R. Cajun and The Zydeco Brothers

R. Cajun was created in 1979 by Chris Hall, a previous person in Shufflin’ Sam and an enthusiastic enthusiast of Cajun music. The initial line-up was Chris Hall (b. 2 July 1952, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Britain; accordion, vocals), Tony Dark (fiddle), Alf Billington (acoustic guitar, vocals), and Veronica Matthews (triangle). The next yr, Trevor Hopkins (bass) became a member of the line-up, but was quickly changed by Beeds (b. 13 Oct 1947, Derby, Derbyshire, Britain; acoustic guitar, harmonica). The line-up, which began to make some effect on the folk circuit in 1982, contains Hall, Billington, John Squire (fiddle, acoustic guitar, mandolin), who became a member of that yr, as do Jan Hall (b. 17 January 1953, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Britain; triangle, percussion). Bayou Rhythms included the Zydeco Brothers, Graham Jones (bass) and Neil ‘Freddy’ Hopwood (b. 23 Apr 1947, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Britain; drums). Hopwood experienced formerly been an associate of Dr. Strangely Unusual as well as the Sutherland Brothers rings. The album included some infectious items such as for example ‘Cajun Two-Step’, and ‘Bayou Pom Pom Unique’, aswell as standards such as for example ‘Jambalaya’ and ‘Deportees’, and quickly set up them as a favorite group at celebrations. In 1984, Dave Blant (b. 27 November 1949, Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, Britain; bass, vocals) joined up with, changing Graham Jones. Having previously still left the group, Tony Dark re-joined them in 1986, subsequently changing John Squire. The same calendar year, Clive Harvey (b. 27 November 1945, Watford, Hertfordshire, Britain; electric guitar, vocals) was added. It had been this line-up that documented Pig Sticking In Arcadia. 3 years afterwards, Dark again still left the group, to become changed by Derek Richardson (fiddle), after that Dave ‘Mitch’ Proctor (b. 8 Dec 1952, Heanor, Derbyshire, Britain; fiddle) joined up with in 1990, updating Richardson. In 1991, Hall produced the Bearcats which also included Proctor in the line-up. Hall is the co-owner of Swamp, a business that works Bearcat Records as well as the UK’s best Cajun location, The Swamp Golf club, in Derby. John Elliott (acoustic guitar, vocals) changed Clive Harvey in 1998. Regardless of the different personnel changes, the entire audio of R. Cajun AS WELL AS THE Zydeco Brothers offers remained remarkably continuous. Their mixture of Cajun and zydeco, aside from becoming unusual, has put into the music group’s original audio and design. They continue playing celebrations, both in the home and overseas, where they may be equally popular.