Abita Springs Opry Media - 2006-04 Featuring the Abita Strings, Beth Patterson, Sam Warren, Hot Club of New Orleans, Shallow Creek

MEDIA - AO2006-04

The Abita Springs Opry is a series of music concerts held six times a year and is produced by a nonprofit organization, Abita Opry Inc. The show has the mission of preserving and presenting Louisiana "Roots" music. Our music is played primarily acoustically, in its original form.

Our main thrust is old-time Country, Bluegrass, and traditional Southern Gospel music, but we often present other forms of traditional Louisiana music such as Cajun, Zydeco, Irish, or other types that reflect the many different groups of people who are part of our diverse culture.

Abita Strings

This home town bluegrass ensemble is one of the Opry's "House Band". Setting the pace for every show, the Abita Strings have taken Traditional to another level.

Beth Patterson

Multi-instrumentalist Beth Patterson is foremost a player of the eight- and ten-stringed Irish bouzoukis (adaptations of a traditional Greek instrument). Known for her razor wit and musical versatility, her performances are chock-full of drive, savage energy, and passion, laced with humor and rapport with her listeners, dishing out an eclectic repertoire of original and traditional songs.

Sam Warren

Hot Club of New Orleans

The Hot Club of New Orleans excels at generating that warm, swinging drive that Django Reinhardt was famous for and at the same time transcends the idiom by eschewing blind obedience to stylistic conventions; in other words the solos are modern, kids. They play a somewhat laidback yet exuberant groove, typical of New Orleans; yet they are so tight and swinging, their solos so driving, at times they seem almost superhuman. Clarinetist Christopher Kohl is the always affable spokes-model of the group and violinist Matt Rhody's singing is always a special treat.

Shallow Creek

Shallow Creek is a bluegrass gospel music group consisting of five Christian men whose purpose is to spread the good news of Jesus Christ in song. We aren't looking for fame and fortune but rather to see the lost saved and the saved strengthened. We try always to put God first in our lives and to use the talents He has given us for His glory.