May 11

Zydeco Historical & Preservation Society web developer Rob Ricks brought the fourth (4th) version ZydecoOnline website online. The original and first version of the ZydecoOnline.com website was launch...

Robert Leroy Johnson, one of the greatest blues musicians of all time, was born on May 8, 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi to Julia Major Dodds and Noah Johnson. Although his records sold poorly during...

Cleveland Chenier, rubboard innovator, band member and brother of Clifton Chenier, died Tuesday May 7, 1991 at 11:10 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana at the age of 70. He i...

One of the Zydeco Nation’s mainstay figures and unsung mentors, Joseph Wilfred Chavis died on Friday, May 7, 2010 at the age of 65 in Houston, Texas. Wilfred Chevis was born in Church Point, Louisiana...

Alvin Batiste, a widely respected jazz clarinetist, composer and educator who played across the musical spectrum, from traditional to avant-garde styles, and was a prolific figure on the jazz festival...

Cleveland Chenier, rubboard innovator, band member and brother of Clifton Chenier, was born on May 16, 1921 in the rural community of Notleyville, just east of Opelousas, Louisiana. Cleveland was also...

Danny Poullard, highly respected Creole accordionist and native of Richie, Louisiana, died on April 27, 2001 at the age of 63. Danny Poullard was instrumental in the development of the California Creo...

E. Rodney Jones, legendary radio personality, DJ, and Bluseologist, was born on August 8, 1927 in Texarkana, Arkansas. E. Rodney Jones was a member of the Black Radio Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Bl...

The Grammy Foundation announced the nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards for Zydeco and Cajun Category. Five finalist were chosen for the Best Zydeco and Cajun Musician category. Of the five finalist,...

Wilbert Guillory, agricultural organizer and activist, Zydeco music promoter and long time director of the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival in Plaisance, Louisiana died on June 14, 2...

Eddie Shuler, renowned pioneering Southwest Louisiana recording engineer, died on July 23, 2005 at the age of 92 at Emory East Side Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia of complications from a recent heart at...

Henry Roeland Byrd, known to the world, as Professor Longhair, one of New Orleans’s greatest pianist, died on January 30, 1980 at the age of 62 peacefully in his sleep in New Orleans, Louisiana. His f...