Red Stick Ramblers

The Red Stick Ramblers are a Cajun Music and Western Swing band who formed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1999 while some of the members were attending Louisiana State University. Their name comes from a translation of Baton Rouge, which means "red stick" in French. The current members are Linzay Young (fiddle, lead vocals), Daniel Coolik (fiddle, mandolin, electric guitar), Chas Justus (guitar, vocals), Eric Frey (Upright Bass, Vocals), Blake Miller (accordion and acoustic guitar) and Glenn Fields (drums). Past members include Josh Caffery, Joel Savoy, Oliver Swain, Kevin Wimmer, Wilson Savoy and Ricky Rees.

The band plays a combination of traditional Cajun songs (sung in Cajun French), as well as covers of Western Swing classics (particularly the songs of Bob Wills), early American jazz and blues covers (Stuff Smith, Count Basie, Fats Waller and more), and honky tonk and dance-hall music, as well as dozens of tradition-inspired original songs.

The Red Stick Ramblers have appeared in a season finale of the Travel Channel's "No Reservations", with chef Anthony Bourdain, entitled "Cajun Country". Following this appearance the band scored a role in the third season of HBO's Treme, starring as Lucia Micarelli's character Annie's band the "Bayou St. John Playboys" and later "Annie T's Bayou Cadillac." Three Red Stick Rambler original songs, Made in the Shade, Katrina, and Morning Blues, are featured in season three of Treme.

The rhythm section of the Ramblers performed as the backing band on several tracks of Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy's 2007 release Adieu False Heart.

Discography

 * The Red Stick Ramblers (2001) - Louisiana Radio Records (currently unavailable)
 * Bring it on Down (2003) - Memphis International Records
 * Right Key, Wrong Keyhole (2005) - Memphis International Records
 * The Red Stick Ramblers EP (2007) - Sugar Hill Records
 * Made in the Shade (2007) - Sugar Hill Records
 * Red Stick Ramblers limited edition EP (2007) - Sugar Hill Records (unavailable)
 * My Suitcase is Always Packed (2009) - Sugar Hill Records