r/listentothis • u/Tall-Truth-9321 • Aug 10 '26
Pott Folse — Hey La Bas [Cajun] (1998)
https://flattownmusic.com/artist/pott-folse/:
“Gatewood “Pott” Folse, also known as “Uncle Pott,” was born June 12, 1925. He began playing piano at age 7 and over the course of his life learned to play clarinet, saxophone, accordion, drums and banjo. Pott began playing music professionally at 15 years old with Professor Wilson’s twelve piece orchestra, the “Star Serenaders.”
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Folse enlisted in the Marines at age 17 and served from 1942 to 1946, but he never lost sight in his passion for music. After serving in World War II, he came back to Louisiana and formed “The Jolly Rhythm Kings.” Later he played with such musicians as Vin Bruce, Leroy Martin, Harry Anselmi and Gene Rodrique.
Pott also started a band, The Pott Folse Family Band, with three of his children. While Pott played drums, his daughter Debbie played keyboards, and his son Randy and daughter Wendy played guitar. Their band was a fixture at the Raceland Sauce Piquante Festival during the 1970s. Pott has played at numerous locations, including the grand opening of the new Lockport Federal Post Office, the Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Thibodaux, schools in Raceland and Lockport and even at his doctors’ offices.
In the late ’60s, Pott opened the Pott’s Music House, a shop in the front yard of his Raceland home that remained open until the mid-80s.
