Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram Video
• VHS Release Date: July 23, 1991
• Run Time: 56 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302123127
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,180 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Shot in Zydeco's heartland around Lafayette, Mamou Eunice and Opelousas, SW Louisiana, this film features old and new musicians, the famous and the not-so-famous and offers a fascinating insight in the music of the French/Creole speaking black population of this region. Going to a dance, having a good time, eating, drinking and having a party: that's Zydeco! Featuring the music of Boo Zoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds. Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters, Buckwheat Zydeco, Terrance Simien and the Mallet Playboys, John Delaphose and the Eunice Playboys, Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha Chas, Clifton Chenier, The Sam Brothers Five, Zydeco Force, Alphonse 'Bois Sec" Ardoin & Canray Fontenot, Ambrose Sam, The Holy Ghost Church Choir.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great down home cooking music ! ! !, July 5, 2002

By 

Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Night & Day [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For those that don't know, Zydeco is a down home form of music from the Bayou mixing a wide variety of influences, from Cajun music to the Blues - - with (depending on the artists) touches of New Orleans R & B, Carribean Music, and anyting else that can be put in the gumbo. - - Its main instrument is often the accordian, but in the hands of a master like C.J. Chenier or Rockin Dopsie, this is no Lawrence Welk thing... The accordian rips out screaming and soulful blues licks... becoming almost like a Hammond Organ you can wear around your neck. - - The rhythm of Zydeco is Cajun Creole with a lot of extra rhythm !

I bought this video almost 10 years ago, and still watch it now and then. A great documentary about Zydeco, shot entirely in its home ground. - - Great footage of Rockin' Dopsie, Buckwheat Zydeco, Clifton and C.J. Chenier (he had passed by then), Bozoo Chavis, Zydeco Force, John Delafose, Terrence Simien and countless others on stage, and mosing on he farms. (In my opinion, Dopsie and Zydeco Force steal the show !) - - also includes a great gospel performance as well - - a nice balanced display of Zydeco from its roots in Cajun and The Blues, to more modernistic "rock" and "blues" expressions of it.

Zydeco in essence is live music - - it doesn't always carry over to record (atleast there's a big difference between hearing it live vs. on record) - - in offering some of the many sites and sounds that go with it, this video is a priceless resource.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nite "N" Day, August 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Night & Day [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the most informative tape out there. It makes you laugh and cry. It makes you want to jump in a car and drive to the south!