California/Nevada Cajun and Zydeco Special Listings
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Info on local scene in San Francisco Bay Area
- by Andrea Rubinstein includes infomation, features, and CZ reviews
- Hotlines:
- 916/962-6134 San Francisco/Sacramento
Frog Legs Cajun band from the SF Bay Area
- Plays twice weekly around Bay Area, with occasional trips to Seattle (and hopefully soon, Portland, LA and San Diego).
- Contact: Maureen Karpan maureen -at- froglegsband.com
- Cajun/Zydeco Home Page by Dwight Shackelford covers Bay Area
Dana de Simone
Bay Area events and dance lessons
- Southern California
- Bons Temps Social Club of San Diego
- Zydecobrad provides newsletter and schedule of events
- Delta Cajun and Ron Bombardier provides schedule of events
- Miss Freida and the Cajun Fusiliers provides schedule of events
- Hotlines:
- (626) 441-7333 LA/So. Pasadena
- (619) 496-6655 San Diego
- (916) 962-6134 Bay Area / Sacramento
- Crazy Gator's Zydeco and Cajun Underworld
- Cool audio and video clips from Bay Area, Louisiana, and more
- Down Home
- Saturdays 3-5pm, KCSN, 88.5 FM, Northridge/Los Angeles
- regional American music from folk, roots and traditional base, and beyond -- oldtime, bluegrass, country, Cajun, zydeco, NewOrleans R&B and other Louisiana music, blues, traditional jazz, gospel, Tex-Mex and more.
- a href="http://www.javalanes.20m.com/" target="new">Java Zydeco
The home of zydeco dance classes in Southern California
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Crawdads
- Contact: Helen Lancaster & Neil Bailey
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Phone: 408-338-0436 (Neil Bailey)
- E-mail: NBailey989 -at- aol.com
- Zydeco Underground is a site focused on Southern California and sponsored by Lisa Haley and the Zydekats
- West Coast including Nevada
- Louisiana Sue Newsletter
- 9175 Kiefer Blvd. #133
- Sacramento, CA 95826-5105
- or phone: 916-962-6134
- California Friends of Louisiana French Music Association Newsletter
- Contact Charzy -at- aol.com or 510-428-0465
- Some California Radio Shows
- KPFK 90.7 -North Hollywood, CA
- 'Independent Music' with Simien Pillage
- Wed 10 am -12pm (818)985-5735
- KPCC 89.3 - Pasadena City College, CA
- 'Friday Night Blues Revue' 8-10pm
- with Ellen Bloom & Juke Logan (818)585-7000
- KCSB 91.9 - Cal St Santa Barbara
- 'Oh Boy! Oh Boy!' with John McNally
- Tues 8-10am (805)893-2424
- KCSN - FM 88.5 - Cal St Northridge, CA
- with Chuck Taggart's (see The Gumbo Pages) show "Down Home" Sun 7-9pm
- and 'The Legendary Rachel Donahue' Sat 7-10pm
- (818)885-5276
- KLON -FM 88.1 - Long Beach, CA
- 'Nothin' but the Blues' with Gary Wagner
- Sat & Sun 2-6 pm (310)597-9911
- KVMR-FM 99.3 - Nevada City, CA
- 'Bayou Country' with Dale 'LeBlanc' Johnson
- Sat 4-6pm - (916) 564-9555 KVMR-FM Nevada City/Sacramento/Auburn(California) is a non-commercial Community Radio Station which plays a wide variety on non-mainstream music. My show is called "Bayou Country", and presents the Music of French Louisiana - Cajun, Creole, Zydeco and Swamp Pop each Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 pm. Contact: Dale "Le Blanc" Johnson dalejohn -at- oro.net
- Las Vegas
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- Orleans Hotel and Casino
- Bourbon Street Lounge
- 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. (about 3 miles from the Strip)
- 702/365-7111
- Often feaures a number of zydeco bands including Thomas "Big Hat" Fields and Lisa Haley and the Zydekats
- Info on local CZ scene and restaurants from: Keenan Report
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