Aunt Sue was almost emotional when asked about the future of Cajun culture in general terms and its music more specifically. After all she has been it in her whole long and fruitful life and now she is afraid the younger generation might not appreciate the culture as she and her generation is.
Every Saturday morning aq Cajun band plays in Freds Lounge in downtown Mamou a three hours ride from New Orleans. They start at 8 am and go on until 2 pm. Once a week. But the Lounge thrives like never before.
Visitors from all over the world, as far as from China and Japan, come visit, dance an admire. Yet fear that this is a dying culture is real.
Visiting Freds lounge is the center of gravity where performers try hard and may succeed.
Listen to the story of the bandleaders, performers, the owner of Freds Lounge and Tante Sue, the icon of Mamou in a moving story about love for a culture in a fast changing world.