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Zydecobrad’s SoCal Cajun & Zydeco Website for Cajun / Zydeco Entertainment
Some of my Favorite Vidoes
over the years: Check them out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSTDHc2-PzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC4wKm0EtSQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3b0npXKth0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBHNgcb31Io
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UthTRkPJTZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUUKXfWEdaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qyzoMZG6WE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bV386RUBUQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXsePOU13mI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeKXc8mr95k&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07DeiEVxejI
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnTCUs2dN5B_hwWjrTfMrTQ/videos?view_as=subscriber
Dick Brainard - Upcoming Cajun-Zydeco Festivals
1..GATOR BY THE BAY FEST
in San Diego is the weekend of May 6-7-8 with a great lineup of Cajun,
Zydeco, Swing, Blues, Country music. Go to www.gatorbythebay.com for details.
2. STRAWBERRY
PARK CAJUN-ZYDECO FEST is June 9-10-11-12 with a great lineup. Go to www.strawberrypark.net &
navigate from there for details.
3. WATERFRONT
BLUES FEST, July 1-2-3-4, Portland, OR. Go
to www.waterfrontbluesfest.com for details.
Ticket info on the festival website.
A block of rooms
has been reserved at the Uplace Hotel a 10-minute
walk to the main festival gate. Only a few rooms are available for the nights
of June 30 & July 1-2-3-4 (5 nights) at the discount rate of $121 + tax per night with breakfast
included.
Chubby Carrier
will be featured on a zydeco river cruise for his birthday on July 1 at
3:00 PM. And zydeco music will be all day July 2 & 3 on the Front Porch
Stage. A huge fireworks display will end thefestival
July 4 at 10 PM. To make a hotel reservation go to www.uplacehotel.com click on Book
Now, select your dates from June 30-July 4 (5
nights), type in Group Code WBFZYD, click on Availability give your personal info & hit
GO to reserve. To reserve by phone call 866-845-4647 & chose option 1
(hope this works). Once you have successfully reserved please send me an
email of your dates so I can ask for more discount rooms as
the block fills up. If any problem booking let me know-I might be able to
help.
To reach the
hotel from the airport take the appropriate hotel shuttle van from outside
the lower level at PDX, or take the MAX light rail
line on the lower level of PDX to SW 4th & Morrison in
downtown, walk forward one
block to SW 5th & take the Brown line or Green line
southbound on SW 5th about 10 blocks to SW 3rd &
Lincoln. The hotel is just across the street on SW 3rd.
4. Book your Holiday
Inn discount rooms for the 2022 FESTIVALS ACADIENS, October 13-14-15-16. I
will send out the booking info separately in a couple days. Be sure to book
your room before the discount goes
away the end of September.
5. Book your
Holiday Inn discount rooms for the week between CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR in
Lafayette, LA. I will send out the booking info separately in a couple
days. Be sure to book your room by the early part of December before the discount rate goes away.
From Brad Sjoblom:
It has been fun but after
20 years of putting out a weekly newsletter I have decided to hand off my
newsletter effort to others that have a more vested interest in promoting
Cajun and Zydeco news and events. The http://zydecobrad.com site will stay up and
you can use the links to find bands, , festival
information, and event promoters. I will always love the culture, music,
and dance. See you on the dance
floor!
Note: Please send your
events to GUY@GUYMARTINDESIGN.COM and zydecobrad@aol.com. Guy Martin Wenzel will be taking
over the newsletter for all future events.
You can find Cajun and Zydeco
news, events, lessons, tours from the following sites:
Creole Cajun Social Club Joe Sands Fontenot http://www.cajuncreolesocialclub.com/
San Diego Gator by the Bay Festival https://www.gatorbythebay.com/
Simi Valley Cajun Blues Festival http://www.simicajun.org/
Long Beach Bayou Festival http://longbeachbayou.com/
Long Beach Crawfish Festival https://www.longbeachcrawfishfestival.com/index.php
San Diego’s Bon Temps Social Club http://www.icajunzydeco.com/
San Diego’s Bon Temps Social Club News
email posts:Request to
be added - btsc@dances.com
Facebook: Request to join the Group Louisiana Zydeco/Cajun
Bands on USA Tour
Golden Sails Dance Events email DavidSousa@verizon.net
Cajun
& Blues Music Festival blog http://cajunbluesblog.com/
Folkworks
Events Calendar https://folkworks.org/folk-happenings/folkworks-music-calendar
Lisa
Haley & the Zydekats Lisa Haley & the Zydekats
GRAMMY Nominee – Americana/Cajun/Zydeco
Autumn Shows coming your way now!
October: We Celebrate 25 years as a band! -Catch Zydecosis!!
