Lisa Haley

Lisa Haley

Lisa Haley, the girl with the blue fiddle, has put together a band of outstanding musicians all focused on bringing on some zyde-cosis fever. Zyde-cosis has some symptoms and here they are: An infectious rhythmic affliction resulting from direct exposure to Zydeco music. The ailment first attacks the toe-bones, causing them to twitch uncontrollably, then spreads rapidly throughout the entire torso, resulting in uncontrollable fits of dancing. In extreme cases may result in "Dance-us on the Table-itus." Warning: Very Contagious!

Lisa Haley is a fourth generation fiddler who has studied under masters of the "Cajun Way," Queen Ida, Joe Simien and Canray Fontenot. She is looking to bring Cajun/Zydeco music into the twenty-first century, with the traditional and original music that only Lisa Haley and the Zydekats can put out.

Lisa Haley's list of credits is extensive having recorded with top groups like John Hyatt, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Dramarama, and Zydeco Party Band, to name a few. She has also performed with Randy Newman, Lyle Lovett, and Queen Ida.

Lisa Haley can be heard playing her fiddle all over the soundtrack of the Adam Sandler movie, The Waterboy. She has been on the Tonight Show, Good Morning America, the Family Channel, and European TV Shows. The Zydekats are David Jackson, accordian & vocals, his fine playing has ben heard on many famous artists recordings, including John Denver, Andy Williams, Hoyt Axton, Dave Alvin, Bruce Cockburn, and Dylan O'Brien. He has done commercials for Direct TV, Coca-Cola, Baskin-Robins and Texaco. He's also appeared on The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live. Randy Mitchell, guitar, slide, dobro, mandolin, vocals, got his first guitar when he was four years old, it was a Popeye handcrank model. He quickly graduated to the real thing, and went on to record with Donna Summer, Michael Martin Murphy and Hank Ballard. He has also made appearances on The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live and Good Morning America. Jim Hanson, bass and vocals, has recorded with Carlene Carter, Bruce Springsteen, Rosanne Cash, Katey Sagal and Rodney Crowell. He has performed on The Tonight Show with Carlene Carter, and the Grammy Awards with Bruce Springsteen. Last but not least is Michael Jochum, drums, percussion & washboard, who's album credits include Jackson Browne and Boy Meets Girl. He can also be heard daily on numerous television shows, among them Beverly Hills 90210, Home Improvement, The Muppet Show, The Simpsons, Rosanne, 2nd Noah and Cheers. Some movie soundtracks you might have heard him on are That Darn Cat, Amos & Andrew, The Chase and Days of Thunder, as well as many Tom Cruise and Richard Gibbs features. His commercial credits include spots for Chrysler, Toyota, Infiniti, HP, Taco Bell, Nike, Budweiser, Blue Cross and Coca-Cola.

In 1997, Lisa Haley and the Zydekats released the critically acclaimed album, Waiting For The Sky.... Larry Belanger