Each Pine Leaf boy comes to the band with deep personal ties to the Cajun tradition. Wilson Savoy, accordionist and singer, is the son of accordionist and accordion maker Marc Savoy and the Grammy-nominated guitarist, singer, producer and author Ann Savoy � both major figures in the Cajun renaissance. Fiddler and singer Courtney Granger, a relative of the famed Balfa Brothers, is an in-demand player who has worked with Balfa Toujours and renowned producer/multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell. Drummer, accordionist and singer Drew Simon epitomizes the unadorned, less-is-more approach of classic Cajun music that he was raised with: "No computer or synthesizers," Simon explains. Guitarist Jon Bertrand was raised as a cowboy on the South Louisiana prairies and brings the band an eclectic approach and modern influences. Bassist Thomas David grew up with Cajun music thanks to his dad, Ken, bassist with the popular Jambalaya Cajun Band.

The Pine Leaf Boys are the real deal � sincere cultural crusaders who love their land and who play its venerable music with genuine gusto, There's no studied revivalism on their Lionsgate debut, Homage au Pass�. Au contraire, the album stomps, sweats, loves and loses, and raises no small amount of hell in the process. In an age of rampant homogenization, when vital regional cultures are eroding just like Louisiana's endangered wetlands, Homage au Pass� proves that the steamroller of bland conformity will never flatten all in its path.

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