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MAR · 17, 1995
Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew Dies

Blues pianist Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew died on March 17, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 87. He was coming home from a winter show, he slipped and fell on some ice which led to medical...

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MAR · 14, 1948
Frank Mendenhall Born

Frank Mendenhall was born March 14, 1948 in Camden, Alabama. With one of the most angelic falsetto voice in the Zydeco, Southern Soul, and Blues nation, and one of the few Southern Soul performers to...

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MAR · 10, 2005
Jackie Neal Murdered

Southern Soul & Blues singer Jacqueline "Jazzy Jackie" Neal was murdered by her ex-boyfriend James White on March 10, 2005 in the "T-Nails" beauty salon on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....

Zydeco Music
MAR · 27, 1913
Eddie Shuler Born

Eddie Shuler, renowned pioneering Southwest Louisiana recording engineer and founder of Goldband Records, the nation's longest running independent record label, was born on March 27, 1913 in Wrightsbo...

Zydeco Music
MAR · 27, 2004
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble Release Country Boy CD

Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble make their first public debut on March 27, 2004 at their Official CD Release Party and Performance celebrating the “Country Boy” CD at the Hamilton’s Club in Lafayette,...

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MAR · 07, 1981
Chris Ardoin Born

Zydeco musician Chirs Ardoin, lead singer and accordionist of Chris Ardoin & Nu Step Zydeko was born on March 7, 1981 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Chris Ardoin helped pioneer and develop the "Double Cl...

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Chubby Carrier Wins Grammy
Zydeco Music
FEB · 13, 2011
Chubby Carrier Wins Grammy

On February 13, 2011, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band won their first Grammy Award for the best Zydeco/Cajun CD. The name of the CD was entitled "Zydeco Junkie." Some of the musicians who work...

Zydeco Music
NOV · 17, 2007
Joseph Adam Mouton Dies

Joseph Adam Mouton, known to the Zydeco Nation as Zydeco Joe, died on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at Lafayette general hospital in Lafayette Louisiana of a massive heart attack due to complications re...

Blues Music
JUL · 04, 1910
“Champion” Jack Dupree Born

William Thomas Dupree, known to the Blues, Nation, Southern Soul Nation, Zydeco Nation and the world as “Champion” Jack Dupree, considered one of the most prolific recording Bluesmen of all time, was...

Zydeco Music
JAN · 31, 2010
Buckwheat Zydeco Wins Grammy Award

Mr. Stanley Dural Jr., known to the Zydeco Nation and the world as “Buckwheat Zydeco” and leader of the Zydeco outfit “Buckwheat Zydeco and the Ils Sont Partis Band” was awarded the 2009 Grammy Award...

Zydeco Music
NOV · 14, 1947
Buckwheat Zydeco Born

Stanley Dural, Jr., known to the world as Buckwheat Zydeco was born on November 14, 1947 in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 1971, he founded Buckwheat & the Hitchhikers, a funk band that he led for five year...

Blues Music
JAN · 05, 1929
Tabby Thomas Born

Ernest Joseph Thomas, known to the world as “Tabby Thomas”; also known as “Rockin’ Tabby Thomas,” was born on January 5, 1929 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Tabby Thomas is one of the best known blues mus...

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