*free outdoor concert* Chad Viator has been working as a musician and teacher for over 15 years. In 2000 he graduated from the University of Louisiana obtaining a BA in music concentrating on classical guitar performance and electronic media. During this time he was given the opportunity to study with Dr. Gerd Wuestemann, Manuel Barrueco, Christopher Parkening, and John Holmquist. Chad participated in various guitar competitions in the United States winning the Pine Belt Guitar Symposium and Lamson Guitar competition in 1998. Upon graduating, he began to travel across the United States as well as internationally as a guitarist performing in many festivals including: The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The High Sierra Music Festival, Cayamo Cruise, South by Southwest, D-Fest, Festival Du Voyageur, Louisiana Crossroads, City Stages, The Waterfront Blues festival and has shared the stage with artist such as Sonny Landreth, Jimmy Buffett, Lionel Richie, Los Lobos, The Nevill Brothers, Buckwheat Zydeco, Michael Doucet, Johnny Allen, Belton Richard, Roddie Romero, Joel Guzman, GIVERS, The Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Stanton Moore, Mark Broussard, and others. In 20017 he was nominated for a Grammy award for his work on the album Gulfstream by Roddie Romero and the Hub City Allstars.

Abbeville resident Eric Adcock has been rocking alongside Roddie Romero for over 20 years. A self taught New Orleans style piano player and blues, funk, and soul organ player; Eric funnels the inspiration he receives from living in Abbeville into his songwriting and performances.
Although he is originally from Lafayette, Eric Adcock claims Abbeville as home. “Abbeville is important to me. I’ve been here for twelve years. I pay taxes here. I believe in this town. It is a beautiful and enchanting place to live,” Eric reveals, “it has soul.”
Adcock is a 1992 St. Thomas More High graduate, and he holds a degree in psychology from UL. His passion is music, but he doesn’t feel as though he chose to be a musician. He explains, “I was always a musician. It is not omething that I chose, it chose me. My grandfather had a great piece of advice for me about vocation. He said, ‘Don’t ever confuse who you are with what you do.’ I grew up by that guidance. So I separate everything and music. Music is who I am; it is not what I do.”
Eric began playing the piano at the age of five, and continues to hone his natural talent. “To this day, it takes every bit of effort and hard work and inspiration I have to continue to get better on that instrument. It’s a real beast!” he says. Adcock also proficiently plays the Hammond B-3 Organ. He does dabble with the piano accordion from time to time, but claims to be an awful player.
In addition to playing the piano and organ, Eric is also an accomplished songwriter and producer. He cites many great Louisiana musicians and songwriters as his professional inspiration including Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint, Fats Domino, Clifton Chenier, and Bobby Charles. “One of the greatest songwriters in history was Bobby Charles Guidry who was from Abbeville. In fact, his sister lives around the corner from my house. I draw a lot of inspiration from him; he is definitely one of my songwriting muses. I feel a connection to him and his work. Living in the town where he was from makes choosing to reside here just that much cooler for me.”