Voice, All Instruments | Sunpie Barnes | All Levels | Period 3 | Week 2 (July 13-17, 2026)
Participants will learn to play a full array of New Orleans music that gets any party started and people dancing anywhere. Styles will include Blues, gospel, Jazz, zydeco, and Carnival music. All instruments and vocalist are welcome.
About the Instructor
Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes is a musician, writer, naturalist, park ranger, ethnographic photographer, and actor from Saline County. He also played for National Football League (NFL) for a time. Along with his band, the Louisiana Sunspots, Barnes pioneered a unique mixture of zydeco (a créole musical style originating in Louisiana), blues, gospel, jazz, and African and Afro-Caribbean music into a musical gumbo that he dubbed “Afro-Louisiana” music. Barnes plays accordion, harmonica, piano, trombone, rub board, and various other instruments.