BRANDON MICHAEL FORET

Brandon was born on June 1, 1983 to Carla and Anthony Foret.

He was raised in Marrero along with his two brothers, Ryan and Chad Foret. He attended Archbishop Shaw High

School.

He has been playing music for over 27 years, starting at the age of 8 playing drums. Then he picked up the guitar

around 13 years old.

Then, at the ripe old age of 18, he began playing saxophone and he also sings.

Brandon played on Bourbon Street for many years with the

"Band-Aid Band" amongst other bands. He has played and sang with the band, "Chee Weez". He is now back with

the band that started off his career, "The Foret Tradition".

He has played all over the United States with numerous acts,

along with many local and statewide nightclubs.

Brandon currently resides in Westwego and is engaged to Ricki

Lynn LeBlanc with 2 children, Bailee and Max

Chet was born on July 7, 1970 in Chalmette, Louisiana to Jeanne Sewing and Danny Hebert. He has 3 siblings,

Melissa, Rebecca and DJ. Chet attended St. Louise, Holy Cross, Chalmette Middle, Helen Cox and John Ehret High

School.

He has been a drummer for over 40 years and has played with, "Danny Hebert and Clean Sweep", "Short Circuit"

and

"Tricks". With these bands he has performed at Celebrity Club, Caddy Shack, Flash Backs and various clubs and

bands on Bourbon Street.

Chet has been employed with New Orleans Pool and Patio as a pool builder for the last 30years. He's been married

to his wife Joy for 10 years and the couple has 3 children, Jessica, Jourdan and Raeanne. The couple also have 4

grandchildren, Addisyn, Zayne, Jhett and Lyla

Chris was born on May 14, 1979 to James Joseph and Martha Foret Daigle. Along with his siblings Mona, Vicky and

Jimmy he was raised in Westwego and attended Westwego Elementary, Worley Jr.

High and Higgins High School.

His primary instrument has been the drums for the last 25 years but can also play keyboard. He started by watching

and sitting in with his uncle Wayne Foret's band. Then played with Ryan and Brandon Foret in the, "Foret Tradition"

and after that with, "Junior and Sumtin' Sneaky". He also did set up and sound for Ryan Foret. Now he's back playing

with Junior mainly and spotting with various other bands.

He has played on the West bank in places like, The Swamp Inn,

Mona Lisa, Canal Bank Inn, My Father's Junkyard, Old Scorpio, Fireman's Hall, Boomers and many others in Baton

Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and everywhere in between.

He's been married to the former Nicole Bradford for 13 plus years and has 3 children, Jordan, Cody and Eli.

Christopher has been employed with Pella Windows and Doors for the past 12 years and he and his family lives in

Luling, Louisiana

Danny was born on January 10, 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana to Bobby Jean and Tressie Fontenot Deville. He was

raised in Marrero and attended Immaculate Conception and Archbishop Shaw High School. Danny has 3 sisters,

Mandy, Terrie and Desiree.

He started playing snare drum in high school which lasted

several years. Then in 1980 he played keyboards with a band called, "Celebration". He also played keyboards with,

"High Speed" in 1981. Then from November of 1981 thru 2019 except for a couple of years 1995-1997) he played

consistently with,

"The Tricks Band". The band performed for many years at Caddyshack in Harvey but also played many weddings,

casinos, carnival balls, festivals, fairs and parades.

Danny unexpectedly passed away on Friday, February 15, 2019 at the age of 57 years old. He was employed at the

time with Key Electronics for the last 14 years. He was single at the time of his passing, raised 2 children, Robert and

Austin Deville and has 2 grandchildren Tristan and Travis

Ebdon Barrios was born on August 13, 1938 to Jeanne and

Lucien Barrios. He has 2 brothers, Roland (deceased) and Raymond and 2 sisters, Thelma and Velma. He graduated

from Golden Meadow High School and at the age of 18 joined the Army. He also attended St. Anne University in

Nova Scotia, Canada where he studied French and graduated at the top of his class with honors.

