Music Monday: Let's Make it Funky

You know I'm a 70's funk fanatic.  If you listen to my music, you'll hear that vein running throughout. I love

The Ohio Players
George Clinton and P-Funk
The Gap Band
The Commodores
Earth, Wind, and Fire
KC and the Sunshine Band
James Brown

They are funky like a monkey!  They were the inspiration for "Let's Make it Funky", obviously.
Every time I'm driving to a show, I have my headset on listening to this type of music.  There's not much else to do at 3am on I-49.  So I listen, absorb, create.  I love funky riffs, and try to re-create that with an accordion.  Add in B3 or horns and a few vocal "Hoo" "Ha's" and you've arrived at my ideal flavor of music.  If you were following a trail of highly danceable music with complex grooves,  tight rhythmic hits, on the back beat, you would arrive at the hybrid "swamp-funky" music that is Chubby Carrier.
Here's our latest video with the lyrics that tell a story and that story is for you, my friend.  If you enjoy it, let us know by leaving a comment.  You can share it, too.

How would you describe our music?  In your opinion, what makes our band unique?

Music Monday: Louisiana Music Radio

Hello Music Monday!

Today's topic is Louisiana Music Radio.  If you don't want to wait until the next "Chubby Party" to get a zydeco fix, today's post will help.  Tune into KBON or KRVS to listen live and enjoy the music of Southwest Louisiana.  These are local radio stations right here in Acadiana that play a variety of Louisiana music.  Another option is to create a Chubby Carrier channel on Pandora and other online radio sites.

So while you're waiting for your next "Chubby fix" you can tune in and enjoy a variety of Louisiana music.

Music Monday

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Here's something to brighten your Monday morning. 
I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this.  Great song, played on the accordion by an extremely intense musician.  Check it out!

Music Monday

Misty here, with our first installment of the new blog plan, Music Monday. 
One of my favorite songs right now is a simple, down-to-earth song by Joey + Rory, a husband/wife country music duet.  I'm a lyrics person, I let the song take me away, and see if I can relate to the story.  In this particular song, I can relate completely. 
I grew up in a very simple way, on a farm in Southwest Missouri.  Some of my best memories are riding my horse, training our coon dogs, breaking the ice on the pond in winter, picking fresh produce from our large garden in summer, re-roofing the old farm house, canning, and fishing.  This song takes me back to my childhood and makes me think about all the things that my grandpa taught me.  I hope you enjoy the lyrics.  This song describes just a few things that are important to me, what other things are important to you?

That's Important To Me 
Not planning our day around a TV set
Paying our bills and staying out of debt
That’s important to me
That’s important to me
Openin’ the windows and lettin’ in air
Holding hands when we’re saying a prayer
That’s important to me
Yea, that’s important to me
Having somebody to share my life
Loving my husband, and being a wife
And the very best mother I can be
That’s important to me

Telling the truth, and being real
Feeding my family a home cooked meal
That’s important to me
That’s important to me
Planting a garden and watching it grow
Keeping it country on the radio
That’s important to me
Yea, that’s important to me
Always having you to hold,
Being beside you when we grow old
And they plant us ‘neath that big old tree
That’s important to me
Always having you to hold

Being beside you when we grow old
And they plant us ‘neath that big old tree

Believing our dreams will take us somewhere
Still bein' ourselves if we ever get there
That’s important to me
That’s important to me
Yea, that’s important to me
That’s important to me

That’s important to me
That’s important to me