-AMERICAN COWBOY.

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

ANNOUNCER: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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ANNOUNCER: WE NOW RETURN TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

♪ MUSIC ♪

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO JOURNEY,

I'M DYLAN DREYER.

TRAVELING UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM NEW

ORLEANS WE ENTER A LAND OF ENDLESS FERTILE FIELDS.

DURING THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES THESE FIELDS

WERE HOME TO COUNTLESS SUGARCANE PLANTATIONS

ALONG THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND THEY WERE

RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING MUCH OF LOUISIANA'S GREAT

WEALTH.

BUT THIS WEALTH CAME AT A HORRIFIC HUMAN COST AS

THOUSANDS OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT

TO WORK THE FIELDS AS SLAVES.

TODAY ONLY AROUND A DOZEN OF THE OLD MANSIONS HAVE

BEEN PRESERVED.

TOURISTS COME ON A QUEST TO RECKON WITH THE HISTORY

OF SLAVERY AND FIND PEACE.

LOUISIANA'S LARGEST PLANTATION WAS HOUMAS

HOUSE.

IN 2003 KEVIN KELLY BOUGHT THE RUNDOWN MANSION AND

BEGAN TO MODERNIZE IT.

KEVIN: WELL I GREW UP IN NEW ORLEANS AND AS A CHILD

I VISITED HERE QUITE A FEW TIMES AND THEN ONE DAY

HOUMAS HOUSE WENT UP FOR SALE AND I SAW AN

ADVERTISEMENT FOR IT IN THE NEWSPAPER IN NEW

ORLEANS.

AND I SAID "I THINK I HAVE TO HAVE THAT." THIS IS THE

CLASSIC 19TH CENTURY DINING ROOM AND THIS IS

TRULY HOW THEY LIVED HERE IN THE 1800'S.

THIS IS THE LADY'S PARLOR, OR MUSIC ROOM,

AND THE LADIES WOULD COME HERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND

HAVE TEA AND ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES.

AND MYSELF AND MY TWO DOGS ACTUALLY LIVE HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE SAYING ON THE PILLOW THAT

SAYS "THE ONLY RELATIVES YOU CAN CHOOSE ARE YOUR

DOG." AND THIS IS MY PERSONAL SPACE.

DYLAN: KEVIN KNOWS THAT NEW PAINT AND MODERN

CONVENIENCES CAN'T REMOVE THE STAINS OF EXPLOITATION

AND SLAVERY FROM THIS OLD HOUSE.

THESE BEAUTIFUL ROOMS WERE BUILT ON THE BACK OF

PEOPLE WHO HAD NO FREEDOM, NO RIGHTS,

NO PROPERTY OF THEIR OWN.

KEVIN HAS OPENED UP HIS HOUSE TO THE PUBLIC

BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A POTENT SYMBOL OF

LOUISIANA'S HISTORY.

KEVIN HAS ASKED THE GARDNER AND HIS TEAM TO

CREATE A SPACE THAT WOULD REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF

THE VEGETATION.

VEGETATION THAT THE PEOPLE BROUGHT WITH THEM WHEN

THEY MOVED INTO THE UNITED STATES.

THE GARDEN IS LAID OUT LIKE A COMPLETE WORK OF

ART.

THE HEAD GARDNER IS CRAIG BLACK.

CRAIG: I ACTUALLY LIVED HERE FOR 40 YEARS.

I RAISED 2 KIDS AND 35 DOGS HERE AS WELL AS ALL

THE FLOWERS AND PLANTS.

I SELDOM GET AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY ANYMORE,

BUT WHEN YOU LIVE IN PARADISE IT'S VERY

DIFFICULT TO GO OUT ANYWHERE ELSE.

EVERYTHING THAT I LIKE TO DO IS ENCOMPASSED INSIDE

THIS GARDEN.

DYLAN: IT'S NO NORMAL GARDEN,

MORE LIKE A MISSION, AND AN ATTEMPT TO ALLOW

POSITIVE SPIRITS TO TRIUMPH OVER THE DARKNESS

OF THE PAST.

WE LEAVE THE FORMER SLAVE MANSION AND FOLLOW THE

RIVER UPSTREAM TOWARD BATON ROUGE,

THE CAPITAL CITY OF LOUISIANA.

THIS IS THE ROUTE A SMALL BOY NAMED TOM SAWYER ONCE

TOOK 150 YEARS AGO.

JUST BEFORE BATON ROUGE WE CROSS THE POWERFUL CURRENT

WITH ONE OF THE FEW FERRIES STILL RUNNING.

CAPTAIN MICHAEL CABADING IS MASTER OF THE BOAT.

