Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
,Buckwheat Zydeco
,Boozoo Chavis & The Majic Sounds
,Beau Joque & The Zydeco Hi Rollers
,Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Band
,Chris Ardoin & Nustep
,J Paul & The Zydeco NuBreeds
Sounds Like
Lil Nathan sounds more like his dad NathanWilliams, Sr. with Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
With the release of Zydeco Ballin', Nathan Williams Jr.'s first CD, the Williams family joins the other great Zydeco dynastiesArdoin, Broussard, Carrier, Chavis, Chenier, Delafose, Frankfamilies that have passed on a rich musical legacy to a new generation. Lil' Nathan's father is the leader of Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, one of the top Zydeco bands touring across the country. His uncle, Sid Williams, who is serving as manager of his nephew's band, is owner of El Sid Os in Lafayette, one of the principal venues for Zydeco music, a club where Buckwheat Zydeco used to perform regularly and where he recorded his last live album.
According to Herman Fuselier in his liner notes to Zydeco Ballin, Lil Nathan began playing rubboard in his fathers band at age 5. He moved on to the drums and then the accordion, finding in his father an excellent teacher and role model.
At age 14 when the CD was recorded, Lil Nathan demonstrates that he has already mastered all three types of accordionsdiatonic, triple-row, and piano (he posed with his accordions on the CD cover). The photos on this page, taken at the Zydeco Extravaganza in Lafayette in May 28, 2002, also show that he knows how to establish a stage presence that gets the crowd moving.
His father wrote the songs on the CD, ranging from the flowing groove of "Ballin' on Zydeco" and "Where the Zydeco At?" to the nouveau Zydeco beat of "Bounce with It!" to the more traditional waltz rhythms of "Louisiana Boy," sung in English and French.
Lil Nathan is now a 20 yr old Senior at the University Of Louisiana at Lafayette majoring is Jazz Studies with a concentration in Jazz Piano. He plans to recieve his Bachelor's at UL-Lafayette and then attend the University of Texas-Austin or UL-Lafayette and get his M A in Jazz Performance or Thoery Comp with Jazz Emphasis. Aside from that busy schedule he plans to get his teacher's certification. with that being said Lil Nathan wants to incorporate zydeco music on the High School&College Level.
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