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zydeco version of Walk of Life
Does anyone remember a version of Dire Straits ,The Walk of Life in a zydeco style? I thought it was by someone called Zydeco Williams and I heard it on Andy Kershaw's radio show some time ago- early 90's maybe. Trying to find it somewhere!
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Zydecoal have the track on their 2002 album "Seedy".
http://www.zydecoroad.com/sounds/1202_zydecoal.shtml
This could be it...
The Andy Kershaw Show playlist for Monday 16 February 1998 features "Walk of Life" by legendary Cajun swamp pop singer Charles Mann.
http://www.avistic.demon.co.uk/playlists/1998/08.txt
Researching the Zydeco scene has led to much evidence of interbreeding... musically.
It is probably a safe bet to say that the majority of (modern) Zydeco musicians have played "Walk of Life", which would include a renowned family of that genre named Williams.
It is therefore possible that the version you heard was by Nathan Williams and The Zydeco Cha-Chas.
http://www.nsula.edu/folklife/database/biography/williamsN.html
I will stop looking any further.
It is probably a safe bet to say that the majority of (modern) Zydeco musicians have played "Walk of Life", which would include a renowned family of that genre named Williams.
It is therefore possible that the version you heard was by Nathan Williams and The Zydeco Cha-Chas.
http://www.nsula.edu/folklife/database/biography/williamsN.html
I will stop looking any further.
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