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          "Its about time"
     

“The King of Zydeco,” Clifton Chenier grabbed Andre Thierry by the arms at the age of three and deemed him a future accordion player. Thierry’s French Creole roots are grounded in Louisiana. Thierry’s mother, Olivia Guillory is from Basile, Louisiana and father Gregory Thierry from Jennings, Louisiana. Andre Thierry’s childhood was deeply influenced by his late grandfather Houston Pete Pitre (Pa-Pa as they called him) from Basile, Louisiana and his loving grandmother, known to all as Mama Lena Pitre from Soileau, Louisiana. Andre Thierry released the first CD “It’s About Time!” in 1999. Thierry has raised the bar for Zydeco-Cajun musicians nationwide. Thierry has been labeled as the Jimmy Hendrix of Zydeco Music, a legend before his time. Andre is an exceptional multidimensional self taught musician who has embraced his ability to merge traditional Zydeco-Cajun music with hip-hop, blues, jazz and rock. As quoted from an article published in Eh Toi magazine 2002, “There is no accordion player in Zydeco that uses his left hand as well as Andre Thierry. ”Andre Thierry released his second CD A Whole Lot of something in 2004. Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic will capture your attention with his melodic fingers as they embrace the brass buttons of his accordions, creating music that will captivate your souls, soothe your minds and have your feet dancing all night long. As Clifton said once, that " if you have arthritis you won’t have it no more."

B.JBonne Musique Zydeco Gazette
Volume 44 April 13, 2010   
In This Issue
Gator By The Bay Festival
Simi Valley Cajun Creole Music Festival
Long Beach Bayou & Mardi Gras Festival
Long Beach Crawfish Festival
BMZ Performance Schedule
New CD - Straight from the Heart
KDEN Internet Radio
Buffalo Bayou
Zydeco On Line
Bayou Talk
Hello Friends and Fans!
 
Get ready for the festival season. There are two in the month of May, one in June and another in August - all right here in Southern California. Read all about it on BMZ' Gazette.

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Sincerely,
 
Bervick BJ Deculus 818 774-0570
Gator by the Bay Gator By The Bay
Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish Festival
Gator By The Bay, San Diego's 9th Annual Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish festival! A family event that is sure to delight your ears, tickle your tastebuds and move your soul!
click on the banner to visit their web site for more information.
 
Simi Festival Simi Valley Cajun Creole Music Festival
with a blues infusion
Memorial Day Weekend 29-30 May 2010

Simi Valley Cajun Festival is an annual event hosted by the Simi Sunrise Rotary Club to benefit both Cajun heritage and the people of Simi Valley and surrounding areas. All proceeds from the event go to the charities listed on the "Who benefits" page.
Thank you for your continuing support.

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Bayou Logo







LONG BEACH BAYOU & MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL
Saturday & Sunday, June 26/27, 2010

This is the one summer festival you will not want to miss.  For 24 years the Long Beach Bayou Festival has offered the best in family oriented entertainment.  Each year we bring together a mix of authentic Louisiana music (Blues, Cajun and Zydeco), creole food and arts & craft vendors to downtown Long Beach for a weekend of music, dancing and fun.

The French Quarter is everything you love about New Orleans! Shopping, great food, great music, and dancing.

See the incredible 2010 artists line-up below.

Bayou Stage
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
T-Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers

Lil Pookie & the Zydeco Sensations
Mark St. Mary Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band
Creole Belle Cajun Dance Band
Bayou Brothers
Cory Ledet & His Zydeco Band
Lisa Haley
Tito Jackson - formerly of the Jackson 5 (performing the blues)

Club N'Orleans Stage:
Artwork Jamal
Gregg Young featuring Andrea Palm
Blue Dice
Oreo Divas Salute to Motown
Sai What Band
Dennis Jones
Lori Morvan
Zac Harmon


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LB Crawfish Festival Long Beach Crawfish Festival


August 7 - 8, 2010. Line-up will be announced later.





Welcome to the official website of the 17th Annual Long Beach Crawfish Festival. The 2010 Crawfish Festival will be held August 7-8, at the Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach, California. You won't want to miss this event.

For over 17 years the Crawfish Festival has become a tradition to over thousands of festival goers annually. We combine the best Cajun, Zydeco, and New Orleans sounds of music, tons of fresh crawfish prepared Louisiana style and served by authentic Cajun chefs, giant food court, children's area, dance floor, two stages and beach bars to create the largest Crawfish Festival outside of Louisiana, right here in Southern California.


