Nathan &\; the Zydeco Cha Chas'\; Mardi Gras Dance Party

\n $Nathan &\; the Zydeco Cha Chas' Mardi Gras Dance Party$ \n\n

2-11-2018
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\nMARDI GRAS DANCE PARTY!
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\nNathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas \;is arguably the best zydeco band in the nation\, matching superb musicianship and clever songs with a knack for keeping dancers on the floor. \;Lifetime Achievement Award \;winner Williams doesn'\;t just stand on a stage - he owns it\; his presence fills the room. And his band\, the Zydeco Cha-chas\, rattle the windows and walls with their hard-driving mix of blues\, rock\, Cajun and Creole music known as Zydeco. The Cha-chas are a tight-knit mix of family and seasoned vets. \;Brother Dennis Paul \;has been the band'\;s guitarist for over a decade\, cousin \;Mark\, on rub-board\, has been with the band since Williams cranked it up in '\;88. Hard hitting drummer \;Herman Rat Brown\, who played with \;Buckwheat Zydeco \;for years\, is a long time Cha-Chas vet. Brown is a no frills percussionist who hits his snare with a resounding thwack like a pistol shot. He keeps his kick drum anchored by a bungee cord to the kitchen chair he sits in to play so that the drum won'\;t slide away away from the terrific big foot stomp he keeps up all evening.
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\nDecked out in his big black cowboy hat and sunglasses\, Williams transports his audience to a sweaty Saturday night throw-down in a steamy roadhouse deep in bayou country. Mixing tempos and genres from the hard-driving Zydeco drenched soul of his take on Otis Redding'\;s "\;Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Sad Songs"\; to Boozoo Chavis'\; rattly Cajun classic "\;Paper In My Shoe\,"\; Williams keeps the dance floor full of energetic and enthusiastic fans writhing in ecstasy all night long.
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\nNathan is a grinning ambassador for all things Louisiana. He keeps saying that in his home town of St Martinville\, "\;even the crawfish have soul."\; Switching from diatonic to piano to button accordions\, he strolls though the crowd as he plays\, stopping to squeeze off a blast of hot licks in an adoring fan'\;s face before hopping back to center stage. He alternates a syncopated take of "\;When the Saints Go Marchin'\; In"\; with Archie Bell and the Drells '\;68 hit "\;Tighten Up\,"\; rips off a frenetic version of king of Zydeco Clifton Chenier'\;s "\;Zydeco Boogaloo\,"\; and finishes with a rousing version of Lee Dorsey'\;s New Orleans classic "\;Sitting In La La."\;
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\nNathan &\; the Cha-chas are a lively antidote for cold feet\, a hot shot of lively music that doesn'\;t get round to these parts often enough.
\n"\;Wherever you'\;re at\, I can make you rock\,"\; Nathan says. "\;If you don'\;t get up and shake a leg\, you better call the undertaker."\;

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