Zydeco Flames
When:
Sat, August 30, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Where:
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo
Berkeley, CA
Lat/Lon: 37.8801, -122.295
What:
The Bay Area’s Zydeco Flames have issued five CDs of hot zydeco dance music and have shared stages with most of the greats of the style at dances and festivals up and down the West Coast. Fifteen years ago accordionist Bruce Gordon teamed up with singer-rubboard player Lloyd Meadows to play at parties, including the premiere of the documentary film on Cajun and zydeco music, "J’ai ete au Bal." Soon they expanded to a full band carrying on in the tradition of Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco and Queen Ida, with electric guitarist Frank Bohan, bassist-singer Timm Walker, and drummer William Allums Jr.
Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 9:00pm. There's a pre-show Cajun/Zydeco dance lesson with Dana DeSimone at 8pm. Tickets are $13.