Important music poll!

[mainegreen]

Zydeco music is

[dubeskin]

1. Other

Something I've never heard of :rofl:!

[mainegreen]

2. Be grateful! The local station is hell-bent on playing the nasty stuff....

all day!

x(

[Gatchaman]

3. Zydeco?

Are you referring to cajun polka?

[mainegreen]

4. That's the stuff. Am I the only one who's radio station is constantly

assaulting me with the stuff?

[kwassa]

5. Zydeco is wonderful music.

Though it is usually better live than on record, with some exceptions.

I would suggest a collection of Clifton Chenier's greatest hits, as he really was the ultimate artist in the field. Boozoo Chavis is another one I particularly like. I have probably seem all the major artists in zydeco at one time or another, though Clifton passed before I got involved.

There is also Cajun music, which is related but not quite the same. The most outstanding band in that group is Beausoliel, with the leader Michael Doucet being a major force in that field.

If you are from Maine, most of the music has distant roots in Acadia, where most of French country music first came to these shores. It was transported to Louisiana after the British beat the French, and many of them left. From there it was mixed with other influences.

Zydeco is great stuff.

[KamaAina]

6. "Les haricots sont pas sales"

literally "the snap beans are not salty", is the lyric that gave zydeco its name. Say "les haricots" over and over again real fast and you'll get the idea.

Zydeco is the music of the many people of color who identify as Cajun. The whiter "Cajun music", as described above, is no slouch either, though.

Imagine a middlin' medium-size state having three indigenous forms of music (jazz, of course, being the third). Kee yaw!