Unlike his contemporaries Keith Frank, Chris Ardoin and Curley Taylor, whose fathers also played professionally, Dwayne Dopsie leans more towards the older, bluesier variety of his father, the legendary Rockin’ Dopsie, Sr., than the mainstream courtings of his peers. Granted his tempos are usually amped up and turbocharged on this all-original affair, but they’re not [...]
Tag Archives: Rockin’ Dopsie
Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, Up In Flames (Sound of New Orleans)
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
Rockin’ Dopsie Rules
February 1, 1992 – 12:01 am
It’s Friday night at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. The pressed-tin walls of the Victorian-era dime store are being rattled royally by dark men with strange armor and instruments on their chests. The sound of a chanky-chank locomotive—chugging, crooning and hissing steam—blasts through the building while the engineer—a king leading his knights on [...]
Inside Zydeco, Part Two
January 1, 1990 – 12:01 am
On the dark, winding, old Breaux Bridge highway, a neon sign outside the former King Creole club flashes: “Saturday at 9 p.m. Fernest and the Thunders.” Inside it’s 9:30 p.m., but Fernest is behind the bar using the pay phone. He hangs up the phone and heads for the stage. Only a handful here tonight [...]
