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Fact: Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers appeared on the David Letterman and Conan O’Brien TV shows
Photo By Barbara Roberds
It was the hypnotic playing of Boozoo Chavis and the frenzied effect he had on Southern Louisiana dancers which most profoundly inspired Jocque. And Jocque - who'd grown up listening to ZZ Top and James Brown - had some notions of his own: "A little bit of Carlos Santana, a little Stevie Ray Vaughan, some funk from Sly and the Family Stone, blues licks
from a few different artists, plus by own style..." Fat, pumped-up basslines, rock 'n roll guitar leads, '70s funk and hip-hop grooves, and the influences of reggae and rap on zydeco's already heavy mix of Cajun-Creole and R&B, have made Beau Jocque the undisputed champion of zydecos "new direction." The combination of Jocque's burly charisma and the Hi-Rollers' ferocious groove make them one of the crawfish circuit's hottest draws and the reason today's zydeco dances are packed with young Creole couples...Rounder Records
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