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The Filé Gumbo Zydeco Band has been the featured house band, performing almost every tuesday evening, at the New Orleans Restaurant in Seattle's Historic Pioneer Square district since 1987. Travellers from the heart of zydeco-land often stop in and are surprised to learn that none of the band members are from down on the bayou, but they always say "you sound just like home to us!"
The Filé Gumbo Zydeco Band is a great band to dance to, and are perfect for Mardi Gras parties. They have recorded several outstanding albums and are in high demand for weddings, parties, carnivals and fairs. They have also appeared at many festivals including the Bainbridge Island Music Festival, San Jaun Dixieland Jazz Festival, Federal Way Family Festival, Taste Kirkland and the Northwest Folklife Festival.
"This fun time blues and Zydeco band brings home the music in bar kicking fashion. . .a very solid, danceable set. . .
- Chris Lunn/Victory Music
"The quality and unique style of this band is something to absorb and celebrate!"
- Washington Blues Society
"The Filé Gumbo Zydeco Band is an exciting American outfit which plays country, blues, rhythm and blues, soul and rock n roll in the Louisiana tradition - and they are very good indeed. . . a full-blooded, high-energy band who, without necessarily being strictly zydeco, have absorbed the tradition to remarkably good effect."
- Chris Woodford/Now Dig This
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The group's repertoire is vast and wide ranging, including lots of classic New Orleans R&B, cajun, zydeco, swamp pop, swamp rock, dixieland jazz & originals. Some of the songs you may hear include:
Jambalaya (Hank Williams), Iko Iko (Sugarboy Crawford, Dixie Cups, Nevilles), Blue Monday (Fats Domino), I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner, Dave Clark 5), Diggy Diggy Lo (Doug Kershaw, Buck Owens), Tell It Like It Is (Aaron Neville), Matchbox Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson, Carl Perkins), Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino), C'est La Vie, You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry), She Walks Right In (Prof. Longhair), Barefootin' (Robert Parker), Cajun Baby (Hank Williams Jr.), I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (Fats Domino, Bobby Mitchell), Mardi Gras In New Orleans (Prof. Longhair, Fats Domino), Cakewalk Into Town (Taj Mahal), My Toot Toot (Rockin' Sidney, Fats Domino, Doug Kershaw), Winin' Boy Blues (Jelly Roll Morton), Stagolee (Mississippi John Hurt, Lloyd Price), Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke), Lipstick Traces (Benny Spellman), Things I Used To Do (Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones), I'm A Hog For Ya Baby (Coasters), He Will Break Your Heart (Jerry Butler), Basin Street (Louis Armstrong plus countless others), Shake Rattle & Roll (Big Joe Turner, Bill Haley, Elvis etc.), Searchin' (Coasters), Snap Your Fingers (Joe Henderson), Lucille (Little Richard), Louisiana Man (Doug & Rusty Kershaw), Lawdy Miss Claudy (Lloyd Price, Elvis etc.), 4. Got My Mojo Workin' (Muddy Waters), High Heel Sneakers (Little Tommy Tucker), A Little Bit Of Soap (Jarmels), Grizzley Bear (Youngbloods), Under The Boardwalk (Drifters), Choo Choo Ch-Boogie (Louis Jordon, Clifton Chenier), What Am I Living For? (Chuck Willis), Cry To Me (Solomon Burke, Buckwheat Zydeco), Big Boss Man (Jimmy Reed, Charlie Rich), I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan, Gail Davies), Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding), Little Red Rooster (Howlin' Wolf), The Thrill Is Gone (B.B. King), Stand By Me (Ben. E. King), You Can Have Her (Roy Hamilton), Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor (Mississippi John Hurt), Raining In My Heart (Slim Harpo), Mathilda (Cookie & The Cupcakes, Freddy Fender), It's Raining (Irma Thomas), Down Along The Cove (Bob Dylan), Greenback Dollar Bill (Ray Charles), Jam Up (Tommy Ridgely), Milk Cow Blues (Kokomo Arnold, Bob Wills), Don't Let Go (Roy Hamilton), plus many more!
Listen to an MP3 sample:
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