Member Since: 11/14/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/zydecoted
Band Members: Presently:
Pierre' Griffen, Bass Guitar
Lee Sabel, Drums
(Guitar) Different Players
Influences: I'll probably miss some people that really influenced my Blues,Soul, Zydeco & Cajun styles I play, but I'm going to go in chronological order: Jackie Wilson,James Brown,BB King,Howlin' Wolf, Fats Domino,Smokey Robinson,Al Green, Johnny Winter,Doug Kershaw, Clifton Chenier,Buckwheat Zydeco,JoEl Sonnier,Zachary Richard,Marc Savoy,Wayne Toups,Beau Joque,Terrence Simeon,Boozo Chevis,Jeffery Broussard,Rockin' Sydney,Nathan Williams, Raymond Chevis and many others. You can hear some these artists' influences in my new Zydeco/Blues CD "Texas Zydeco" It just came out and is presently being released to record companies, publishers, agents, managers and various Zydeco and Blues magazines. Since my heart is the "Big Fun Louisiana Style" sound with a Texas Style though, I decided to include 2 waltzes played on the Cajun Accordion. The one Waltz I have on my samples is called "Clair De Lune'" It's a sort of "Romeo/Julliette" theme of two seperated Louisiana Lovers, who can only communicate with each other through the moon. The other Button Accordion Zydeco Step song I have is called "Zydeco Dance Talkin' "The"Title Cut" from our up-coming "Texas Zydeco" CD is on MySpace as well as "Heartbeat Blues" which was made from assigning minor blues cords to an EKG pattern of my own heart! It came out sounding like a sad/soulful "Zydeco Lament"
I'll be rotating the songs from time to time. Hope y'all enjoy!
Sounds Like: "Rockin' Zydeco with a Texas Blues Swing"Heavy on the Blues/Swing style, but some lean toward a tradional La La StyleZydeco Ted
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None