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Billy Joel Plays George Rodrigue's Blue Dog Steinway During New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Fundraiser

Billy Joel stops into the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts (GRFA) to play the Rodrigue Steinway for the 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Fundraiser Courtesy Musings of an Artist's Wife

Another inspiring post from Musings of an Artist's Wife - By Wendy Rodrigue, Wife of Artist George Rodrigue

This time of year is a wonderful time to be living in Cajun Country.  Not only is it Crawfish season, but for several weekends in a row we celebrate the amazing cultural heritage of our south Louisiana communities.

I'm particularly fond of the Festival International de Louisiane and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, having spent a substantial chunk of my childhood in both Lafayette and New Orleans.  In Wendy Rodrigue's latest blog post, she shares some of the ways music, art, and storytelling intersect through George Rodrigue's own past.

... AND Billy Joel stops by to jam on George Rodrigue's Blue Dog Steinway piano!

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The Road: Wendy Rodrigue & George Rodrigue from Musings of an Artist's Wife

Route 66, An original silkscreen
© 2001 Rodrigue Studios

A Blue Dog Travels The Wild West

And they all get their kicks on Route 66!

Wendy Rodrigue has done another amazing job of applying a real context to the stories that surround her husband and world famous artist George Rodrigue in her latest Blogger entry 'The Road.'

In it, she chronicles their drive across country across Route 66 (depicted by George in the above original silkscreen from 2001) and even includes some original photography of her own.

From Wendy Rodrigue's Blogger Post:

“What I like about the West,” said artist George Rodrigue last week as we navigated Houston rush hour traffic, “is that when you’re there, you’re by yourself.”

I found it truly to be Art History that engages you and pulls you in as a reader.  Let me know if you agree or disagree in the comments after checking out the full read below.