The long-awaited debut from Lake Charles’ Doghill Stompers, a zydeco collective consisting of the grandsons of late Boozoo Chavis, probably won’t win any graphic arts awards with its hard-to-read title and lack of session detail—though the ghostly Boozoo silhouette is quite cool. The music inside, however, lives up to expectations.

While Doghill Stompers are known for playing lots of Boozoo tunes live, this predominantly original affair only has two Boozoo songs that are more adaptations than interpretations. The proceedings open with a brief R&B-ish piano ballad—with Quincy Trail singing about his grandfather—that’s mixed with vocal clips of Boozoo, wife Leona and other family members reflecting on the iconic figurehead’s originality. The remaining eight tracks blend ’90s-rooted zydeco with a few modern touches like rapping and jamming keys. Listening to these songs, one gets a sense of who Doghill Stompers are, the group’s heritage and tight familial/band togetherness.

Like the name suggests, Doghill Stompers can really stomp it, as evidenced on “Creole Country.” “Come on Baby,” “Back to Doghill,” and “Stompin Like This” not only are kick-it-hard dance intoxicating but leave one to salivate at the prospect of the next, preferably longer, installment.