Lafayette Marquis

C.C. Adcock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yep Roc Records
• ASIN: B0002N4YHA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,233 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Here we GOOOOOOOOOO..., October 30, 2004

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Sound/Word Enthusiast (Rhode Island, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lafayette Marquis (Audio CD)

The last C.C. album saw him trying to be many things at once, most disapointingly a Cajun-flavored Stevie Ray Vaughn. As anyone who has heard the albums he produced for Cajun visionaries Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (an incredibly forward-thinking band who would be ranked up there with Radiohead and Steve Earle if their own Cajun roots didn't marginalize them to mainstream listeners), C.C. is something of a maverick, with one foot in Louisiana and one in cyberspace. Here he is in full flight, perverting and distorting classic swamp pop grooves and even some early Cajun-sounding stuff into a funhouse hall of mirrors of roots reinvention. Even the most pedestrian boogie licks are dismantled and reassembled into intriguing new tapestries. Don't miss out on this one...

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make that SIX stars..., February 27, 2005

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John M Flora "olioscourge.blogspot.com" (Brookland, AR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lafayette Marquis (Audio CD)

Just when I'd all but given up on finding new music to like, I heard C.C. Adcock's "Stealin'All Day" on my XM satellite radio. I put his "Lafayette Marquis" CD on my Amazon.com Christmas wish list, but nobody bought it for me.
Then, last week, I heard Adcock interviewed on XMPR's Bob Edwards Show, listened to other tracks on the album and immediately ordered a copy.
I can't stop listening to it - well, maybe long enough to write this, but it's going in the background.
I've always had a weakness for Louisiana-style music - Cajun, Zydeco, creole, you name it. I'm old enough to have bought Dr. John's first album (the voodoo-rock "Gris Gris") when it was new and still listen to it every month or so.
Adcock, who has played with Bo Diddley and Buckwheat Zydeco, is a huge talent and the album is an absolute delight.
In a world of watered-down pop and derivitive rock, Adcock's music is potent, original, delightfully swampy and a helluva lot of fun.
I'd write more, but I want to e-mail some friends about this album.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Swamp rock deluxe, December 24, 2004

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twangmon (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lafayette Marquis (Audio CD)

With his snarling, gritty guitar tones, swampy grooves, and scratchy vocals, C.C. Adcock makes butt-shakin' music that blends rockabilly, old-school Memphis R&B, New Orleans funk, Cajun dancehall tunes, and juke-joint blues. He's young, but no poseur: Having paid dues with Bo Diddley and Buckwheat Zydeco, Adcock knows rootsy textures like the back of his hand. But despite the tremolo guitar and slapped upright bass, this isn't a retro-sounding record. Adcock and his various producers bring a hip sonic edge to the music that keeps the moods fresh and the vibe ominous. Doyle Bramhall joins Adcock on two songs, and together they raise 6-string hell. Boasting richly layered guitars and heaps of attitude, Adcock's music is soulful, somewhat twisted, and deeply satisfying.