CZ and the Bon Vivants is a rip-roaring, foot-stomping, smile-til-you-cry kind of Cajun Zydeco band that has Bay Area audiences up and dancing in record time. Relatively new to the scene, they have already played for the Kaiser Rooftop concert series, the Oakland noon summer concerts, the Solano Stroll,...
Formed in 1989, MotorDude Zydeco plays the infectious dance music of the Creole people of Southwest Louisiana known as “zydeco.” The Acadians (Cajuns), who had come from France via Canada in search of political freedom, originally brought the music to Louisiana. Adopting the adapting the music of the...
Tom Rigney, the fiery, electrifying violinist/composer, joins forces with some of the finest musicians on the San Francisco roots music scene to form Tom Rigney and Flambeau, a band that will tear the roof off of anyplace that has one and raise the spirits of everyone around. Rigney, after fifteen years...
The Zydeco Flames have rightfully gained a reputation as the West Coast’s premiere Zydeco band. Their fourth CD release, "Smokin’ at The Plant" appeared in stores in 1998, providing fans with hot Zydeco in the tradition of such masters as Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Queen Ida.