Video: Joe Hall live at Wheatland 2018

Joe Hall & The Cane Cutters play Cajun, Zydeco, and Creole music from Southwest Louisiana. Joe Hall & The Cane Cutters perform Grand Prairie Blues on the main stage at the Wheatland Music Festival in Remus Michigan on Sept 7, 2018.

”The Hall family was blessed with a hard-working father figure who provided in every way for his family of six out there on the southwest Louisiana prairies. Even though Joe never had to work in the fields like most of the Creole share croppers since the days of the Civil War, his is an old soul. During his formative years, young Joe did not pick sweet potatoes or break corn but instead he lent an attentive ear to the many kernels of ancient wisdom from his elders. They recognized him as the “anointed one ” and willingly, Joe Hall accepted the torch of the Creole cultural flame.”

Joe Hall & The Cane Cutters play Cajun, Zydeco, and Creole music from Southwest Louisiana. As a third generation Creole artist who learned at the knee of his grandfather, “King” Ned. Joe Hall is very devoted to preserving his heritage . At the age of 7 years, Hall made regular visits to elder statesmen of Creole music, such as “Bois Sec” Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Calvin Carriere and Carlton Frank to learn tunes first hand and develop his own style.

Through his grandfather, Joe Hall inherited a love for the accordion, playing his grandpa’s accordion whenever he was away. By the time Ned discovered that Hall had been tinkering with his instrument, the grandson had become surprisingly proficient. From there, Hall paid regular visits to the elder statesmen of Creole music, such as “Bois Sec” Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Carlton Frank and Calvin Carrière, to learn and play tunes. Surprised to see such a young person with a rabid interest, Carlton Frank invited his brother Paul to meet Hall. “If you stay the way you are and don’t let nobody change you, ’then one day the world is going to know about you.”