Ebdon played bass and guitar for 70 years. He first played with Vin Bruce, L. J. Foret, Gene Rodrigue, D.J. Collins,

Dianne Collins, Joe Barry, Dudley Bernard, Harry Anselmi and Larry Quinn. He played with a big band at the Blue

Room of the Roosevelt Hotel and the casino in New Orleans.

He is also an excellent songwriter, writing most of Vin

Bruce's songs. And also wrote for L.J. Foret, Waylon Thibodaux, Les Domangue, Jay Gisclair, Treater and some of

his songs were recorded by Canadian artists. Today he is writing a French song for Vin's 10 year old grandson who

follows in his grandfathers footsteps.

Ebdon was an employee of Halliburton for 30 years as a

chef. He has 3 children, Melanie, Thomas and Richard (deceased). Mr. Barrios still resides in Golden Meadow,

Louisiana

Glenn was born on June 10, 1961 to Anthony (Beanie) and

Brenda Sevin Morvant and has one bother Keith. He was raised in Marrero and attended Joshua Butler Elementary,

Marrero Middle and graduated from John Ehret High School in 1979.

Glenn played drums for nearly 50 years. He received his first set

of drums at the age of 10. He played drums in the Marrero Middle School Band. In 1980, he and three co-workers,

Kevin Wilson, Nelson Bourg and Dan Dufrene started playing together and formed the, "The Southern Fire Band".

They played at numerous private parties, weddings, charity and political events, festivals, fairs and night clubs

including Bronco's, Carter Country and Cowboy's in Houma. After several years the band split up and Glenn

continued filling in for drummers of local bands. On July 22, 2017 following a "Southern Fire" reunion, the original four

members decided to start playing again. The band practiced together and played only one public event, when

ironically on July 22, 2018, exactly one year to the day of the band's reunion, Glenn passed away suddenly in his

sleep of a symptomless heart condition.

Glenn was a chemical operator at Witco/Crompton Chemical

Company until their closing. At the time of his passing, he was employed with Karl Senner, LLC.

Glenn resided in Marrero with his wife of 36 years, Stacie Ball Morvant and had raised two children Carmen and Kaci.

He also has two grandsons Cohen and Koby

Marc, also known as Mojo, was born on June 22, 1969 in Algiers, to Melvin and Ruth Joseph. He has one sister

Rebecca. He attended Rosenwald Elementary, Edna Karr Jr. High, O. Perry Walker High School and received a

Bachelor's degree from the University of New Orleans.

Marc began playing with garage bands at the age of 12 and was soon

given his first real gig by the late great Johnny Bonvillain. He received a scholarship to study with Jazz patriarch Ellis

Marsalis at UNO while playing at nightclubs, churches and with brass bands.

He moved to Los Angeles where he won the "Ludwig Millennium Drum-Off" in 2000 and met legendary drummer,

Carmine Appice who took him to New York to perform. After that he toured most of the USA and Europe with several

groups. Marc has performed and recorded with such greats as, Dr. John, George Porter Jr., Walter "Wolfman"

Washington, Brint Anderson, Herbie Hancock, Olivia Newton John, The Yat Pack, Jimmy Maxwell, Chief Bo Dollis Jr.

&

The Wild Magnolias and the Dukes of Dixieland to name a few.

As a producer & composer, numerous companies including FOX, ESPN & JVC have called on Marc's studio direction

& multi-instrumental nature to create exciting sound libraries for TV, Film & commercial license. Other TV credits

include, The Food Network, NASCAR TV, K-Ville and more. As a percussionist and drum clinician he has also taught

privately and within NOLA's charter schools, designing custom music programs at City Park Academy, Samuel Green

Academy and Sci High.

Marc currently maintains a home recording facility in Bayou St. John called, "Crete Corner Music" where he writes,

teaches, records and rehearses with various artists from New Orleans and all over the world

The youngest of 5 brothers, Mark was born on June 21, 1964 to Dennis

"Butsie" and Diane Cuquet. He grew up in Avondale with his brothers, Dennis, Scott, Terry and Darryl.

