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James Joseph Brown, commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business", was born on May 3, 1933 during the depression era in the small town of Barnwell, Sou...

Lee Allen Zeno died on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 3:30 pm at the age of 71 after a long struggle with cancer at his residence in Lafayette, Louisiana. An accomplished, world-renowned, and two-time Grammy...

Southern Soul and Blues singer, Tyrone Davis, was born on May 4, 1938 to Willie Branch and Ora Lee Jones in a rural community twenty miles outside of Greenville, Mississippi. Working as a valet/chaffe...

Joseph Roy Carrier, leader of Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers died on May 4, 2010 at 12:15am of a heart attack at the age of 63 at the Opelousas General Hospital in Opelousas, Louisiana. His black Cre...

Joseph Wilfred Chavis born on Saturday, May 5, 1945 Church Point, Louisiana. He grew up immersed and grounded in the black Creole tradition of southwest Louisiana and became a student of the old Creol...

Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis, famed zydeco accordionist died on May 5, 2001 while on tour in Austin, Texas. Known as the "Creole Cowboy" for his signature C&W attire (complete with white Stetson and...

Ida Guillory was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on January 15, 1929. She grew up in the Cajun/Creole communities of Southwest Louisiana and East Texas. She later became know to the world as Queen Ida...

Tabby’s Blues Box and Heritage Hall, a mainstay in the blues community in Baton Rouge for over 24 years until its closure on November 20, 2004. Respected Blues musician, Tabby Thomas owned and operate...

Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin was born on November 16, 1915, at l'Anse de Prien Noir (Black Cyprian's Cove) near Bayou Duralde, Louisiana. He began playing music (on the triangle) with Amédé when he was...

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,...

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...

Gerald Dunnaway, drummer for the Zydeco Boneshakers, was born on January 16, 1958 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.