It’s fashionable these days to proclaim oneself as a roots musician, especially when it comes to hunting down big money gigs. When Chris Miller, former lynchpin of Louisiana’s Kingfish, says his new band, Bayou Roots, is totally roots-centric, you can bet the farm on that. Rarely has there been a Louisiana French music offering with quite the depth as this one, with everything from traditional Cajun music to several flavors of zydeco. Sandwiched in between the driving dancehall chestnut, “Bayou Roots Special” and the Clifton Chenier-styled “Zydeco Breakdown” are rocking renditions of Creole fiddler Canray Fontenot’s “Bee de La Manche,” a bottom-end pounding version of Willis Touchet’s “Old Fashion Two-Step” and blitzing coverage of Nathan Abshire’s “Choupique Two-Step.” The first-generation zydeco-styled “Yon Yon’ Boogie” swings like crazy while the nouveau-styled “Please Stay Dance” recalls Zydeco Force with an added twist of a boogie-bombing piano solo. The roots examination is a comprehensive one, sealed with a couple of Acadian/Celtic tinged selections, “Deux Contradenses” with crazy spoon rhythms and fiddle-harmonica interplay, as well as the lilting “Dansez Codinne” that features the angelic voices of the Miller youth. Though the pair may sound like imports from a foreign soil, amazingly, everything is homegrown here. The Appalachian lamenting “In The Pines” is another creative masterpiece, initially resembling a scratchy record, then transitioning to an accordion-led, Cajun French sung counterpart before returning to its plaintive, Anglo form. That in itself symbolizes Cajun music’s durability, the willingness to adapt, borrow and incorporate while surviving the gale forces of Americanization. Trophy stuff.