WHEN HE STARTED OUT HE WAS THE YOUNGEST CAPTAIN ON

THE MISSISSIPPI, ON THE RIVER THAT CAN BE SO

TEMPERAMENTAL AND CARRY SO MANY DARK AND DRAMATIC

STORIES IN ITS WATERS.

MICHAEL: A COUPLE YEARS AGO THE RIVER WAS SO HIGH

THAT WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE WE WOULD RUN,

OUR WATER WOULD GO OVER THE LEVY AND GO INTO

NEIGHBORHOODS.

DURING HURRICANE KATRINA I LITERALLY SEEN THE RIVER

RISE 20 FEET IN 8 HOURS.

THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE.

THE RIVER MEANS A LOT TO ME,

MY WAY IN LIFE.

I WANTED A JOB WHERE I COULD GO TO COLLEGE SO I

WORKED ON THE RIVER AT NIGHT AND I WENT TO

COLLEGE IN THE DAYTIME.

AND I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE RIVER.

I BECAME A CAPTAIN AT A YOUNG AGE.

DYLAN: ONE LOOK AT MICHAEL AND YOU KNOW ON AMERICA'S

GREATEST RIVER THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ALIVE

AND WELL.

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

ANNOUNCER: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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ANNOUNCER: WE NOW RETURN TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

♪ MUSIC ♪

DYLAN: NEAR LOUISIANA'S CAPITAL CITY,

BATON ROUGE, SITS THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN,

A LARGE WETLAND OVERFLOW OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

LONG AGO THIS SWAMP WAS HOME TO MASSIVE CYPRUS

TREES AND SEVERAL PIRATE CAMPS HIDING FROM NAVY

PATROLS.

IN THE 18TH CENTURY THE BASIN WAS ALSO HOME TO

FRENCH SETTLERS.

TODAY THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE KNOWN AS CAJUNS.

GREG GUIRARD IS A DESCENDANT OF FRENCH

SETTLERS, THE CAJUNS.

HE GREW UP HERE IN THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN AND HAS

BEEN WITNESS TO ITS TRANSFORMATION.

HE HAS REDISCOVERED THE LIFE OF HIS ANCESTORS;

A MODERN HERMIT IN A HIDDEN BAYOU OF THE

MISSISSIPPI.

WHEN THE DENSE CYPRUS DENS IN THE WETLAND AREAS WERE

GRADUALLY CLEARED FOR TIMBER THE REJECTED WOOD

WAS LEFT BEHIND.

GREG STORED THE MANY REJECTED TREE TRUNKS ON

HIS LAND WHERE THEY MATURE AND AGE OVER THE YEARS.

OUT OF THIS FORGOTTEN WOOD HE MAKES TABLES THAT

PROUDLY BEAR THE SCARS AND IMPERFECTIONS OF THE

LANDSCAPE.

GREG: THIS IS PROBABLY GOING ON SOMEBODY'S WALL

RATHER THAN BE A TABLE.

AND THAT'S THE FINAL PROCESS.

I'LL PUT SOME KIND OF FINISH ON.

AND I STILL DO IT; I'LL PROBABLY DO IT UNTIL THE

DAY I DIE.

DYLAN: LIFE IN THE SWAMPLANDS OF THE

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE.

EVERYONE HERE TRAVELS BY BOAT.

TOGETHER WITH ROY BLANCHARD,

GREG DRIVES OUT INTO THE SURREAL LANDSCAPE OF THE

FORGOTTEN CYPRESSES.

THE TWO OF THEM ARE OUT FORAGING FOR WOOD.

ROY: TWO YEARS AGO I FOUND THREE LARGE LOGS THERE,

REAL CLOSE TOGETHER.

SOLID WOOD.

DYLAN: THEY SPEAK GUTTURAL FRENCH,

THE CAJUN DIALECT, THAT HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR

150 YEARS.

ROY: HAVE YOU SEEN CROCODILES HERE TOO?

GREG: YES, THERE ARE A LOT.

THEY CAME OVER THE BAYOU.

DYLAN: JUDE MIQUET IS A MODERN-DAY TRAPPER AND

LIVES ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE BASIN.

WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND

FISHERIES, JUDE HELPS TO KEEP THE ALLIGATOR

POPULATION AT A STABLE LEVEL.

JUDE: THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY HEARING,

THEY'RE FEELING THE VIBRATIONS ON TOP OF THE

WATER.

EVERY LITTLE RIPPLE YOU SEE THAT GETS TO THEM,

THEY FEEL THAT ON THEIR NOSTRILS,

THAT'S WHY THEY HUNT WITH THEIR NOSE OUT THE WATER.

DYLAN: THE HUNTER AND HUNTED HAVE BECOME

FRIENDS.

THEY VISIT EACH OTHER AND CHECK EACH OTHER OUT.

