Of the more than 100 Louisiana artists that released albums in 1994, none had a year like New Orleans guitar-pop trio Deadeye Dick.

In 1994, the lives of Caleb Guillotte, Mark Miller and Billy Landry were forever changed by ten little words. Those words—“she don't eat meat but she sure likes the bone”—are the punchline to Deadeye Dick's "New Age Girl." In the last 12 months, "New Age Girl" has gone from being a local band's signature song to an out-and-out pop phenomena.

The...