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October 2

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Freddie "Big Roger" Collins, native of Bayou Chicot, Louisiana and Houston Bluesman died on October 2, 2001 at the age of 66."Big Roger" Collins hosted a blues show on KPFT in Houston, and organized "...

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The word “zydeco” is thought to come from the Creole phrase “les haricots sont pas salés” — “the snap beans aren’t salted” — a line from an old la-la song about hard times.

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