Description
Release Date: 2024
Label: Independent
Track List
- Short And Sweet
- Do You Remember
- I’m Happy
- Bring It On Home To Me
- Dancing In The Streets
- T Lou
- Feel Alright Today
- Highway Man
- Anything You Want
- Good Man/Bon Norm
- Keep It Moving
Notes
Though 2024 is half over, Dwayne Dopsie is already knocking out a banner year. On February 26, the zydeco accordionist received a call from producer Raphael Saadiq to be part of Beyoncé’s landmark country album Cowboy Carter, released March 29. The next day, the zydeco accordionist hopped on an airplane bound for Los Angeles to play his accordion on Dolly Parton’s signature classic “Jolene.”
Then, on Sunday, May 5, Dwayne Dopsie was a special guest of The Rolling Stones’ Jazz Fest appearance on “Let It Bleed” and fist-bumped everyone on the way out. During the rehearsal, Ron Wood attempted to play his accordion. Keith Richards compared notes about cooking gumbos, and Mick Jagger talked about his brother Chris, who once had a zydeco band in England and played rubboard.
Dopsie’s twelfth studio effort, Now is The Time, is another significant component of why his banner year continues swimmingly. It features 10 originals and one lone cover, Sam Cooke’s 1962 hit “Bring It On Home,” which is vying for the possible leadoff single with “Dancing in the Streets,” based on Spotify hits. Only a couple of songs, “Highway Man” and “Anything You Want,” have been live staples for some time but were never waxed. Everything else is spanking new.
