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“The blues is here to stay, whether good or bad. They are gonna be as long as man is around†- Willie Dixon. Congo Square was formed in May 2005.
Five started. The singer was fired after a while for not believing in God.
He was currently sighted in a remote village singing Greek folklore music and Apalachian cobra worship chants... The rhythm guitarist left soon after his wife started feeling not so sure as to what her nice hubby was doing with a bunch of people playing a lot of tunes about infidelity and polygamy. And then the drummer left because he started believing that aliens are about to invade the earth and all blues-earthlinks will be zapped to oblivion. Now there's just two of the founding members left in the band, Panagiotis "Cinnamon" Kanellis on electric bass and adamant Andrew "Chestnut" Kastanakis on guitar(s). After January 2006 a ‘powerhouse’ drummer joined by the name of George Yiarelis.Congo Square is in the "vicinity" of a spot in New Orleans, LA., which Houmes Indians used before the arrival of the French for celebrating their annual corn harvest and was considered sacred ground. The gathering of enslaved African vendors in Congo Square originated as early as the late 1740's during Louisiana's French colonial period and continued during the Spanish colonial era as one of the city's public markets. By 1803,Congo Square had become famous for the gatherings of enslaved Africans who drummed, danced sang and traded on Sunday afternoons. By 1819, these gatherings numbered as many as 500 to 600 people. Among the most famous dances were the 'Bambouia', the 'Calinda' and the 'Congo'. These African cultural expressions gradually developed into Mardi Gras Indian traditions, the Second line and eventually New Orleans jazz and rhythm and blues.
