Surf Zydeco

The Cachagua (KA SHAW WAH) Playboys take their name from the remote area of Cachagua, in upper Carmel Valley, California.

The Playboys have been playing their own brand of Zydeco/Americana music for over a decade. While honoring and preserving the heritage of Louisiana's traditional Cajun and Zydeco music, they simultaneously bridge the distance from California to the deep South. Their repertoire digs deep into Cajun, Zydeco, and New Orleans Mardi Gras Boogie roots. But their pasts are undeniably steeped in the central California coast, where the sounds of the ocean mix with the great musical traditions from San Francisco psychedelic blues to southern California's surf rock.

Their set list includes original two-steps, shuffles, waltzes and ballads which reflect both their California roots and their adopted genres. Their spirited, rhythmically infectious music has happy dancers everywhere waltzing, fox-trotting, lindy-hopping, and of course, doing the two-step.

The Playboys are:

• Pat Clark
  Fiddle, guitar, mandolin, rub-board & vocals
  
  
• Kevin Gould
  Accordion & vocals
  
  
• John Tallon
  Drums, triangle & vocals
  
  
• Rick Chelew
  Bass, guitar & vocals
  
  
• Mike Eckstrom
  Rub-board, guitar, triangle, harmonica, spoons, bones & vocals

They've performed at:
	Cotati Accordion Festival First Night Monterey Galante Vineyards Marina Festival of the Winds Monterey Bay Blues Festival Monterey World Music Festival
and shared the stage with:
	Asleep at the Wheel Steven Bruton John Delafose Deke Dickerson The Iguanas Robert Earl Keen Aaron and Charles Neville Danny Pollard Tom Russell
Their repertoire features the music of:
	The Beach Boys Chuck Berry Beausoleil Chubby Carrier Johnny Cash Boozoo Chavis Clifton Chenier Sam Cooke Geno Delaphose Chris Kenner Professor Longhair Steve Riley and the Mamou Peter Rowan The Wild Tchoupitoulas Hank Williams as well as many original compositions