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Beau Jocque

Easily the largest zydeco star from the 1990s, Beau Jocque heralded the rise from the genre’s fresh, urbanized style; infusing his high-octane audio with components of rock and roll, soul, hip-hop as well as reggae, he bridged the difference between traditional Creole lifestyle and modern music to make a funky, …

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Cyril Neville

Among the four Neville Brothers, Cyril Neville was the youngest, given birth to on January 10, 1948, in New Orleans, LA. Cyril found his like of music from his parents and his old brothers young, nonetheless it wasn’t until 1967 (at age 19) that Cyril started singing expertly, as he …

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Chuck Carbo

The mellifluous vocal shades of Chuck Carbo was a primary component in the achievement of the Spiders, the top R&B vocal group around New Orleans through the 1950s. He eventually mounted a solid comeback bid being a simple solo artist, reducing albums for Rounder in the ’90s including 1993’s Drawers …

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Lawrence “Black” Ardoin

The son of Creole accordion legend Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin, Lawrence “Dark” Ardoin not merely continued the family’s musical traditions, but he later on offered the torch to his own son Chris, perhaps one of the most acclaimed proponents from the nouvelle zydeco sound. Blessed in Duralde, Louisiana in 1946, …

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Al Rapone

The brother of zydeco’s renowned Queen Ida, accordionist and guitarist Al Rapone had not been only a traveling force behind the success of his sister but additionally a noted solo performer. Delivered Al Lewis in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1936, he initial found the accordion at age group 13, and …

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Roy Carrier

While not aswell referred to as his son Chubby, accordionist Roy Carrier enjoyed an effective zydeco profession in his own best. A indigenous of Lawtell, Louisiana, he discovered to try out in the original Cajun design from his personal father, and later on formed his personal music group which he …

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Roddie Romero

This zyde-cajun accordionist’s first effort, THE BRAND NEW Kid around, was made by Rick Lagneaux, the keyboardist using the Wayne Toups Band. Romero was nominated because the Greatest New and Upcoming Work with the Cajun French Music Association.

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Sam Brothers

The Sam Brothers — vocalist and bandleader Leon, lead guitarist Carl, bassist Glen, washboard player Calvin and drummer Rodney — were among zydeco’s most prominent family acts, producing their initial splash while still within their teens and afterwards becoming perhaps one of the most electrifying bands around the contemporary zydeco …

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Lil’ Brian

Youthful lightning-fingered accordion player Brian Terry and his Zydeco Travelers initial found popularity within their indigenous Houston through the early ’90s when he and his bandmates were within their early ’20s. It had been professional zydeco accordion participant John Delafose who motivated Terry to begin with learning the device at …

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