Lisa Haley "Chicken Fiddler" Video –
Over 686,000 Youtube hits – and counting! B’gawk!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llHKUzjggg4
Now Booking shows for 2019-2020!!
Post on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/lisahaley.zydekats
Earn free tickets to see the
Zydekats - Join our "Fest Quest Team" - see below!
OUR WORLD NEEDS JOYFUL
MUSIC!! Love, Lisa
and the Kats
High Life Cajun Band at Mercury Club Denver Co
September 22nd.
San Diego 2019 Gator By The
Bay Videos
Kevin
Naquin_Geno Delafose_Chubby
Carrier Playing together
At
2019 Gator By The Day Saturday Night Dance
https://youtu.be/bMfAyLVF1qc
Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys 2
At
2019 18 Annual Gator By The Bay in San Diego
https://youtu.be/4TNP_0KiI1Q
Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band Rock
Me Baby
At
2019 San Diego 18 Annual Gator By The Bay
https://youtu.be/aToivV1aBtk
Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys 1
At 2019 San Diego 18 Annual Gator By The Bay
https://youtu.be/uj_l_L_f7i8
Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys Waltz
At 2019 San Diego 18 Annual Gator By The Bay
https://youtu.be/gFjkzK-syd4
Geno Delafose and French Rockin’
Boogie
At 2019 18 Annual Gator By
The Bay in San Diego
https://youtu.be/VdwORsGWkN8
Chubby Carrier & the Bayou
Swamp Band 1
At 2019 18 Annual Gator By
The Bay in San Diego
https://youtu.be/MJl7VhzgFKc
Geno Delafose and French Rockin’
Boogie 2
At 2019 18 Annual Gator By
The Bay in San Diego
https://youtu.be/SA949nVrfmg
4/15/19 Andre
Thierry at: The
French Quarter Creole Bar & Grill
Andre Thierry Zydeco 1 04/15/2019 The French Quarter
Creole Bar & Grill
https://youtu.be/vXauaxp0ZPg
Andre Thierry Zydeco 1 04/15/2019 The French Quarter
Creole Bar & Grill
https://youtu.be/AqN2SdT-KeQ
Videos (1/20) of Blake Miller and the
Old Fashioned Aces
at StillWater Spirits & Sounds in Dana Point
1.
https://youtu.be/_E3IX2mUCsU
2.
https://youtu.be/_vvCVgEn1mw
3.
https://youtu.be/-vGwHmHsZoQ
As the grandson of the world-renowned Cajun accordion-builder Larry Miller.
helping in his grandfather’s shop from a very early age, he met and was
influenced by some of the greatest names in Louisiana music.
“This is what I grew up with. I thought everyone listened to
Cajun music all the time,” Miller says. Inspired by the constant
contact with famed Cajun and Creole musicians, the steady stream of house
parties and jams at his grandfather’s shop, Miller has been playing
since receiving his first toy accordion at age 5, and
also plays fiddle, guitar, bass, and his latest obsession, steel
guitar. He’s gone on to become a legendary Cajun musician himself.
Having played widely throughout the U.S. and traveling all over the
world in his 32 years, as founding member of Pine Leaf Boys and member of
the Red Stick Ramblers Miller has performed with just about every renowned
Cajun artist in Louisiana, and an extensive list of venues rivaling that of
a musician twice his age.
Asked how he came to the Aces trio configuration, Miller says, “I
wanted to do something more homey, like comfort
food-you know, like a great gumbo. Something that would stick to your ribs.“My favorite places
to play are the old opera houses and the dance halls. The places with low
ceilings, dark, not always good sound. The grittier places.”
What inspires and drives Miller is his passion for bringing back
traditional Cajun music and letting people know that “Cajun music is
alive! It’s happening! It’s the real thing! Come check it
out!”
We really enjoyed dancing to Andre
Thierry Sunday October 14th.
