Hell Yeah!

This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to like the latest offering from Cajun Roosters very much. If you do, well, it's time to don your overalls, get to the nearest cookout and stick Hell Yeah! on.

Chris Hall, accordionist and founding member of Cajun Roosters, has performed not only with leading Cajun musicians, but with Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Bill Wyman. The most impressive thing about this collection of unquestionably talented musicians is that, although none of them actually hail from the wet marshlands of Louisiana (from where their sound originates), they posses a quality that is unmistakably Cajun through and through. Hell Yeah! is peppered with soft, delicate French ditties, sung with that tell-tale Southern twang and is backed up by world-class musicianship. The album rarely has a dull moment and for the most part bucks and kicks at breakneck speed only letting up once on ‘Belle Louisiane’ – a particularly twangy Louisianan French ballad, one of the recording's most noteworthy tracks. Hell Yeah! is a must for any hoedown or trip to the swamp.