Mark started playing drums in elementary and middle school and got his first set of drums at the age of 14. Of course

the drums came from Werlien's on Canal Street. He and his good friend Terrell Varnado, who played bass, played in

a couple of bands together.

He met a lot of good musicians through his dad like, Dwayne Schurb, Ray Barry, Roland Stone, Ronnie Boudreaux,

Hector Neives, Billy Bell, Earl Stanley, and Eddie Powers who helped him along the way. He worked with Snooks

Eaglin a few times at Bugsy's across from the Convention Center and played on Bourbon Street for 5 years until

Katrina hit. He played with, "Paragon" for 7 years when in 2010 he was in a motorcycle accident which put him out of

the music scene for a while. When he got back on his one good foot, he and Paul Maronge put together a band

called, "Dis, Dat & Dudda" playing tunes from the 50's thru the 90's. Paul and Mark played together for more than 20

years in different bands. Mark played with Bobby West and Glen Hammond at Jaeger's by the lakefront. He also

played with, "Filet of Soul", "Da Want Ads",

"Crawdaddy" & "Tricks" at many East bank & West bank venues like the Moulin Rouge, Junkyard, Stevie Rays, Big

Al's, Pit Stop, Pier 90, Stonebridge and English Turn Country Clubs.

"I would like to thank my dad for sharing the music with me and my mom

for not telling me to STOP when making all that noise in the house".

Mark has a daughter, Carla and a son Tony, grandchildren Lilly, Ivy, Talon

and Tevyn and a fiancée Becky

Ryan was born on November 2, 1981 to Anthony Paul and Carla Breaux

Foret. He has 2 brothers, Chad and Brandon. He was raised in Marrero and attended Joshua Butler, Worley and

graduated from Archbishop Shaw High School in 1999.

He's been playing music for 27 years. Ryan and his brother Brandon, at age 9, started the band, "Foret Tradition". He

was in the band at Worley Jr.

High and Archbishop Shaw.

Ryan has played with Wayne Foret, Brad Sapia, Aaron Foret, "Foret Tradition" and "The Boogie Kings". He is

currently the owner of, "Foret Tradition" and "The Boogie Kings". He also owns an entertainment company named

Bayou Soul Entertainment. He has recorded 10 albums with, "Foret Tradition".

He has opened shows for Wayne Toups, T. Graham Brown, Billy Joe Royal, Tracy Byrd, Percy Sledge, Rockin'

Dopsie Jr., T.K. Hulin, GG Shinn, Trace Adkins, Don Rich, "The Boogie Kings", "Chee Weez" and many more.

Ryan has played many clubs, festivals, casinos, weddings, benefits and

corporate events all over the Gulf Coast from Biloxi, Mississippi to Southeast Texas. To name a few on the West

bank are, The Mona Lisa, Old Scorpio, The Swamp Inn, My Father's Junkyard, The Moulin Rouge, The Old Fireman's

Hall, Boomtown Casino and a lot more venues in Mississippi & Louisiana. The band is still performing 3 to 4 nights a

week and has been traveling the Gulf Coast every weekend for the past 15 years.

Ryan has been employed with Brand/Safway Solutions for the past 3 years. He has one child, Tatum, 17 years old

from a previous marriage and is currently married to Tara for the last 7 years. The couple resides in Marrero,

Louisiana

Wayne was born on February 28,1955 to Rose and Fred Folse

and has lived on the Westbank all his life.

He learned to play guitar at the age of 9½ years old and his brother Fred Jr. taught him to play rhythm on various

instruments. He played in musical groups in high school.

At age 18 he was playing at Papa Joe's on Bourbon Street in New

Orleans as a single act. He also worked in several top Rock n' Roll groups in the 1970's & 80's. In his mid- 30's he

joined a traveling band.

When he returned, he played with bands like, "Trix", "Ir and Sumtin' Sneaky" and Lil Dino. He later went to Frisco,

Texas as a cowriter and recorded sessions at Vault Studio in Houston.

For the last 5 years Wayne has been working on Bourbon Street as a single act. In addition to that he works with

various other groups as, "The Heaters" and "Neutral Ground" and appears with big soul bands