Smiley LIVE! Presents Zydeco music

Smiley LIVE! Americana Roots will present the sizzling hot sounds of traditional and contemporary Zydeco music. David Sousa and the Zydeco Mudbugs will bring the heat of Zydeco to Redlands through the use of single row and triple row diatonic accordions with songs in both Louisiana French and English.Capturing the rich sounds of New Orleans style music since 1998, David Sousa and the Zydeco Mudbugs will surely make guests want to kick up their heels with traditional Zydeco songs like, “Don’t mess with my Toot-Toot,” “Why you want to make me cry,” “Good Old Cajun Music,” and “Chubby Party.”Early Zydeco was a blend of Louisiana French accordion music and Afro-Caribbean beats. It sat at the cross-roads of Creole, Cajun, gospel and the blues, yet has since evolved to include influences from several other genres. Instrumentation almost always includes an accordion and a frottoir, a washboard.

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