December 16

James Carroll Booker III, known as the Piano Prince, was an extremely talented jazz, New Orleans rhythm and blues and soul musician, was born on December 17, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana. While stil...

Joseph Melvin Walker was born on Thursday, December 14, 1944 in Lafayette, Louisiana. An accomplished accordionist, guitarist and keyboardist with a powerful and unique gospel influenced voice, Joe Wa...

The Zydeco Nation's own elder statesmen, Creole Musician and lead accordionist for Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys was inducted into the Acadian Museum's Order of Living Legends on Saturday,...

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...

Henry Roeland Byrd, known to the world, as Professor Longhair, one of New Orleans’ greatest pianist, was born December 19, 1918 in the small rural town of Bogalusa, Louisiana, the only son of Ella Mae...

Clifton Chenier, “the King of Zydeco” and Creole French speaking native of Notelyville, a small community outside of Opelousas, Louisiana died on December 12, 1987 at the age of 62 after a long strugg...

Southern Soul and Blues singer, Tyrone Davis, died on February 9, 2007 in a Chicago hospital at the age of 66. In October 2004, he suffered a stroke which curtailed his career. Working as a valet/chaf...

Clifton Chenier, “the King of Zydeco” was born on June 25, 1925 in the rural community of Notleyville, just east of Opelousas, Louisiana. Clifton Chenier was the first Creole artist to win a Grammy aw...

Highly respected and sultry jazz and blues singer, Ms. Dakota Staton, (pronounced STAY-Ton) died on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at the Isabella Geriatric Center in New York City at the age of 76. Sharynn...

Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaw's song "From Step To U" became the first Zydeco song to be sample by a major Hip Hop/Rap group. The song was sampled in the UGK's hip hop track "Swishas and Dosha" on t...

Crowley, Louisiana natives Bobby Jackson, age 46 (Guitarist), and Bradley Guilbeau, age 39 (Drummer), musicians with the Zydeco Band Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew were killed in an auto accident on June...

Southern Soul and Blues singer Isaac “Big Ike” Martin was born Isaac Martin on July 28, 1949, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. One of his earliest, fondest recollections was of his mother and three aunts w...