Rating:
Genre:
World
Release Date: 07/18/1993
Run Time: 53:39
A rich product of the Creole-American culture in Louisiana, singer/accordion player
Nathan Williams and his band
the Zydeco Cha Chas became one of the most popular
zydeco dance bands of the late 1980s and early- to late-'90s.
Follow Me Chicken points to the fact that while
Williams is very much an admirer of the great
Clifton Chenier, he's also a fine artist in his own right. This CD is full of surprises -- in addition to providing sweaty originals like
"Hey Maman" and
"Tout Partout Mon Passe," Chicken finds
Williams interpreting bluesman
Z.Z. Hill's
"I Need Someone to Love Me" and translating
Stevie Wonder's 1977 hit
"Isn't She Lovely" into French Creole. Another high point of the risk-taking album is
"Mama's Tired," which combines
zydeco with both
ska and '60s-type
soul. And African influences are incorporated on
"Zydeco Road" and
"Zydeco Is Alright," both of which employ guest
Kenyatta Simon on the djembe (a West African instrument).
Follow Me Chicken is a disc that
zydeco enthusiasts should make a point of obtaining.
~Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
;)
Listen
