{"id":5408,"date":"2009-06-23T03:41:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T10:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2009-06-24T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T22:56:39","slug":"tgif-june-26-nathan-and-the-zydeco-cha-chas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=5408","title":{"rendered":"TGIF June 26: Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/nathan-williams.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/nathan-williams.jpg','popup','width=341,height=238,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/nathan-williams-tm.jpg\" height=\"139\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Nathan Williams\" \/><\/a>On his myspace page <strong>Nathan Williams<\/strong> of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/nathanandthezydecochachas\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan &#38; The Zydeco Cha Chas<\/a><\/strong> proudly proclaims: &#8220;I&#8217;m The Zydeco Hog!!&#8221; and we&#8217;ve no reason to doubt this down-home, accordion-squeezing Louisiana musician.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The accordion-driven dance music of this Creole band is the expression of a remarkable South Louisiana family. Joining founder Nathan Williams (accordion), brother <strong>Dennis Paul Williams<\/strong> brings his jazz-influenced guitar chops to the group. Rubboard player <strong>Mark Williams<\/strong> is a cousin and keyboardist <strong>Nathan Williams Jr<\/strong>. takes the tradition to the next generation. With surprising musical turns and a distinctive Caribbean lilt that reaches back to the very beginnings of Creole culture, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas deliver uplifting, new music that stays true to its history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nathan and his Cha Chas family will be rocking <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=3420+Camino+de+Los+Coches,+Carlsbad,+CA+92009,+USA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=map&amp;ct=title\">Stagecoach Park<\/a><\/strong> this Friday night June 26, 2009 from 6-8 PM. Spicy, delicious, we&#8217;re sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=5397\" target=\"_blank\">Jazz In The Parks<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his myspace page Nathan Williams of Nathan &#38; The Zydeco Cha Chas proudly proclaims: &#8220;I&#8217;m The Zydeco Hog!!&#8221; and we&#8217;ve no reason to doubt this down-home, accordion-squeezing Louisiana musician. The accordion-driven dance music of this Creole band is the expression of a remarkable South Louisiana family. Joining founder Nathan Williams (accordion), brother Dennis Paul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5409,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions\/5409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}