real-deal zydeco from Louisiana's reigning queen
ROSIE LEDET & THE ZYDECO PLAYBOYS

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 at 7:30
Free Zydeco dance lessons with Michelle Hoffman at 6:45
Santa Fe Brewing Company

TICKET OPTIONS:
1. $25 advance, $29 door. General Admission. Tickets at Lensic Box Office, 988-1234,
Santa Fe Brewing Co.
2. $100 VIP PACKAGE. 2 tickets, artist CD, acknowledgment from stage. Helps fund K-12 programs. Call 473-5723 to reserve.
3. SW Roots Music members call 473-5723 at least 3 days in advance to reserve discounted tickets.

Like so many French kids raised in rural Louisiana, accordionist, singer and songwriter Mary Roszela Bellard "Rosie" Ledet (pronounced led-dett), paid no particular attention to the zydeco music that was all around her in her formative years. But, at age 16, she heard Boozoo Chavis at a zydeco dance, and her fate was sealed. Ledet, who is now widely considered the reigning queen of zydeco, provides a unique female presence in the male-dominated zydeco world. Her self-penned tunes, sung beautifully in Creole French and in English, are often often sly and lusty. She has released seven albums of her own material on the Maison de Soul label, with one of Louisiana's most smokin' backing bands. The Zydeco Playboys began performing in 1994 throughout the Texas-Louisiana triangle and gradually spread their touring base to include the rest of the U.S., including her first stop at the Thirsty Ear Festival in 2007. Bring your dancing shoes.