The Zydeco Cowboy Blog

PUPPIES IN NEED OF A HOME - CAN YOU TAKE THEM IN AND CARE FOR THEM?

2012-01-16T14:46:00.000-08:00

Capone has been scooped up.

The twins are all that's left.

On the left is Double Dot and on the right is MJ. It is preferred that they be adopted together if possible. They play well together, as well as with other dogs that like dogs.

The puppies are 2 months and both are males
They are Chocolate Lab - Boston Terrier mix

These two adorable puppies are looking for a loving home.
They are fun loving little babies in need of someone who will train them, walk them and praise them.

We don't want to take them to the shelter where they will be institutionalized. They are best suited going from a home to another home.

There is a small re-homing fee of $50 per dog or $75 if you take the twins as a pair and not as a single.

Contact:
TexasFredatZQ7@hotmail.com
SusanC373@aol.com

“Texas Fred’s Blanco Yam Pie and Pecans”

2009-12-26T09:59:00.000-08:00

1 1/3 cup sugar
½ cup butter
1 tbsp. self rising corn meal
1/3 cup half and half
3 eggs
1 cup white yams, peeled, cooked (about 30 to 40 minutes) and mashed
¼ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell
1 cup pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream sugar and butter with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add corn meal and half and half; blend well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add white yams and all the spices, blend well.

Bake pie shell in preheated oven 5 to 7 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. Pour filling into pie shell. Sprinkle pecans over top. Bake 1 hour or until inserted knife comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.

Happy Holidays from the Farm

2009-12-22T15:28:00.000-08:00

Texas Fred and Deuce

Texas Fred and Prince

Lakota snow sunning

Wooly Bully in the snow

Kujo before big snow

Texas Fred’s Zydeco CD Picks

2009-12-22T08:09:00.000-08:00

Geno Delafose, “Hey Geno”
J. Paul, Jr. & The Zydeco Nubreeds, “Another Level”
Brian Jack & The Zydeco Gamblers, “Getting Down To Business”
Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi Rollers, “Git it, Beau Jocque”
Chris Ardoin & Nu Step, “MVP”
Buckwheat Zydeco, “A 20-Year Party”
Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic, “Live, At the Woodshop”
Boozoo Chavis & The Magic Sounds, “Live, At The Habibi Temple”
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, “Free Your Mind”
Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys, “Pick It Up”
Step Rideau & The Zydeco Outlaws, “I’m So Glad”
Clifton Chenier, “Swamp Cajun Music Live”
Lynn August, “Sauce Piquante”
Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Band, “Movin’ On Up”
Terrance Simien, “Positively Beadhead”
Roy Carrier & The Zydeco Night Rockers, “Nasty Girls”
Jerome Batiste & The Zydeco Players, “Back Up Off Me”
Nathan Williams & The Zydeco Cha Chas, “Let’s Go”
Sean Ardoin & Zydekool, “Strictly For The Dancers”
Noonie & The Zydeco Floaters, “That’s Who We Be”
Leroy Thomas & The Zydeco Road Runners, “The People’s Favorites Of Leroy Thomas”
Lil’ Brian & The Zydeco Travelers, “Worldwide”
Rockin’ Sidney, “My Toot Toot”
Rockin’ Dopsie, “Louisiana Music”
Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys, “Keeping The Tradition Alive”
John Delafose/Willis Prudhomme, “Zydeco Live!”

Radio Interview Saturday, April 25, 2009

2009-04-19T16:27:00.000-07:00

The interview can be heard on WPFW 89.3 FM betwen 2pm-4pm

Texas Fred talks to Gigi Amateau author of CHANCEY of the Maury River, a horse story.

Gigi Amateau was born October 20, 1964 in northeastern Mississippi and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Urban Studies and Planning, she worked for nearly twenty years in Richmond's non-profit community.

Amateau lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and daughter. She loves reading about John Adams, riding horses in the mountains, gardening with native plants, and watching birds.

Her first young adult novel was Claiming Georgia Tate.

