Saturday Night in SE Texas
On any given Saturday night in Southeast Texas, you can still stumble upon a Cajun dance, and chances are a band will strike up “Jolie Blonde.” Often called the Cajun national anthem, Harry Choates’ 1946 recording helped push Cajun music into the American popular music spotlight. The Choates’ family like many others were part of a large migration of Cajuns from Louisiana seeking work during the oil boom in the Beaumont–Port Arthur–Orange region—better known as the Golden Triangle.