Cajun country, MV. I'm not from here, nor do I have a drop of French in me, but one thing I can say about this state and the people is that they love their music and drink...so it isn't all bad. Well, aside from the hurricanes and all. But generally, we just party during those, too. Heh.
But yeah man, it's a great place to be a musician. Plenty of bars and festivals to play at. You can literally live off of your music just playing zydeco or traditional two-step type stuff. *jigs*
You're up north yourself, eh? Or midwest? I forget.