Saturday, January 24, 2009 Play List

2009-01-28T12:19:00.000-08:00

'Zydeco Trail Ride'
WPFW 89.3 FM Washington, DC

1)Curley Taylor, "Zydeco Cowboys"-Nothin' Feels Like This
2)Buckwheat Zydeco, "Make a Change in Your Life"-Menagerie: The Essential Zydeco Collection
3)Bruce Springsteen, "Eyes on the Prize"-We Shall Overcome, Teh Seeger Sessions
4)Zydeco Brothers, "Reach Out (Touch a Hand, Make a Friend)-Zydeco Festival
5)Beau Jocque, "A Little Love Always Make it Bettah"-Gonna Take You Downtown
6)Zydeco Joe, "Why Can't We Get Together"-Black Cat
7)Big Red, "I Can Still Remember"-Secret Ingredients
8)Thomas Big Hat Fields, "Scoop It Up"-Louisiana Zydeco Man
9)Boozoo Chavis, "Paper In My Shoe"-Zydeco Trail Ride
10)Guyland Leday, "Empty Wagon"-Welcome To My World
11)Clifton Chenier, "I'm Coming Home"-The Best of Clifton Chenier
12)J.J. Callier, "A Change Gonna Come"-Do You Wanna Dance
13)Lil' Nathan, "Charge it to the Game"-Doin' It Big Time
14)Lil' Nathan, "Billy Goat"-Zydeco Ballin'
15)Keith Frank, "Fight 4 Something So Wrong"-Loved, Feared & Respected
16)Clarence Gatemouth Brown, "Jambalaya"-the man
17)John Delafose, "Sweet Girl In Texas"-Joe Pete Got Two Women
18)Rosie Ledet, "Dance The Zydeco"-Pick It Up
19)Rosie Ledet, "Little Rosie"-Now The Time
20)Jeffery Broussard, "Richest Man"-keeping the tradition alive!
21)Rockin' Sidney, "Sweet Lil' Woman"-My Toot Toot
22)Howlin' Wolf, "Sitting On Top fo The World"-The Silver Collection
23)Big Mama Thornton, "Sweet Little Angel"-In Europe
24)George Jones & Merle Haggard, "All My Friends are Strangers"-Kickin' Out The Footlights...Again
25)Beau Jocque, "Git It, Beau Jocque"-Git it, Beau

Saturday, January 17, 2009 Play List

2009-01-21T07:51:00.000-08:00

'Zydeco Trail Ride'
WPFW 89.3 FM Washington, DC

1)Curley Taylor, "Zydeco Cowboys"-Nothin Feels Like This
2)Step Rideau, "Standing Room Only"-Standing Room Only
3)Keith Frank, "Overcome"-Loved, Feared, Respected
4)Rosie Ledet, "Don't Have to Worry"-I'm a Woman
5)Jeremy & The Zydeco Hot Boyz, "Get on Down"-Now, Whacha Gonna Do?
6) Leon Chavis, "Tell Me what you want"-Holla@Me
7)Lil Brian, "Good for the Goose, Good For the Gander"-Worldwide
8)Buckwheat, "Hey Joe"-The Buckwheat Zydeco Story, A 20-Year Party
9)Brian Jack, "After The Rain"-Underdog
10)J. Paul, "Lonely Journey"-Zeality
11)Dr. John, "Food For Thot"-Creole Moon
12)Jon Cleary, "Funky Munky Biznis"-Pin Your Spin
13)Allen Toussaint, "Yes We Can Can"-Our New Orleans
14)Curley Taylor, "Country Boy"-Country Boy
15)Lil' Korey Broussard-Demo
16)Jerome Batiste, "If you Leave me girl"-Jeremiah
17)Guyland Leday, "Hold That Gator"-Welcome To My World
18)Eugene Hideaway Bridges, "Look at Me Now"-Eugene Hideaway Bridges
19)George Jones & Merle Haggard, "Born With the Blues"-Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again
20)Wynton Marsalis, "Premature Autopsies"-The Majesty of the Blues
21)Johnny Guitar Watson, "The Dream, MLK Dedication"
22)King Curtis, "Deep Fry"-Trouble In Mind
23)The Blind Boys of Alabama, "Make a Better World"-Down In New Orleans

Share Your Outdoor Adventures

2009-01-16T14:15:00.000-08:00

The Zydeco Cowboy Blog is starting a new series. We want you to write in with your outdoor adventure tales and send pictures to boot to post along with your stories.

On occasion some of the submissions we will be turned into audio features for the upcoming podcast. You will be contacted by our production team to do recorded interviews in order to produce monthly stories.

Start sending those stories in right away. They can be submitted through the comments section or by sending an email to zydecocowboyz@gmail.com

The kind of adventure tales that we're looking for are about camping, fishing, hunting, trail riding ... just about anything related to being in nature's great outdoors.

