NATHAN WILLIAMS
EPISODES OF AMERICAN ROUTES WITH NATHAN WILLIAMS
FROM THE SHOW: SAINTS & SPIRITS
Creole traditional healer or traiteur, Dennis Paul Williams practices his arts in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Also a guitarist in his cousin Nathan Williams' band, the Zydeco Cha-Chas, and a painter, Williams takes his inspiration for all his arts from nature and his faith.
FROM THE SHOW: EAST TEXAS / WEST LOUISIANA
Zydeco accordion man Nathan Williams talks about his family of musicians and recalls a close call he had when trying to hear Clifton Chenier play.
EAST TEXAS/WEST LOUISIANA
Explore the musical territory of the Texas-Louisiana border: It's a fertile frontier where country, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, jazz, blues and boogie merge into one another. American Routes visits the flashy zydeco accordion man Nathan Williams; Shreveport, Louisiana, singer Dale Hawkins tells stories of his early rockabilly hit "Suzy Q"; and jazz pianist/songstress Nellie Lutcher talks about growing up in southwest Louisiana, then playing music in the other LA - Los Angeles.
EAST TEXAS/WEST LOUISIANA
Explore the musical territory of the Texas-Louisiana border: It's a fertile frontier where country, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, jazz, blues and boogie merge into one another. American Routes visits the flashy zydeco accordion man Nathan Williams; Shreveport, Louisiana, singer Dale Hawkins tells stories of his early rockabilly hit "Suzy Q"; and 90-year-old jazz pianist/songstress Nellie Lutcher talks about growing up in southwest Louisiana, then playing music in the other LA -- Los Angeles.
FROM THE SHOW: AFTER THE STORM II: ALLONS A LAFAYETTE
From the show "After the Storm II: Allons a Lafayette" originally aired on October 19th, 2005
FROM THE SHOW: AFTER THE STORM II: ALLONS A LAFAYETTE
From the show "After the Storm II: Allons a Lafayette" originally aired on October 19th, 2005
