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On October 18, 2007, South African reggae singer, Lucky Dube was killed in the Johannesburg, South Africa suburb of Rosettenville shortly after dropping two of his seven children off at their uncle’s...
Rod Sias, founder of The Zydeco Historical & Preservation Society, Inc, ZydecoOnline.com, and creator and producer of the Zydeco Workout featuring Lola Love radio program was born on October 20, 1968...
Lee Allen Zeno was born on Saturday, October 16, 1954 in Carencro, Louisiana. An accomplished, world-renowned, and two-time Grammy winning Louisiana zydeco and blues bassist started his career at age...
Highly respected creole fiddler Canray Fontenot was born October 23, 1918, in d l'Anse des Rougeaux, Louisiana (an unincorporated community outside Eunice, Louisiana). His family was originally from t...
Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis, famed zydeco accordionist was born on October 23, 1930 in the small town of Church Point, Louisiana. Known as the "Creole Cowboy" for his signature C&W attire (complete...
Baldemar Huerta, known to the world as Freddy Fender, transitioned at 12:14 PM on October 14, 2006 at the age of 69 of lung cancer at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hi is buried in his hometown of...
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Andrus Espreé, known to the Zydeco Nation as Beau Jocque (which means Big Guy), died of a heart attack in Kinder, Louisiana on September 10, 1999, at the age of 47. Lead singer of the Zydeco group Bea...
Rockin’ Sidney won a Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording for his 1986 single "My Toot Toot." from his third album “My Zydeco Shoes Got The Blues.”
Andrus Espreé, known to the Zydeco Nation as Beau Jocque (which means Big Guy), was born on November 1, 1953 in Duralde, Louisiana. Lead singer of the Zydeco group Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi Rollers,...
Joseph Melvin Walker died on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 2:00 am in Lake Charles, Louisiana. An accomplished accordionist, guitarist and keyboardist with a powerful and unique gospel influenced voi...
Southern Soul and Blues artist, Aubles “O.B.” Buchana was born to L.C. and Marina Buchana on January 17, 1972 in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Soul singer Louis "Big Lou" Washington Sr was born on Monday, August 4, 1941 in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was the fourth child of Nathan Washington and Stella Moore-Washington. "Big Lou" Washington beg...
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