I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

2009-01-11T11:20:00.000-08:00

I want to know what's on you mind.

Send me your thoughts.

Yeah Ya Right!

COWBOY'Z STILL AROUND

2008-12-28T15:07:00.000-08:00

Dear Zydeco Trail Ride Listeners,

I wanted to let you know that the Cowboy IS still here.

In fact I will be launching a subscriber podcast to be available in the coming months.

This way you will NEVER miss a show and you can get your zydeco fix.

There will be daily broadcasts Monday through Friday for your listening pleasure.

I will also have artist interviews, 'Zydeco Trail Ride' gear and much more.

I want to hear from you, so drop me a few lines and tell me what's on your mind.

Hit me up with your "Yeah Ya Rights" aka "Shout Outs" under the comments section.

Zydeco is on the rise y'all!

Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner

2008-12-28T11:13:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of Cowboy'z in-studio interview with Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner on Saturday's Trail Ride 12-27-08.

Also featured is WPFW's Gator and Mama K from the DC Blues Society.

Chicago Parade Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-12-15T14:45:00.000-08:00

(Texas Fred & The Zydeco Cowboyz and Cowgirlz road in Chicago's annual Thanksgiving Parade.)

12/11/08

Dear Fred,

On behalf of the Chicago Festival Association, we would like to thank you for your participation in the parade last week. It was a magical day with great weather and wonderful performances by all groups in the parade. We have been getting many congratulatory phone calls and e-mails on what a great parade it was. We could not have done it without your participation!

Celebrating 75 years of holiday tradition in Chicago, the parade was expanded to three hours and what a three hours it was with great staged performances, boisterous marching bands and fabulous inflatables. The parade was broadcast to an estimated 75 million cable homes across the country on WGN-TV9 and WGN America. If you missed any of the parade, you can view the parade on their website at www.wgntv.com/thanksgiving. ; The entire broadcast of the parade will also be available on our website by the end of December. Pictures of parade units will also be on our website very soon.

We would like you to help celebrate our success with us! You and a guest are cordially invited to join us for the 2008 Parade Thank You Party at 115 Bourbon Street on Saturday, January 17th, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. You'll get to enjoy:

A tasty buffet lunch with open bar
Music and dancing
A Chance to win great prizes from many of our sponsors in our raffle

115 Bourbon Street is located at 3359 West 115th street in Merrionette Park. Please RSVP through using the link to the left by January 9, 2009. Please make sure to print out the ticket at the bottom of this e-mail for entry into the party.

Again, thank you for all of your efforts. Your support helped us accomplish our mission of producing community events that positively impact the quality of life for the people of the City of Chicago. We wish you a happy holiday season and much luck in the upcoming New Year. We look forward to seeing you for the 2009 McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade!

Warm regards,

Phil Purevich
Executive Director, Chicago Festival Association

Peter Smith
Associate Executive Director, Chicago Festival Association

Who Is "Texas Fred" The Zydeco Cowboy?

2008-12-14T09:15:00.000-08:00

"Texas Fred" Carter practicing what he
preaches, to the tunes of Andre Thierry
and Zydeco Magic, at Taliano's.

"Welcome to the funkiest show on the radio … the heart and soul of Zydeco. I’m your trail boss Texas Fred, The Zydeco Cowboy.” This noted line echoes through the mic every time Fred Carter hits the radio airwaves.

Best known as Cowboy, Carter has been on a zealous quest, to initiate everyone within earshot of his bass like voice, into a member of his Zydeco posse.

His passion is to spread the word, the gospel about Zydeco, and the ‘joie de vive’ of the Creole culture in Southwest Louisiana/ Southeast Texas as a Creole griot.

His lecture requests range from inner-city schools to staterooms in the Department of Interior. The reaction is always the same, “What is that music, how do you dance to it, where is it from, how can I get my hands on it?”

A native of Prairie View, Texas, a small black college town northwest of Houston, Cowboy has always been interested in music, history, storytelling and horses.

The Trail Boss of Cowboy Party Time (CP Time) can be heard live every Saturday from 2pm - 4pm on 89.3 FM.

“Zydeco is on the rise y’all!”

This is an adaptation of the article
The Zydeco Cowboy, Riding High
By Eric Brace
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 15, 2002; Page WE06