Cajun down under

March 11, 1998
Issue 
309

Cajun down under

Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers kicked off their Australian tour at the Adelaide Festival's Club Squeezebox, February 27-March 1. It seems Beau Jocque and his gang are the biggest things in the south Louisiana-east Texas zydeco scene and are keen for Australians to learn more about the funky and fascinating music born of the vibrant culture of that largely French-speaking part of the US. Zydeco music combines rural Louisiana African-American jump blues, New Orleans southern soul, accordion- and fiddle-laden up-tempo French Creole Cajun waltzes and two-steps, gut bucket rock 'n' roll with a touch of country. Mix that with something to drink and some spicy Cajun cooking, and you have one hell of party! Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers will be playing in Sydney at the Basement, Circular Quay, March 10-12.

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