Here is a YouTube Video of Andre and the Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjAZ_zkHWL8
Long Beach Bayou Festival videos of the festival:
Acadien
Cajun Band Long Beach Bayou 2018 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21gLj793wPM
Acadien
Cajun Band Long Beach Bayou 2018 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf4oLDAcMSk
Acadien
Cajun Band Long Beach Bayou 2018 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_1cheAiaRI
Acadien
Cajun Band Long Beach Bayou 2018 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKRoszcW9LE
Jeffrey
Broussard Long Beach Bayou festival 2018
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXAi1xGLkN4
JoJo
Reed Long Beach Bayou 2018
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TapruUAFI3E
2018 Simi Valley Cajun
& Blues Festival
Lisa
Haley & The Zydekats – In Honor of Stephen D. Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNWY_3UxmY
Lost Bayou Ramblers 3 - 2018 Simi Valley Cajun
& Blues Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cza_l4TvfAA
Kevin Naquin & Ossun Playboys 1 - 2018
Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQP0ynIADE
Kevin Naquin & Ossun Playboys 2 - 2018 Simi
Valley Cajun & Blues Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmq9Rk6ePHI
Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band 3 -
2018 Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_gOQd36UiY
Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band 2 -
2018 Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXNLlBptDFM
Chubby Cariier &
The Bayou Swamp Band 1 - 2018 Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSu-OkQL8Os
Lost Bayou Ramblers 1 -2018 Simi Valley Cajun
& Blues Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAaBpuepkuM
Lost Bayou Ramblers 2 -2018 Simi Valley Cajun
& Blues Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKTX3ybrpro
La Recolte 1 - 2018 Simi Valley Cajun &
Blues Festival
Long
Beach Bayou 2017
Pine
Leaf Boys Long Beach Bayou 2017 1
https://youtu.be/NvHAX1v8VaY
Pine
Leaf Boys Long Beach Bayou 2017 2
https://youtu.be/BUUKXfWEdaE
Brian
Jack & the Zydeco Gamblers at Long Beach Bayou 2017
https://youtu.be/YF3hmtQIYVE
T
Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers 1 Long Beach Bayou 2017
https://youtu.be/64ZnZ5tEG1s
T Broussard
& the Zydeco Steppers 2 Long Beach Bayou 2017
https://youtu.be/bQ2DUggLt4o
Mark
St Mary Long Beach Bayou 2017
https://youtu.be/7Y0AIzeKun0
Seville
and Company
Long Beach Bayou 2017
https://youtu.be/K_GC2HedDeI
2017 Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music
Festival
Here are a few videos:
1. Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers @
Simi Valley Cajun&Blues Festival 2017
https://youtu.be/uXsePOU13mI
2. The Cajun Trio: Michael Doucet, David Doucet
& Mitch Reed with Doug Kershaw 2 @ Simi Valley Cajun&Blues Festival 2017
https://youtu.be/Ko2L6sflMpc
3. The Cajun Trio:
Michael Doucet, David Doucet & Mitch Reed with Jo-El Sonnier 2 @ Simi
Valley Cajun&Blues Festival 2017
https://youtu.be/HVGmOV5r_HU
4. The Cajun Trio: Michael Doucet, David Doucet
& Mitch Reed with Jo-El Sonnier @ Simi Valley Cajun&Blues
Festival 2017
https://youtu.be/Ul6sYjL_1cw
5. The Cajun Trio: Michael Doucet, David Doucet
& Mitch Reed with Doug Kershaw @ Simi Valley Cajun&Blues
Festival 2017
https://youtu.be/5qyzoMZG6WE
2017 San Diego’s Zydeco, Blues &
Crawfish Festival
Peter Oliver MC - Geno Delafose and the French Rockin' Boogie & Ben Rice Gator by the Bay 2017
https://youtu.be/cBHNgcb31Io
Geno Delafose, Chubby Carrier, Steve Riley, & Ben
Rice @ Gator by the Bay 2017 2
https://youtu.be/cC4wKm0EtSQ
Geno Delafose, Chubby Carrier, Steve Riley, & Ben
Rice @ Gator by the Bay 2017 1
https://youtu.be/_3b0npXKth0
Chubby Carrier Gator by the Bay 2017 2
https://youtu.be/5gLPxFvNT8Q
Chubby Carrier Gator by the Bay 2017 1
https://youtu.be/vvkqwsFaMXY
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys Gator by the Bay
2017 1
https://youtu.be/0JP_6b1QH74
Steve Riley in the Mamou Playboys Gator by the Bay 2017 2
https://youtu.be/euWsLGbJ5lM
Check out the Video’s from The Long Beach Bayou Below:
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners at
The Long Beach Bayou 2016
https://youtu.be/1fnjcjklJXM
J.J. Caillier &
the Zydeco Knockouts at The Long Beach Bayou 2016 with Wendy Lemlin
https://youtu.be/Rnik2niBJ2A
