Zydeco Flames- Iko Iko

Winner of a 2009 North Bay Music Award, the Zydeco Flames have issued six CDs of hot zydeco dance music (the latest is 2006’s “Fire It Up“) and shared stages with most of the greats of the style at dances and festivals up and down the West Coast. In 1991 accordionist Bruce Gordon teamed up with singer-rubboard player Lloyd Meadows to play at parties, including the premiere of the essential documentary film on Cajun and zydeco music, “J’ai ete au Bal.“ Soon they expanded to a full band carrying on in the tradition of Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Queen Ida. Gordon has recently rejoined the longtime core group of Meadows, electric guitarist Frank Bohan, bassist-singer Timm Walker, and drummer William Allums Jr. The Flames have performed at just about every important event in the Bay Area, from the Black and White Ball to the San Francisco Jazz Festival, as well as countless Louisiana, Cajun, and zydeco fests. Five of their songs are featured in the computer game “The Si