Imagine the most perfect weather possible…imagine the smells of delicious food being prepared by some of the finest vendors around…imagine the crowd rolling in as the morning sun just tips over the line of trees surrounding the Fairgrounds…

That set the stage for yet another magical performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival by Yvette Landry and the Jukes.

John Wirt, a writer for Offbeat Magazine, summed it up best in his :Review from John Wirt Jazz Fest Day 8: Sunday, May 4, 2025,” saying…

Yvette Landry and the Jukes
“Opening a beautiful final Sunday at Jazz Fest’s Fais Do-Do Stage, Yvette Landry from Breaux Bridge led her mostly Acadiana band, the Jukes, through a set made for a southwest Louisiana dancehall. Simultaneously Landry delivered on her promise of variety, romping through Cajun music, slow-dance swamp pop, New Orleans rhythm-and-blues and rockabilly and country music.

A lively presence strumming her guitar, Landry also performed original compositions written by band members. The set’s standards included Wanda Jackson’s “Let’s Have a Party,” Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” and a sweetly sung rendition of “Waltz Across Texas.”

Imaginatively, Landry and the Jukes reinvented Berry’s rock and roll classic, infusing it with a classic New Orleans rhythm and blues sound. The city’s R&B heritage resurfaced again in the set with a fun performance of Oliver Morgan’s classic “Who Shot the La La.”

Keeping the good times rolling, Landry’s original song, “Blue Moon Girls,” took the crowd to the Blue Moon Saloon. The song celebrates Louisiana’s joie de vivre via a particular group of young ladies who frequent the Lafayette music venue, where they have a ball drinking, smoking and, of course, dancing.

Although the morning audience at the Fais Do-Do Stage more often swayed than danced, Landry and the Jukes gave the crowd plenty of opportunity to waltz, two-step and rock-step. A hot take on one of the Carl Perkins songs recorded by the Beatles, “Slow Down,” would have burned any juke down. “Richard’s Boogie Woogie,” an original instrumental written by Jukes pedal steel guitarist Richard Comeaux, was another roadhouse rocker.

Throughout the show, Landry’s Jukes band members played many solos. A good thing when the band features saxophonist Derek Huston, piano player Eric Adcock, fiddler Beau Thomas, bassist Chris French and drummer Gary Usie.”

Here’s a video for your listening pleasure: Bluemoon Girl