Here's Some Music For You...

I ordered a CD by the band Delgres.They are based in Paris and it's not the Paris in Texas. The music is sung in a mix of English and French. A three man group, the guys play resonator guitar, tuba and drums. I figure gotta have something going on with those instruments. 

As I say I don't know what they are saying because of the language differences but they take their name from Louis Delgres who was a mulatto leader that fought the reoccupation of Guadeloupe by Napoleonic France in 1802. This reoccupation would have meant a reinstating of slavery which had been abolished in the time that the British had held the island.. A good source of info on some of the slave revolts of the Caribbean and their influence on French, British and American politics are in books by Ned Sublette. 

So I think that's a good name for a band. Always a good idea to keep in mind those that stuck up for the repressed. Here's one of their newest videos. Tuba, resonator on a boat, can't go wrong.