Boco LaTour
George LaTour
         Foot on piano


       Sister and brother, Boco and George LaTour, began their musical careers as founding members (along with brother Joe, sister Sue, CJ Bonadona, and Virgil Joffrion) of The Fifth Autumn, a band which started in Donaldsonville in the mid 1960's. The Fifth Autumn got to be very well known, playing all over Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and even spending several weeks playing in Aspen Colorado. After "The Autumn", George and Boco then went on to form Cocodris a band specializing in original material that had a wide following in Baton Rouge and South Louisiana, recording a cover version of the Elvis song "Crawfish". This recording is presently being featured on the popular website, "Home Of the Groove". A site dedicated to New Orleans and Louisiana music. After Cocodris George played several years with Trilogy a popular Baton Rouge dance band. Boco went on to play and record and album with Rufus Jagneaux and His PoBoy Band from Lafayette, then moved back to Baton Rouge where she recorded with Big Luther Kent, Duke Bardwell, LaRoux and George LaTour for Cyril Vetter, played with The Napoleon Street Shufflers and Bluesy Jacuzzi  becoming one of the musical icons of the city

Both Boco and George got out of music for a while to raise their families but around the mid nineties the groove once again came calling and they started jamming along with their brother Joe, former Fifth Autumn bass player and singer; Boco's son, Zack a drummer and George's two sons, Brandon and Tim, both guitar players (drums also for Tim). This group played mainly at family reunions and family parties but this eventually led to "getting the band back together on a mission from God" to form Boco and the LaTour Boys. This group again began playing public venues. They were joined in this "mission" by drummer Glenn Sotile another Donaldsonville native who had played for many years (and still plays) in his father Mitch Sotile's Dixieland band which is still performing under the name Mitch and the Originals. Unfortunately brother Joe passed away in 2004 which knocked the band for a loop and shut things down for a while. But...the groove again won out and Boco, vocals; George, piano and vocals; Glenn, drums; along with Ray Capone, guitar and vocals; Stan Rome, bass and vocals; and Anthony Marcello; vocals (all D'ville natives who have their own musical stories to tell) are back rockin' as "The Avenue Cruisers".