Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers [sound recording].
Material type: MusicPublisher number: CD 2150 | RounderSpoken language: engfre Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, p1996.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inOther title:- Additional title on container: Gonna take you downtown
- Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers
- Going to take you downtown
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD | Main Library | CD | FOLK Jocque, Beau | Available | 33111003377252 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A stunning album of songs from all over the board. Beau Jocque here incorporates songs of his own making alongside those of other zydeco legends Clifton Chenier and Boozoo Chavis. To top it off, he throws in a couple from zydeco outsiders War and Bob Dylan, reformatted to force a dance. One of the main highlights of the album (and all Jocque albums, really) is the interplay between the more frantic Steve Charlot vocals and Jocque's slower, rougher returns. Jocque is always faster and a little more party-ready than Chenier, and this album displays that nicely. There are still some slightly easier-going pieces ("It's So Easy When You're Breezin'"). The things that set Jocque's band apart from other zydeco mainstays are the infusions of rock and funk, usually more or less missing from the genre. Stutter guitar and organ backings are no surprise in his music. If nothing else, pick it up for a cover of "Knockin on Heaven's Door" that's more heartfelt than anything Guns N' Roses could ever muster. ~ Adam Greenberg
Compact disc.
Program notes by Geoffrey Himes inserted in container.
Gonna take you downtown (5:07) -- Cisco Kid (4:52) -- Allé parti pour voi Beau Jocque = Going to see Beau Jocque (3:08) -- I'm on the wonder (6:20) -- The back door (2:45) -- Boogie woogie all nite long (5:28) -- It's so easy when you're breezin' (4:17) -- A little love always make it bettah (4:48) -- Just one kiss (4:39) -- Knockin' on heaven's door (6:58) -- Kinder 2 step (2:45) -- Make it stank (4:39).
Beau Jocque, lead vocals, triple-row and five-row button accordions, French accordion ; Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Russell "Sly" Dorion, guitars and backing vocals ; Michael Lockett, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals ; Chuck Bush, bass and backing vocals ; Wilfred "Caveman" Pierre, rubboard ; Steve "Skeeta" Charlot, drums and second vocal) ; with Erick Minix, drums on "Knockin' on heaven's door".
Recorded Apr. 1996, at Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans.