Description
Release Date: 2002
Label: Maison de Soul
Track List
1 –Boozoo Chavis – Dog Hill 2:30
2 –Clifton Chenier – Oh, My Lucille 3:35
3 –Keith Frank – Bernadette C’est My ‘Tit Creole 2:35
4 –Zydeco Force – You Used To Call Me 3:44
5 –Zydeco Joe – Laissez Le Bon Temp Rouler 3:31
6 –Rockin Sidney – If It’s Good For The Gander 3:59
7 –John Delafose – Richard Two-Step 3:05
8 –Keith Frank – Zydeco Sont Pas Salé 3:02
9 –Willis Prudhomme And The Zydeco Express – Cornbread Two-Step 1:43
10 –Lil Malcolm & The House Rockers – Going To The Country 3:37
11 –Boozoo Chavis – Johnnie Ma Cabri 3:11
12 –Jean Pierre And Zydeco Angels – Chere Mama 4:14
13 –Rosie Ledet – C’est Tout Finis 3:41
14 –Morris Francis – Tonight Is A Good Night 3:28
15 –The Sam Bros. Five – Josephine C’est Pas Ma Femme 3:07
16 –Zydeco Force – Shaggy Dog Two-Step 2:35
Notes
A collection of tunes of some of the best “Old Skool” Zydeco ever recorded… Dat’s Zydeco! Although Zydeco generally wears its R&B roots on its sleeve, there are country influences in the gumbo, as well, and this collection of funked-up waltzes and two-steps gives ample evidence of that. Highlights include the opening track “Dog Hill,” by Boozoo Chavis, and the steady, relentless groove of another contribution from Chavis, “Johnnie Ma Cabri.” The immortal Clifton Chenier is represented here with one of his most beautiful songs, the stately waltz “Oh, My Lucille,” which briskly clips along on its accordion and saxophone interplay. Zydeco has its origin in the blues, but its goal as a music has always been to fill the dance floor, and Dat’s Zydeco shows exactly how that’s done.
