Even zombies dig the tunes coming from Deep Ellum.
On Saturday Sarah Jaffe, Centro-Matic, Toadies, Old 97’s and the undead hit Deep Ellum in what must have looked like a scene from a weird Walking Dead-local music crossover TV special.
The second annual Zombie Walk started at 2p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15 and ran until 2 a.m. the next morning. There were 2,000 to 4,000 shuffling, stumbling, moaning, decomposing zombie enthusiasts wandering Elm Street.
Can you imagine Leadbelly or Blind Lemon Jefferson watching thousands of living corpses having a riotous time in Deep Ellum? I’m sure songs like “Zombie walking blues” and