Here is one of the young Zydeco players/bands coming up in the ranks.. Rusty Metoyer and Zydeco Krush. We saw him a couple years ago out here in San Diego and keeps getting better. What is great is when the bands play a ton of the great "cover" tunes that the dancers love dancing to.
Many bands that have been playing for a while start thinking all they need to do is create new tunes and play a few of the old tunes. What they don't realize is the dancers LOVE many of the old tunes. You know the feeling of when you buy a CD and you only like one or two tracks. So bands need to remember that dancers Love the cover tunes which is what Rusty played a lot of so the dancers loved him and the band.
I put in a request for this years Gator By The Bay festvial in San Diego to have Andre, Cedryl and Rusty for major Zydeco bands... would be a great lineup imo...
Many bands that have been playing for a while start thinking all they need to do is create new tunes and play a few of the old tunes. What they don't realize is the dancers LOVE many of the old tunes. You know the feeling of when you buy a CD and you only like one or two tracks. So bands need to remember that dancers Love the cover tunes which is what Rusty played a lot of so the dancers loved him and the band.
I put in a request for this years Gator By The Bay festvial in San Diego to have Andre, Cedryl and Rusty for major Zydeco bands... would be a great lineup imo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63A7zATjaIE
