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The Boogaloo Swamis - Cajun Zydeco band we travel to MA NH RI VT ME NJ NY and CT playing in Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire Vermont New Jersey New York and Connecticut


The Boogaloo Swamis gather their roots in the swamps of the Louisiana bayou. Their Cajun and Zydeco music has brought them critical acclaim.


The Boogaloo Swamis are one of Boston's top event and party bands from MA.
They introduced Louisiana music to New England twenty-five years ago and kept it here.


Like a ride through the bayou, the Boogaloo Swamis music is a melting pot of sounds as the band continues to make wonderful swamp-infused music.


When the band is playing, the audience comes along for the party.


The band combines Zydeco, Cajun, Blues, Tex Mex, Rockabilly and their own compositions to create a virtual musical gumbo.
Four-time winners of Boston Music Awards' "Outstanding World Music Act," the Boogaloo Swamis, true to their roots, create a party wherever they perform.




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The best choice for a Cajun band, Zydeco band, the Boston-based Boogaloo Swamis travel to MA RI NH VT ME CT NY NJ playing in Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire Vermont New Jersey New York and Connecticut


When that driving beat starts up, every room turns into Mardi Gras -- a joyful reunion of clapping, jumping, swinging people who are having the time of their lives. With their unique, mix of traditional Creole and Cajun elements along with the contemporary sounds of blues, funk and Afro-beat, the Boogaloo Swamis are taking the Zydeco tradition into the future, and making friends everywhere they go".




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"Like a walk down Bourbon Street, the Boogaloo Swamis’ music is a melting pot of sounds as the band continues to make wonderful bayou-infused music"




"A beautiful combination of soulful Cajun and Zydeco rhythms with just a touch of blues and gospel thrown in for good measure. Whether your at home cookin' up some Jambalaya or hosting an all out Bayou Bash, the Boogaloo Swamis are just the ingredient you'll need to heat thing up".




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Boogaloo Swamis: live at Passim Coffeehouse / from the Boston Phoenix



Now that the temperate solo troubadours dominate the coffeehouse market, it's easy to forget the days when folk basements often showcased a more rambunctious pack of performers. The old Club 47 offered a grab bag of quasi-folk noisemakers from the Charles River Valley Boys to visiting blues brawlers like Muddy Waters and Junior Wells. But thanks to a well hyped acoustic-music renaissance, local concert moguls have been steadily luring away both high-priced ensembles and seasoned folkie stars, leaving the coffeehouses with a dwindling pool of quality singer-songwriters. In an admirable attempt to stalk some new game, the Passim promoters tossed in a wild card by booking the Boogaloo Swamis, a five piece band of local eclectics ostensibly dispensing Cajun and zydeco dance music. Less selective than native Louisiana purveyors of those styles, like Beausoliel and Queen Ida, the BOOGALOO SWAMIS spliced in enough blues rave-ups and plain rock and roll to re-create the Cambridge make-shift-dropout mode of Kweskin's Jug Band and the Holy Modal Rounders.



On stage at Passim, washboard-clad Mickey Bones led his quintet through a smorgasbord of bayou standards ("Jolie Blon"), upbeat zydeco (Cleveland Crochet's "Sugar Bee"), country crossovers (Hank Williams' "Jambalaya"), and saucy blues stomps (Howlin' Wolf's "Built for Comfort"). Guitarist Joe Pete crooned Creole French on "Back Door" and "Port Arthur Blues". Accordion and fiddle twirled Mardi Gras sounds behind rejuvenated warhorses like "Diggy Diggy Lo". Ever true to real tradition, the Boogaloo Swamis frequently disassembled and rearranged zesty blues calls. They hit their peak when Bones took a deadpan tenor turn on Little Feat's "Rocket In My Pocket" with fiddle slithering over low accordion drones. If the folkies begin to adopt more renegades like the Boogaloo Swamis, coffeehouses everywhere may start widening their dance floors and start sneaking rum into the hot cider.






Whether playing at rowdy rock clubs like the now defunct Rat in Boston or performing at a corporate function, the Boogaloo Swamis know how to entertain the crowd.





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THE BOOGALOO SWAMIS 2007

2/2/07 - Mardi Gras Party - Boston MA / private
2/3/07 - Mardi Gras Party - Manhattan, NY / public fundraiser
2/4/07 - Mardi Gras Party - Springfield MA - private event
2/8/07 - Mardi Gras Party - Ipswich MA - corporate event
2/9/07 -Mardi Gras Party - Waltham MA - house party/private
2/17/07 - Mardi Gras Party - Cranston RI - dance party/public
2/20/07 - Mardi Gras party - Worcester MA - daytime
2/20/07 - Cajun Dance - Boston MA - night time
2/24/07 - Stratton Mountain Ski Resort
3/3/07 - School concert - Western MA
3/10/07 - Amherst MA - private event
3/16/07 - 3/28/07 - Gone to New Orleans !
4/7/07 - Camden ME - private birthday party
4/8/07 - 5/24/07 - Gone to France/England
6/1/07 - private party - Milton MA
6/2/07 - Salisbury Beach - public
6/9/07 - Hingham MA - private house party
6/10/07 - Corporate event - New York City
6/11/07 - Grand Opening - Woodstock N Y / public
6/12/07 - 6/24/05 - GONE FISHING
7/4/07 - Celebrate America - Boston MA / public
7/5/07 - Private party - Barnstable MA
7/6/07 - Wedding - Barnstable MA
7/7/07 - 7/8/07 = Laconia NH - Resort
7/13/07 - Party in the Park - Narragansett RI
7/14/07 - Private party - Orleans MA
7/20/07 - Wedding rehearsal party - Provincetown MA
7/21/07 - Wedding - Provincetown MA
7/28/07 - Wedding - Plymouth MA
8/3/07 - Country Club party - Bolton MA / members only
8/4/07 - Wedding - Hartford CT
8/11/07 - Festival - Portsmouth NH
8/12/07 - 8/22/05 - Gone to Canada
8/23/07 - Concert - Haverhill MA
8/25/07 - Private party - Vinalhaven ME
9/1/07 - Cambridge MA / bar / public
9/8/07 - Festival - Laconia NH
9/14/07 - Local College - Boston MA
9/16/07 - Private event - Greenfield MA.
9/21/07 - Corporate event - Boston MA
9/22/07 - Private birthday bash - Wayland MA
10/7/07 - Boston - Public Bar
10/13/07 - Private event - Newport RI
10/20/07 - Cambridge MA - Public Bar
10/27/07 - Wedding reception - Arlington MA - Daytime
10/27/07 - Halloween Party - Salem MA - Night time
10/28/07 - Halloween Party - Boston MA / private
11/15/07 - 12/20/05 - Gone to Florida - HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Boston Zydeco band Boston Cajun band Boston. Mickey Bones zydeco dance band playing Cajun band MA and Zydeco band MA The Boogaloo Swamis started playing in 1983 and were the first regional band in New England to play Cajun Band music and zydeco band music.