J.P. and I attended the "Music Voyager - Made in Louisiana" Release Party at the AcA last night. The evening started out with live performances by: Louis & Andre Michot, Roddie Romero & Eric Adcock, and David Egan & Marc Broussard. These guys poured out their hearts on stage - I could feel the connection deep in my soul. It's still resonating within me. Like when Louis Michot sings, I think I can hear the cry of his ancestors coming through his bones. Of course, as a piano player, I was especially interested in hearing David Egan play. Talk about playing with soul! If you haven't heard David, he plays at Blue Dog for Sunday Brunch occasionally.
Lafayette is so blessed to have such down-to-earth talented musicians, where the "contours of the landscape shape the tonality & spirit of the music". John O'Donohue can explain it better than I can. He says about music:
There is a profound sense in which music
opens a secret door in time & reaches
in to the eternal. This is the authority &
grace of music: it evokes or creates an
atmosphere where presence awakens to
its eternal depth.
During the planning stages of the bakery, JP & I came up with the Vision for our business: Building community by feeding the body and soul with phenomenal bread. When our customers walk in the shop, we want to touch their souls similar to how those guys touched us last night. Above the kneading table, a sign hangs with the message: "All We Knead is Love". The crew really does knead with love. The goal is to treat that bread from the first scoop of flour until it's in our customers hands as a labor of Love.
Come get fed!
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