Psycho Zydeco

The Premier Hotel located at Nine Ways in Newcastle has Sunday afternoon blues each week, and I have been trying to make an effort to get there as much as possible. This week was an introduction to a musical style I pretty much knew nothing about and never thought I would enjoy.

Zydeco.

Part blues, part swing, part ska and part Cajun party, it was a great afternoon. The band was Psycho Zydeco, and they were very entertaining indeed. Part of the signature sound of Zydeco is the piano accordian and the frottoir (washboard). I find it hard to believe that I was listening to a band that was driven by a washboard, but there I was, bopping away thinking I need to do some washing. In fact I'm listening to their latest album "Get On Board" right now and have developed a dopey grin. Maybe the music is fun, maybe it makes you blissfully stupid. I don't know. But all I know is it is making me happy.