zydeco version of Walk of Life

[bondy]

Does anyone remember a version of Dire Straits ,The Walk of Life in a zydeco style? I thought it was by someone called Zydeco Williams and I heard it on Andy Kershaw's radio show some time ago- early 90's maybe. Trying to find it somewhere!

[kempie]

Zydecoal have the track on their 2002 album "Seedy".

http://www.zydecoroad.com/sounds/1202_zydecoal.shtml

[kempie]

This could be it...

The Andy Kershaw Show playlist for Monday 16 February 1998 features "Walk of Life" by legendary Cajun swamp pop singer Charles Mann.

http://www.avistic.demon.co.uk/playlists/1998/08.txt

[kempie]

Researching the Zydeco scene has led to much evidence of interbreeding... musically.

It is probably a safe bet to say that the majority of (modern) Zydeco musicians have played "Walk of Life", which would include a renowned family of that genre named Williams.

It is therefore possible that the version you heard was by Nathan Williams and The Zydeco Cha-Chas.

http://www.nsula.edu/folklife/database/biography/williamsN.html

I will stop looking any further.