Description
Release Date: 2008
Label: Valcour Records
Track List
1 Cochon De Lait
2 Tee Black
3 Cedric Zydeco
4 J’ai Été Tout Autour Du Pays
5 Two-Step De Bouki
6 La Valse De Grand Basile
7 Zozo Noir
8 Ayoù T’as Couché?
9 Tu Seras Avec Moi
10 Texacreole Two-Step
11 Lala
12 La Vieille Chanson De Mardi Gras
13 Ma Chère Grandmère
14 La Valse À Bois Sec
15 Zydeco Du Violon
Personnel
Cedric Watson – Fiddle, Accordion, and Vocals
Jermaine Prejean – Drums
Eric Frey – Upright Bass, Banjo, Electric Bass on Tracks 7 + 15
Chas Justus – Electric and Acoustic Guitar
Jeffery Broussard – Electric Bass
Corey Ledet – Scrubboard and Triangle
Anna Laura Edmiston – Background Vocals
Kelli Jones – Background Vocals
Joel Savoy – Lead Guitar on Track 7
Notes
This album is the story of a historical Louisiana musician in the making. Cedric Watson returned to his roots in Louisiana after growing up in Sealy, Texas so he could develop his Creole music in the towns and pastures where his predecessors once played.
In this debut, GRAMMY-nominated solo release, Cedric channels the talents of his influences, such as Bois Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot, but proves his chops as a writer and composer with the majority of the songs on the album either his own creations and/or arrangements. Being well-versed in the history of the music he plays, Cedric creates music with strong Creole roots, and branches out appropriately and deliberately into Cajun and Zydeco sounds. As a result, there are tracks on this album that are instant classics, and others that are refreshingly new and different.