JUDE: THESE ARE MY PETS.

THE MIDDLE ONE HERE IS SUZETTE,

SWEET SUZETTE.

AND THE LARGER ONE, THE MALE,

PROBABLY AROUND 10 FOOT, HE'S...THAT'S JEAN PIERRE.

THEY START LOOKING FOR ME AND EVENTUALLY THEY GOT TO

THE POINT TO WHERE THEY WERE SO RELAXED WITH ME I

COULD ACTUALLY START TOUCHING THEM WITHOUT THEM

BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE.

I COULD SAY THAT AND TOMORROW ONE OF THEM COULD

BITE ME.

THESE ARE WILD ANIMALS, YOU NEVER KNOW.

DYLAN: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

ANNOUNCER: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

.

ANNOUNCER: WE NOW RETURN TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

♪ MUSIC ♪

DYLAN: LEAVING THE WETLANDS OF THE

MISSISSIPPI DELTA WE TRAVEL WEST ON INTERSTATE

10 TOWARDS TEXAS.

HERE THE LAND BECOMES MORE DRY,

SOYBEAN AND ANIMAL PASTURES DOMINATE THE

LANDSCAPE.

WE'RE STILL IN CAJUN COUNTRY BUT THIS IS

PRAIRIE LAND AND THE CAJUNS WHO LIVE HERE ARE

COWBOYS.

GENO DELAFOSE LIVES 30 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE

IN THE SMALL TOWN OF EUNICE.

HE'S A CREOLE DESCENDANT OF EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN

FOREFATHERS.

GENO IS A CATTLE RANCHER WHO SINGS IN FRENCH AND

ALSO PLAYS THE ACCORDION.

AND HERE IN THE PRAIRIE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES

THERE'S A WORKSHOP WHERE FRENCH IS SPOKEN AND

ACCORDIONS ARE FIXED.

GENO: MISTER JUNIOR, HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING.

[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]

GENO: ALRIGHT.

THIS TYPE OF MUSIC THAT I PLAY IS CALLED CAJUN

ZYDECO MUSIC.

THE ZYDECO MUSIC TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THE

BLUES INFLUENCE; THE CAJUN MUSIC TAKES A LITTLE BIT

MORE FROM THE COUNTRY AND WESTERN SIDE OF THINGS.

BUT WE PLAY BOTH OF THEM AND WE MIX THEM UP.

WE KIND OF PUT A LITTLE BIT OF ZYDECO INTO THE

CAJUN, A LITTLE CAJUN TO OUR ZYDECO.

[PLAYING ACCORDION]

GENO: I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A COWBOY.

ALWAYS WORE COWBOY BOOTS AND AN OLD COWBOY HAT AND

JUST...

I HAD A LITTLE HORSE AND MY DADDY BOUGHT FOR ME A

SHETLAND PONY AND I RODE THAT THING AROUND FOREVER.

DYLAN: FROM HIS FATHER HE LEARNED CAJUN SONGS AND

THE MUSIC OF THE CREOLES PASSED DOWN THE

GENERATIONS.

GENO: I'VE BEEN ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND ALL

OVER LOUISIANA BUT THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE RIGHT HERE

IN PURE CAJUN COUNTRY.

I LOVE IT, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE,

I KNOW EVERYBODY AROUND HERE AND THIS IS WHERE MY

HEART IS AT.

I LOVE IT AND THIS...LIKE I SAID,

IT'S JUST A WAY OF LIFE FOR ME.

DYLAN: PERHAPS GENO IS THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF THE

ENTIRE ROUTE THROUGH LOUISIANA FROM THE DELTA

TO THE PRAIRIES; A VIGOROUS MIX OF MYRIAD

TALES AND INFLUENCES.

ON FRIDAY NIGHTS HE SETS OFF AGAIN WITH HIS PICKUP

AND ACCORDION.

GENO WILL BE PLAYING 6 GIGS WITH HIS BAND THIS

WEEKEND.

BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND LAFAYETTE HE AND HIS BAND

HAVE MADE QUITE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES WITH THEIR

MUSIC.

MAN: NEED YOU ALL TO MAKE SOME NOISE.

STAND TO YOUR FEET, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR

THE LEGENDARY, AWARD-WINNING MR. GENO

DELAFOSE AND FRENCH ROCK AND BOOGIE.

♪ MUSIC ♪

DYLAN: THE IMPORTANCE OF LOUISIANA TO THE UNITED

STATES CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.

ITS HISTORY, ECOLOGY AND INDUSTRY HELPED POWER OUR

NEW NATION AND REMAINS AS VITAL TODAY AS IT HAS EVER

BEEN.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE GREAT

STATE OF LOUISIANA AND THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, SAFE TRAVELS.

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