The Cajun Roosters (Special Guests:...

Venue: Keighley Blues Club

On: Feb 12, 2010

Tickets: Members £10. Non-members £12.
CAJUN ROOSTERS

2006, 2007 & 2008 Winners of 'Best Cajun Band' at the European Cajun & Zydeco Awards.

2006, 2007 & 2008 Chris Hall, best European cajun accordion player.

2006 Album 'Crank It Up', best European cajun album.

2008 Album 'From The Swamps & Bayous of Louisiana', runner-up best European cajun album

2008 Hartmut Hegewald, runner-up best cajun fiddle player

2007 CFMA Awards in Lafayette, Louisiana. Album 'Crank It Up' runner-up best album from outside Louisiana.

2009 Prix D'Hors de Nous Cajun Music Awards, Lafayette, Louisiana. Album 'Double Shot' runner-up.



Chris Hall - Cajun accordian, vocals, fiddle.
From Derby. Chris is well known for his work with R.Cajun & the Zydeco Brothers, The Bearcats, Zydecomotion and US/UK band Breaux. He has played on one of ex Rolling Stone Bill Wyman’s albums and was also part of the band put together by Sir Paul McCartney to record his "Run Devil Run" album. Additionally, he contributed to Kate Bush’s latest CD.



Hartmut Hegewald - Fiddle, rubboard, vocals.

A fine, award winning, musician, he has a rare and uncanny ability to really get to grips with the subtlety of the Cajun style and capture the elusive Louisiana feel.



Klaus Warler - Guitars.

A rhythm master equally at home on acoustic or electric guitars who hits the right grooves and then lays down some blistering solos that take the band to new heights.



Michael Bentele - Bass.

Has known the Louisiana Cajun scene for many years, visiting Louisiana for the first time in the 1980s. As a documentary film maker and TV director of many music shows he has been surrounded by all types of music throughout his life. Yet one thing has remained constant, his love and passion for Cajun and Zydeco. He plays bass with drive and soul and switches to acoustic guitar on some songs for a more back porch feel.



Sam Murray - Drums, percussion, vocals.

He is one of the finest Cajun and Zydeco drummers this side of the Atlantic who has played in many bands of this genre and is the first choice for visiting US musicians. The great Marc Savoy was overheard to say when watching him play in London “I wish we had more guys like him in Louisiana” He has toured in the bands of many of the great Louisiana Cajun and Zydeco players, like Steve Riley, Balfa Toujours, Willis Prudhomme, Sheryl Cormier, and Sean Vidrine and is the regular drummer with UK Cajun band The Bearcats.



Based in Germany and featuring musicians from Germany, Holland and England, the Cajun Roosters are without doubt the top band of their genre oputside the USA. The band plays music from the Louisiana swamps and prairies north west of New Orleans. One of the last great undiscovered musics of the modern world. It is a music which instantly grabs an audience and infuses them with a feeling of bonhomie and good times. Cajun and Zydeco is the main course mixed with a healthy side order of bayou blues and swamped up rock n roll. Their inspiration comes from players like Nathan Abshire, The Balfa Brothers, Johnnie Allan, Balfa Toujours, John Delafose, Zydeco Force, Iry Lejeune, Boozoo Chavis, Steve Riley, Canray Fontenot, Slim Harpo, and Amadee Ardoin. They play with energy, intensity and passion, infusing life into old standards and new compositions. Every gig is a celebration of the richness of a Louisiana musical culture that all the members of this band love and understand. Every gig is non stop Louisiana party. Laissez les bon rouler as they say in Louisiana. Let the good times roll. Listen to their music and see videos at www.myspace.com/cajunroosters. SIMPLY THE BEST PARTY YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO! Watch how they do an old classic in their own inimitable style 'Baby Please Don't Go' - Cajun Roosters.



CHARNLEY & GRIMES

The pair first met many years ago at the European Blues Association, Exeter and realised they shared the same musical influences - Mississipi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, etc. Since then, Dac and Chris have ploughed different furrows but now, after much encouragement from fans, they are performing their favourite songs as a duo and have produced their first album, 'Old Roots'. Dac Charnley last performed at the Club on 29th February 2008 as 'Special Guest' for The Elevators.


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From the 1st February tickets may also be bought in person from Keighley Cougars Reception (10am-4pm) and G.E. Thornton & Sons, Main Street, Crosshills during normal shop opening hours (closed lunchtimes 12 noon until 2pm)