 ZYDECATS
CD Released 1999
The unmistakable soft North American
burr that guides ABC Radio National listeners
daily across the ‘The Planet’ of roots,
blues, jazz and world music is Lucky Oceans.
He also happens to be a founding member of the
seminal US band Asleep at the Wheel and the leader
of West Australia’s premier roots music band,
The Zydecats.
From its inception in the early nineties, the
idea was to combine zydeco with cat music –
swing, jump blues and rockabilly, plus any other
style that suited the line-up, including rock
and roll, country blues, soul, R&B, Cajun
and New Orleans R&B, plus a handful of originals.
Ben Franz:
Fender Bass and Acme acoustic bass
Lucky Oceans
Franklin pedal steel, Fender Stringmaster, Gabbanelli
three-row diatonic accordion, one row Acadian
cajun accordion, National Duolian Resonator guitar
Bill Rogers
Selmer Mark V1 tenor saxophone, harmonica, Champagne
Sheet Metal rub board
Konrad Park
Chris Brady & Craftsmen drums and Ufip cymbals
Kent Hughes
Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster and Hagstrom electric
guitars, high strung guitar
with...
Bob Patient
Piano and Hammond Organ
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