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 BMZ Performance Schedule          
Bonne Musique Zydeco
BMZ Photo #7


Saturday, April 17, 2010, 7 - 9pm, Mount Washington Elementary School's 5th annual silent auction - held at Eagle Rock 20th Century Women's Club, 5105 Hermosa Avenue, Eagle Rock, CA 90041.



Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8 - 12 midnight, Monrovia Knights of Columbus Council 1242, 130 West Pomona Avenue, Monrovia, CA.
    Knights of Columbus Hall
    Monrovia K C
    Monrovia Knights of Columbus council 1241, a charitable, fraternal organization, presents "An Evening of Cajun and Zydeco Music" featuring Bonne Musique Zydeco Band at the Knights of Columbus hall located at 130 West Pomona Avenue, Monrovia, California. Admission is $13.00. Great gumbo available. For more information call: 626 484-1823 or 626 358-1718.


Saturday, May 8, 2010, Mid afternoon, The Prime Cut's Annual Mudbug Festival, Stramler Picnic Area, 3801 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, CA. Directly behind Kern County Museum.

Saturday, May 22, 2010, Evening, Neighborhood Nursery School, 2700 Tesla Avenue, Silver Lake District of Los Angeles, CA. (Will get the exact time soon). http://www.neighborhoodnurseryschool.org 

Saturday, May 29, 2010, 11:30 - 12:45 pm, Simi Valley Cajun Creole Music Lola LoveFestival - Rancho Santa Susana Community Park, 5005 Los Angeles Avenue, Simi Valley, CA.
  • Simi Valley Cajun Festival is an annual event hosted by the Simi Sunrise Rotary Club to benefit both Cajun heritage and the people of Simi Valley and surrounding areas. All proceeds from the event go to the charities listed on the "Who benefits" page. BMZ is proud to have been a participant of this worthwhile endeavor for several years.
Check out BMZ' last year's performance at the Simi Valley CC Music Festival.

For more information on our dates in July, August and September, please visit the web site www.bonnemusiquezydeco.com
It's Here!                                                                        CD Cover
 
BMZ's newest CD, Straight from the Heart, is finally here and available for your purchase. The CD was released on February 14, 2010.
 
After a year long recording and administrative process, we are pleased with the results. This CD has 16 songs designed to keep you dancing and grooving for 74 minutes.
 
Click here to listen to sound bytes. You may purchase the CD from www.CD Baby.com or you may contact me at bjdeculus@aol.com or call 818 774-0570.
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Dennis GurwellKDEN Zydeco & Americana
Americana, Cajun/Zydeco, Tejano
 
DJ Dennis Gurwell is a product of the Bakersfield, CA area. He has been playing in various types of bands since the mid-60's. He moved to the Los Angeles area in the late 1960's and has been there ever since. He has played in a variety of Rock, Country, Celtic and Zydeco bands during that time. He plays accordion in the Los Angeles-based group Bonne Musique Zydeco. This is his first foray into the world of internet broadcasting.

Broadcaster Comments:
Hope you all enjoy the music on my show. It's made up of a large dose of Zydeco, along with some Blues, Country, Americana, Hawaiian, Tex-Mex, and Celtic. If I've left anything out, please let me know. I will try to update my playlists as often as I can. Recent additions to my playlist are cuts by guitar greats Pete Anderson and Gregg Wright, as well as new music from Danny Trashville. Artists, if you have any music that you would like to have played on my station, please send me a copy. If I feel that it fits in with the general direction of this station, I will be happy to play it. Enjoy, Dennis


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Buffalo BayouLola Love

On Since August 2003, a sonic gumbo laced with Cajun, zydeco, jazz, cabaret, and sound effects, cooked up, and served live around the world on the internet and broadcasting from southern California. Hosted by Jake Bacon.

Every Monday 2:00 - 4:00 pm pacific time (4-6 central time) on the internet at http://kuci.org/ , (also, local FM broadcast at 88.9 in Orange County, CA).. AND on itunes, and live on the Jake Bacon myspace page.

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Lola Love Zydeco On Line

Uniting the Zydeco Nation on-line. Check out this web site. Click here . . .
Creole Title Bayou Talk 



A creole/cajun community newspaper.  Click here for your copy.

For more information, or to submit an article to Bayou Talk, contact Louis Metoyer
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