The Lawtell Playboys

Masters from the rural zydeco audio, the Lawtell Playboys stood right out of the crowd within their innovative usage of violin, drums and electric powered instrumentation; unlike nearly all their peers, in addition they relied within the one-row, switch accordion to create alive their traditional Cajun tracks. The group’s lengthy history starts with brothers Eraste “Dolon” and Joseph “Bebe” Carriere, practitoners of the original Cajun “la-la” design who first started performing at home celebrations in the Lawtell, Louisiana region through the 1930s; they started appearing beneath the Lawtell Playboys banner in the years to follow, getting Eraste’s violinist boy Calvin and guitarist girl Beatrice aboard through the early 1960s. In 1966 the elder Carriere siblings retired from energetic responsibility, and Calvin quickly became a member of with accordionist/vocalist Delton Broussard and rubboard participant J.C. Gallow to create a fresh Lawtell Playboys lineup which declined la-la and only zydeco. Becoming the home band in the famed Creole golf club Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki in Opelousas, their rates later grew to add many of Broussard’s 11 kids, and as time passes the impact of younger era helped press the group towards a far more contemporary audio. After Broussard’s 1994 loss of life, the Lawtell Playboys had been bought out by his boy John, making certain the combo’s extended existence would keep on and maintain pace with the changing times.