Being raised in southwest Louisiana with zydeco bursting out of every juke joint has given C.C.

Adcock a different take on standard four-bar blues. The Lafayette-raised Adcock. a guitarist, singer and songwriter, doesn't play straight-ahead blues; his music is heavily laden with unconventional blues-rock melodies and zydeco rhythms.

The many thousands of miles he has logged touring with the likes of Bo Diddley and Stanley Dural (better known as Buckwheat Zydeco) show through in his playing, which is fiery, intense and, most of all, danceable.

Charles Clinton Adcock spent his teen years supporting musicians like Dural, Diddley and Bobby Charles, touring with them when he could. His demo tapes with British producer Tarka Cordell caught the ears of some executives at Island Records, and he was signed to a deal. Adcock recorded most of his debut album in his native Lafayette and in studios in Los Angeles, featuring local musicians like Tommy McLain and Warren Storm.

On his self-titled major-label debut for Island Records, a 1994 album, Adcock fuses a smorgasbord of styles, including Louisiana blues, zydeco, Cajun and classic R&B into a musical gumbo that is uniquely his own. He puts his own musical stamp on songs by Art Neville ("Fool to Care"),

Arthur Alexander (“Sally Sue Brown"), and Gene Terry (Cindy Lou). Released when he was just 23, Adcock hasn't recorded anything since, but he continues to tour regionally.