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Zydeco New Years Eve Blow Out 2001
(1/1/02) Zydeco fans from
the Bay Area and beyond enjoyed an exhausting 4 days of great music and
dance over the 2001 New Year's Eve weekend at Eagle's Hall in Alameda.
Presented by Louisiana Sue, Dana DeSimone and The West Coast Cajun/Zydeco Music
& Dance Association, the weekend began with a high energy set on Friday
night with Brian Jack & the Zydeco Gamblers from Houston Texas,
who started full force from their opening number, and never let up.
Saturday, the Bay Area's Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic played, Sunday was a
"Zydeco Shoot Out" with Andre Thierry laying down the gauntlet to Brian Jack &
the Zydeco Gamblers and New Year's Eve was celebrated in style with Lil Malcolm & the House Rockers.
It was great to see friends from around the country and it was impossible to pick a
winner among all the bands.
Brian Jack writes & performs some great songs
in the urban zydeco style - fast paced, great harmonies, and shares some
great stage moves with his frontmen Adrian Zavala (guitar) and (rubboard ) Jody
Lemelle . Among the highlights were "L'Argent", "Step Back - Give Me
Some Room" and "Get it Started".
Andre Thierry was accompanied at times by special guests Steve Nash on rubboard,
Brian Jack on guitar and various members of Lil Malcolm's band for his sets.
Andre
moved effortlessly from one accordion to another playing inspired
renditions of songs ranging from Keith Frank's "Rainbow" to Clifton
Chenier's "I'm Coming Home". He also played bass for Lil Malcolm
on Sunday.
Lil Malcolm did a fine job
playing his piano accordion to an appreciative crowd on New Year's Eve.
Louisiana Sue, Lil
Malcolm, Olivia Thierry and a stage full of musicians and party-goers welcomed in
the New Year and brought the festivities to a close.
