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Feral Zone 29 JEFF BOUDREAUX: A NEW ORLEANIAN IN PARIS
Episode 29
Thursday, 29 January, 2026
The acclaimed drummer, percussionist, bandleader, and instructor has played with an astounding list of artists including Randy Brecker, John Scofield, Astrud Gilberto, Liza Minnelli, and Sammie Davis Jr. as well as New Orleans heroes James Booker, George Porter, Willie Tee, Earl Turbinton, and Wynton and Branford Marsalis. He's also played on dozens of soundtracks including the Oscar-winning score to "The Shape of Water." Living in Paris for the last 25 years, Jeff returns to New Orleans for a visit and enters the Feral Zone with René and guest cohost Dave Clements for a thorough debriefing. Topics include Doug Belote, the Buddy Boudreaux Band, Mose Alison, Carl Fontana, hustling gigs, AI fakes, a Baton Rouge childhood, double bass drums, Broadmoor High School, Cary Boquet, a dying bass player, Nicky Sanzenbach, studying with Johnny Vidacovich, Gary Peacock, a dropped beat, Loyola University, older musicians, Tiki Tuesday, Dave Watson, Bobby McFerrin, Leah Chase, a house fire, Ricky Sebastian, Eugene Chadborne, mental clarity, the unconscious mind, Jimmy Bolero, the Blue Room, Zigaboo, Herb Tassin, Red Skelton, moving to Vienna, the Musicians Institute of Technology, visiting Paris, Rick Margitza, Glenn Ferris, Emily Remler, Tyler's Beer Garden, Sed Sedlak, Gary Brown, the 544 Club, Alexandre Desplat, Brian Blade, a Sam Butera quote, and much more. Break Music: "Istanblues" from "New" by Glenn Ferris (with Jeff Boudreaux) Outro Music: "San Francisco" from "Movin' On" by the Michel Zenino Quartet (with Jeff Boudreaux) Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here. Shop for Troubled Men Shirts here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Jeff Boudreaux Facebook Chapters (00:00:01) - Inside The Feral Zone(00:02:00) - Jeff Boudreaux Back on The Troublemen Podcast(00:06:17) - When a musician starts a band at 97(00:09:25) - "I Could Play Jazz" by Sonny Rollins(00:09:43) - Duane Boudreaux on Growing Up in Baton Rouge(00:13:59) - Blues Player Kerry Bouquet on Playing With His Dad's Band(00:17:30) - Nicky Sonzenbach on His Life(00:18:02) - Johnny Vidakovich on Playing Along With Bill Evans(00:22:04) - Tulane Jazz Club(00:24:03) - Dazzling Drum Lessons With Old Guys(00:28:08) - A Few Things My Dad(00:31:36) - Troublemen Podcast(00:33:23) - Jeff Boudreau on Playing With Dave Watson(00:38:07) - Dreams of Burning Down Drum Studio(00:42:18) - Soloist on Giving Up His ego(00:46:21) - Ziggy on Reading Drum Lessons(00:47:53) - Tom Jones on Playing With Liza Minnelli(00:51:01) - Traditional Music Legends Remember The Spasm Band(00:52:20) - Les Wise on His Move to Vienna(00:55:59) - Jazz musicians talk about life in Europe(00:58:58) - Louis Armstrong on Teaching in Paris(01:04:15) - Winton on Branford and the 544 Club(01:07:37) - Alexander Despla on Working With Drummers(01:11:53) - A Taste of Dave Grohl(01:14:37) - Troublemen Podcast Stickers