La Recolte Cajun Music @ Long Beach Bayou 2016
3
https://youtu.be/UI0Cgc6_hqU
La Recolte Cajun Music @ Long Beach Bayou 2016
2
https://youtu.be/swU0PlPRrl4
La Recolte Cajun Music @ Long Beach Bayou 2016
1
https://youtu.be/Xd08LIyiobY
Mark St Mary Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band at The
Long Beach Bayou 2016 1
https://youtu.be/DY2RdyN4oF0
Mark St Mary Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band at The
Long Beach Bayou 2016 2
https://youtu.be/EnNQWadGq3c
Bonne Musique Zydeco at The Long Beach Bayou
2016 1
https://youtu.be/nzBbTSDsPCM
Bonne Musique Zydeco at The Long Beach Bayou
2016 2
https://youtu.be/eiZ2rJY4VxA
2016 Simi Valley Cajun and Blues
Festival Videos
Jo-El Sonnier Simi Valley Cajun Biues Festival
2016 1
https://youtu.be/L4utPB4yn1E
Jo-El Sonnier Simi Valley Cajun Biues Festival 2016 2
https://youtu.be/KC1n4TegFnI
Jo-El Sonnier Simi Valley Cajun Biues Festival 2016 3
https://youtu.be/4sFrbEywsMc
Erin Brandt and Peter Oliver Dancing at Simi Valley Cajun
and Blues Festival 2016
https://youtu.be/2xw-67mORuQ
Chubby Carrier at Simi Valley Cajun and Blues
Festival 2016 1
https://youtu.be/0P1hJDRjSus
Chubby Carrier at Simi Valley Cajun and Blues Festival
2016 2
https://youtu.be/JzELJmiGX-I
Chubby Carrier at Simi Valley Cajun and Blues Festival
2016 3
https://youtu.be/hfBt5ykqCD4
Dwayne Dopsie at Simi Valley Cajun and Blues
Festival 2016 1
https://youtu.be/GeKXc8mr95k
Dwayne Dopsie at Simi Valley Cajun and Blues Festival
2016 2
https://youtu.be/4E_Gh8umNQs
Zydeco meets Lindy at the Simi Valley Cajun Blues
festival 2016
Great dancing Robert Vangor with your beautiful dance partner.
https://youtu.be/j9IJy-LYhNk
Leon Russel at the Simi Valley Cajun and
Blues Festival 2016
https://youtu.be/20KSC16EPFc
Doug Kirshaw and Steve Riley at the Simi Valley Cajun and
Blues Festival 1
https://youtu.be/Iz4eaWZLOU4
Doug Kirshaw and Steve Riley at the Simi Valley Cajun and
Blues Festival 2
https://youtu.be/OStVuBlqMTU
Bonnie Musique Zydeco at Simi Valley Cajun and Blues
Festival 1
https://youtu.be/ZOZOakolwBI
Bonne Musique Zydeco at Simi Valley Cajun and Blues
Festival 2
https://youtu.be/5TVxpQ9BbBg
Barbara Morrison Simi Valley Cajun and Blues
Festival 2016
https://youtu.be/cu-cZ1uRDl4
Thank You Peter Oliver, Al Gardner,
San Diego Bon Temps Social Club and All for another great San Diego Gator
by the Bay Festival. Below are
a number of Videos from the festival
San Diego Gator by the Bay
2016 Brad Sjoblom and Kathy dancing to Bonsoir Catlin. Peter Oliver doing
the filming. Thank You Peter & all for putting on a great Festival! As
you can see Kathy and I had a great time. There are more videos uploading.
Greg Benusa & Erin Brandt are also dancing in video (Two Great dance
Instructors)
https://youtu.be/hSTDHc2-PzM
Gator by the Bay 2016 Erin
Brandt & AJ Gibbs
https://youtu.be/3Fui8c9zWEk
Gator by the Bay 2016 Cajun
Zydeco Zydecobrad Bonsoir Catin Karen Hinz & Peter Oliver Dancing
https://youtu.be/istWBNvkvV8
San Diego Gator by the Bay
2016 Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble 1
https://youtu.be/jo-zs0hSTbc
San Diego Gator by the Bay
2016 Bonsoir Catin
https://youtu.be/07DeiEVxejI
San Diego Gator by the Bay
2016 Bonsoir Catin Workshop 1
https://youtu.be/X-QZqRA1TJI
Gator by the Bay 2016 Cajun
Zydeco Zydecobrad Curley Taylor 2
https://youtu.be/pMHa30gLuAY
Here are three YouTube Video’s
that I took of The Revelers at Timewarp Records last Friday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2g-UTqgapM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq1G1Nl6wZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9r5MClnUpU
The purpose
of this Website is to promote Cajun and Zydeco dancing in the Southern
California area.
This Web
Page will have additional information such as dance flyers and numerous
links to Cajun/Zydeco Web Pages around the world. The dance time, date and
location may change or cancel so please call the numbers provided to
confirm. If you notice an error in any of the information let me know at Zydecobrad@aol.com. If you have any Cajun/Zydeco
functions or news that you want placed on the newsletter and Web Page,
please send them to me via email.. You may also call me at home at (310)
962-6596. I will try to
answer your calls and letters as soon as I can.
Thank You,
Brad
Sjoblom
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