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West Coast Mardi Gras Party --- 2001-02-13

A festive parade of the best of the west: New Orleans R&B, Zydeco, Cajun, Funk &?Dixieland “The largest Cajun/Creole/Zydeco music scene outside of Louisiana”- Dale ‘Le Blanc’ Johnson More than a Cajun invasion - it's the Gator that ate the Gate! “West Coast Mardi Gras Party,” the latest release from Northern California's Globe Records (#GLO-027), is a festive parade of 15 tracks of New Orleans R&B, Cajun, Zydeco, Funk & Dixieland, all performed by west coast artists! This high summit celebration shows off the cream of the burgeoning west coast music scene for New Orleans-based music. "In America, great migrations produce great music. Just as Delta musicians took Highway 61 to Chicago and electrified their blues, so did the Creoles and Cajuns migrate to California and establish vital dance communities. Now the California scenes rival anything back home in Louisiana..." - Michael Tisserand, author, The Kingdom of Zydeco. 15 mostly previously unreleased or undistributed tracks from 15 west coast artists (mostly from the greater San Francisco bay area, some including former Louisianas and some who just got swept away with the vital Crescent City fever.“West Coast Mardi Gras Party,” 59+minutes of celebration! "Simply brilliant compilation. I LOVE the CD: it came in this morning and I played it at least six times today." -Dani Heyvaert , RootsTown Music Magazine, Belgium “A festive parade featuring performances by West Coast Artists. 15 Tracks of Party Music (Cajun, Zydeco, New Orleans R&B, Funk and even a tad of Dixieland)... an engaging and refreshing cavalcade of Mardi Gras music”-Rockin' Ralph, Blues Rocket-KHDC 90.9 FM “It's a fantastic album, I will use a lot.” - Kjell Andreassen, Radio Holstebro, Denmark “...proves again how migrations of people and music enrich America.This warrants being recommended...” -Richard Dorsett,Victory Review Sequencing & final mastering by BCD Multimedia Emeryville, CA. 3D San Francisco Cartography by Fred M. Erickson. 2001 Globe Records and all master owners Globe Graphics