Coco Robicheaux
Yeah, U Rite!
© 2004 Spiritland Records (825346682921)
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From the Bluesman brewed in New Orleans essence is the new self-produced CD,"Yeah, U Rite." available on Spiritland Records. "One of the blues' best living songwriters..." -Offbeat Magazine
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Coco Robicheaux, the son of Choctaw and Cajun parents,
spent his early years between his native swamplands of rural Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and the French countryside. Forming his first band at 13, by age 15 he was playing
New Orleans' famed Bourbon Street and signing his first record contract with the Mississippi J.B. Label in 1965. He found himself in the San Francisco Haight Ashbury during the height of the hippy age, but became a "rolling stone", traveling across the country to South Padre, Key West, and finally returning to his true home, New Orleans.
He joined with Orleans records in 1994 and released the highly acclaimed "Spiritland". In 1998, "Louisiana Medicine Man" was awarded 'Best Blues Album by a Louisiana Artist'
by Offbeat Magazine. "Hoodoo Party" followed in 2000. His latest release 'Yeah, U Rite!' is self-produced through Coco's own label, Spiritland Records.
In addition to his New Orleans gigs, Coco Robicheaux has performed in California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, New York, South Carolina, Australia, Germany and througout France. He was highly touted at the Montreal and Nice Jazz Festivals, and appeared for ten consecutive years at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. He has also played every year of the New Orleans French Quarter Festival since 1995.
Mr. Robicheaux has graced the stage with legends like Johnnie Cash, Gatemouth Brown, Dr. John, John Lee Hooker, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Keb Mo, Willie DeVille, Mighty Sam McClain, the subdudes, and just about every New Orleans' musician.
This is Coco Robicheaux's first self-produced album. After forty years, it feels good to own your music!
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Yeah U Rite
author: Robert SneddonVery Good as with all his previous work (which, until now, have been are difficult to get here in the UK. Respect to CDbaby!!!
Yeah, nice!
author: Steffen SchäferGreat blues, as you would expect from Coco, although in my opinion "Yeah, U Rite!" is less original than Spiritland and Hoodoo Party.
Coco, the voice of the blues...
author: Jean-Yves CroizéThat voice, that deep voice... This is really something stunning. Album after album, we can get more of it, and yet it seems to be always more deep and quite vibrant. I would call Coco Robicheaux The Voice Of New Orleans, who could deny that? Have a try, listen to it right now, and get caught...
What a wonderful record of a great bluesman! It warms my heart!
author: Beate Ostermann, journalistI met him in New Orleans, I took his music to Europe, I can´t wait to see him again live - but this new CD helps a lot to fill the waiting time. This Music comes from the bottom of a great musician´s soul, this music is New Orleans, this music makes you feel and smell the swamps and this music comes directly from Coco Robicheaux´s Spiritland. Get it, listen to it and you´ll understand...
Yeah U Rite! Great bluesman!
author: pricheyYour music is some of the best blues ever! A good friend of ours and yours, Dani, turned us on to you! Thank goodness!
yeah u rite!
author: eugeniaeach coco cd is badder (as in badazz) than the one before. this one is so new orleans, you can smell the mississippi river - taste the catfish - and feel the swampy steamy breeze. do your self a favor and take a trip in the ole bayooooohhh - coco is the perfect guide...
New Orleans' Swamp Blues at its Finest!
author: AdairThis is a fun and varied collection of upbeat treme stomp, soulful ballads and poetic funk. You can tell Mr. Coco put his all into this record. Can't wait to see him at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival this April 28 to hear some of these songs live. A true living legend!