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Carrier's father and grandfather both played zydeco music, and his cousins recorded under the name The Carrier Brothers.He was taught to play accordion by his father, Roy Carrier Sr., and played with his father's band at age 12, first on accordion and then on drums.
Though not a traditional zydeco fan when growing up, Buckwheat accepted an invitation in 1976 to join Clifton Chenier's Red Hot Louisiana Band as organist. He quickly discovered the popularity of zydeco music, and noted the effect the music had on the audience. "Everywhere, people young and old just loved zydeco music," Dural says.
Maison de Soul is a Louisiana-based Zydeco and blues record label. [1] It was founded in 1974 in Ville Platte, Louisiana by Floyd Soileau and remains under his ownership. It is one of four record labels under Soileau's Flat Town Music Company umbrella, and combined the Flat Town labels make up "the largest body of Cajun, zydeco, and swamp music in the world". [2]
Broussard left his father's band to play drums with Terrance Simien. He then played bass in Roy Carrier's band. Broussard formed a new band, Zydeco Force, with bassist Robby "Mann" Robinson. [2] Zydeco Force became popular on the local trail ride scene and was known for several innovations, a style sometimes called "zydeco nouveau." One was ...
Captain Gumbo is a Dutch band formed in 1987, which plays mostly zydeco and Cajun music; that is, music in the French traditions of the U.S. state of Louisiana, based around the diatonic accordion. In 1990, their version of " Allons à Lafayette " (a song first recorded in 1928 by Joe Falcon and Cléoma Breaux ) reached No. 30 in the Dutch ...
Zydeco Junkie (Swampadelic Records, 2010) Live at Knuckleheads, Kansas City (Swampadelic Records, 2007) Bayou Road (Swampadelic Records, 2006) Ain't No Party Like a Chubby Party (Swampadelic Records, 2005) Take Me to the Zydeco (Swampadelic Records, 2001) It's Party Time (Right Click Records, 1999) Too Hot to Handle (Gulf Coast Entertainment Co ...
Keith Frank (born 1972) is an American zydeco musician from Soileau, Louisiana, United States. [1] Frank started his band, The Soileau Zydeco Band , in 1990 and is active as of 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is the son of accordion player Preston Frank , [ 4 ] and got his start playing for his father's bands, called the Soileau Playboys ( Arhoolie ...
Where There's Smoke There's Fire is an album by the American musician Buckwheat Zydeco, released in 1990. [1] [2] Zydeco and his band, Ils Sont Partis, supported the album with a North American tour. [3] The album peaked at No. 140 on the Billboard 200. [4]