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​Michael Doucet (from the album Lâcher Prise available on Compass Records)
A major multi-tasker, Michael Doucet (Beausoleil) debuts a new band, Lâcher Prise, titling the group’s album debut, Lâcher Prise. A full plate, though for the master fiddle player, Michael Doucet took the playing in stride AND came up with the answer to the question that has plagued men and women for centuries….why are we here? Michael’s answer cut to the basics…‘to have a good time, that’s why we’re here. It’s pretty simple when you break it down’. Lâcher Prise stays true to the sonic template that Michael Doucet has given to the world over his four decades fronting Beausoleil while expanding on the Cajun music that birthed the band by presenting sounds that represent Southern Louisiana as a whole. “Cajun Gypsy”, led by Doucet’s fiddle, wanders through a kaleidoscope of strings while “Dites Moi Pas” moves to a Folk Country sway and the rumble of percussion puts an edge of tension into “Chere Emelie”.
 
 
Michael Doucet explains that ‘in French, Lâcher Prise means ‘let go’. It’s also a Buddhist term. When it came to making this music, it was just total freedom. The new songs were different from what I typically do, so we formed a group of great people and musicians. I’ve reached a point in my life and career where I can do whatever the hell I want to do. There’s freedom for everybody because of the mutual respect though’. The members of Lâcher Prise play that freedom over and over in the songs of the band’s debut. Michael Doucet leads Lâcher Prise 
into the album with a tune that sings of southland hurricanes in “Water, Water” as they spend a February day in the French Quarter with “Walking on a Mardi Gras Day”. Borrowing a reel from fellow Lousian’ songman Boozoo Chavis, Michael Doucet advises “Lula Lula Don’t You Go to Bingo” and walks into misty Americana muttering resentment for “He Got All the Whiskey”.
 
Listen and buy the music of Michael Doucet from AMAZON
 
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