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The hottest and funkiest Zydeco you can hear ! Irresistible beat, shouts and yells (huu ! shoo ! bouge-bouge !), amazing (hard) rock-solid powerful rhythm section. These two highly rejoicing live recordings are just incredible ! The best medication against depression !
The volcanic Beau Jocque burst on the Zydeco circuit with his Hi-Rollers in 1991 and instantly became the public's favorite along with Boozoo Chavis, B.J.'s main influence and future rival. Andrus Espré aka Beau Jocque ("Big Guy” in Louisiana Creole) had listen to many successful Zydeco artists, studied every detail of their style and every reaction of the audience, and came up with a synthesis of the most efficient points he had identified, mixing varied genres, rock, blues, r&b, funk, reggae, with his strong crush for boogie. Himself not an very outstanding accordionist, he compensated with his unique energy, his gruff voice and his impressive physical stature (1,98 m, 120 kg), and with his gift as a band leader.