Buckwheat Zydeco - Ma 'Tit Fille NEW ORLEANS TRIBUTE - Say hello to "The Big Easy".
With the deepest sincerity, our hearts go out to those who have been taken by Katrina and who've lost friends, family, and loved ones by Katrina. Also, to those who have been uprooted, who've lost so much; prayers and thoughts of love to you all from me and many others. To those who were there and helping their fellow man, in big or little ways, you are an asset to mankind.
TOO MUCH HEART FOR EVEN KATRINA TO KEEP HER DOWN! 'NAWLINS' ROSE ABOVE DEVASTATION and is still continuing to make a great comeback. Why? I suppose there was, is, and will always be too much human spirit backing her.
I don't listen to a lot of Zydeco, but there are a few songs that are very cool. I do like Buckwheat Zydeco when in the mood.
Enjoy the images of New Orleans, or rather, "Nawlins"
Bourbon Street, French Quarter, Good Times and Good Music.
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Cajun, Cajun, Cajun.
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from WIKIPEDIA -
Zydeco is a form of American roots or folk music, that evolved from the jure during the late 1800s call and response vocal music of the black and multiracial French speaking Creoles of south and southwest Louisiana. During the early 20th century this soulful, heavily syncopated, indigenous roots music was discovered by ethnomusicologists and records labels alike. Usually fast-tempo, and dominated by the button or piano accordion and a form of a washboard known as a rub-board or frottoir zydeco music was originally created for house dances so the blacks and free people of color of south Louisiana could gather for socializing. As the Creoles further established their communities and worshiped separately as well, the music moved to the Catholic church community center and then later to the rural dance halls and nightclubs. As a result, the music integrated waltzes, shuffles, two-steps, blues, rock and roll, and most dance music forms of the era. Today, the tradition of change and evolution in the music continues always keeping relevant while integrating even more genres like reggae, urban hip-hop, R&B, soul, brass band, ska, rock, Afro Caribbean and other styles in addition to the traditional forms.
The first zydeco vest frottoir (rubboard) was designed by Clifton Chenier, the "King of zydeco," in 1946 while he and his brother, Cleveland, were working at an oil refinery in Port Arthur, TX. The first zydeco rubboard made to Chenier's design was made at Chenier's request by their fellow Louisianian, Willie Landry, a master welder - fabricator, who was also working at the refinery. The zydeco rubboard, designed specifically for the genre solely as a percussion instrument, is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution. [1]
Other instruments common in zydeco include the old world accordion which is found in folk and roots music globally,guitar, bass guitar, drums, fiddle, horns and keyboards.Tags: buckwheat zydeco ma tit fille new orleans cajun bourbon street mardi gras french quarter big easy |
